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49WA Cougar Mountain Airfield
Yelm, Washington, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 APRIL 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 49WA
Lat/Long: 46-50-49.3640N 122-31-19.4290W
46-50.822733N 122-31.323817W
46.8470456,-122.5220636
(estimated)
Elevation: 470 ft. / 143 m (estimated)
Variation: 20E (1985)
From city: 7 miles SE of YELM, WA
Time zone: UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 98597

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 01/1974
Control tower: no
ARTCC: SEATTLE CENTER
FSS: SEATTLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: CONTINUOUS
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX ASOS at OLM (17 nm NW): PHONE 360-754-0781
WX ASOS at TCM (18 nm N): PHONE 253-982-3434
WX AWOS-3 at PLU (18 nm NE): 128.575 (253-848-2748)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
OLMr097/17.3OLYMPIA VORTAC113.4019E
SEAr175/36.3SEATTLE VORTAC116.8019E

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway N/S

Dimensions: 3230 x 50 ft. / 985 x 15 m
Surface: turf
RUNWAY N  RUNWAY S
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Obstructions: nonetrees, 100 ft. from runway

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: COUGAR MTN AIRSTRIP ASSOC.
19635 COUGAR MOUNTAIN AIRPORT RD SE
YELM, WA 98597
Phone 360-522-0471
Manager: BEN CARLSON
COUGAR MOUNTAIN AIRPORT, 19635 COUGAR MOUNTAIN AIRPORT RD SE
YELM, WA 98597
Phone 360-522-0471

Additional Remarks

- AIRFIELD CAN BE EXTREMELY WET AND VERY ROUGH IN SOME AREAS.
- LRG WILDLIFE IS OFTEN ON THE AIRFIELD AND LRG MOLEHILLS CAN ALSO BE A HAZ. PPR TO LND.
- CALL OR EMAIL (FLY49WA@GMAIL.COM) FOR PMSN TO LND.
- LND AT YOUR OWN RISK.
- (CONTACT TITLE) ADDITIONAL CONTACT - BEN CARLSON FLY49WA@GMAIL.COM

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 49WA.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KGRF - Gray Army Airfield (Joint Base Lewis-McChord) (14 nm N)
KOLM - Olympia Regional Airport (17 nm NW)
KTCM - McChord Field Airport (Joint Base Lewis-McChord) (18 nm N)
KPLU - Pierce County Airport/Thun Field (18 nm NE)
KCLS - Chehalis-Centralia Airport (22 nm SW)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 02-May-2025
 Local
(UTC-7)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:2012:20
Sunrise05:5412:54
Sunset20:2003:20
Evening civil twilight20:5403:54

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  02-May-2025 22:38:24
Local (UTC-7)  02-May-2025 15:38:24
 
METAR
KGRF 
13nm N 		022155Z AUTO 24013KT 10SM FEW050 SCT120 21/09 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP132 T02080087 $
KTCM 
16nm N 		022155Z AUTO 28011KT 10SM SCT130 21/09 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP135 T02110090
KOLM 
17nm NW 		022154Z 24013G21KT 10SM BKN045 21/09 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02060089
KPLU 
18nm NE 		022215Z AUTO 26007KT 230V290 10SM CLR 22/09 A2993 RMK AO2
KCLS 
22nm SW 		022215Z AUTO 24011G20KT 220V290 10SM FEW042 SCT049 20/11 A2995 RMK AO2
KTIW 
25nm N 		022153Z 25012G21KT 10SM CLR 18/08 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP136 T01780083
TAF
KGRF 
13nm N 		022100Z 0221/0403 25010G17KT 9999 SCT120 510002 QNH2988INS BECMG 0222/0223 25011G18KT 9999 FEW032 BKN048 BKN060 510002 QNH2988INS BECMG 0223/0224 25012G20KT 9999 FEW023 BKN030 BKN050 QNH2989INS BECMG 0302/0303 26010G16KT 9999 VCSH BKN025 BKN050 OVC090 610773 QNH2991INS BECMG 0305/0306 23011KT 9999 -RA BKN013 OVC020 620699 QNH2996INS BECMG 0307/0308 22011KT 9999 NSW SCT012 BKN045 OVC080 620654 QNH2997INS BECMG 0311/0312 20012KT 9999 SCT070 BKN230 QNH3001INS BECMG 0315/0316 21009KT 9999 FEW020 BKN
KTCM 
16nm N 		022140Z 0221/0403 24010G18KT 9999 SCT130 510003 QNH2989INS BECMG 0222/0223 25012G24KT 9999 FEW050 SCT120 520003 QNH2993INS BECMG 0303/0304 23010G15KT 9999 VCSH BKN030 BKN120 610909 510003 QNH2994INS BECMG 0311/0312 21008KT 9999 NSW BKN020 620509 QNH3005INS BECMG 0317/0318 20008KT 9999 SCT020 BKN040 620804 QNH3012INS BECMG 0320/0321 34008KT 9999 SCT040 QNH3012INS TX23/0223Z TN06/0314Z
KOLM 
17nm NW 		021720Z 0218/0318 20003KT P6SM SCT200 FM022000 23009KT P6SM BKN120 OVC200 FM030000 25011KT P6SM VCSH OVC040 FM030600 22007KT P6SM VCSH OVC025 FM031100 22007KT P6SM OVC050
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