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49WA ·

Cougar Mountain Airfield

46.84700°N
-122.52200°W
ARR / DAY
0
▲ 0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▲ 50.0%

Cougar Mountain Airfield (49WA) is a small general aviation airport located in Yelm, WA, 28 mi south of Tacoma. It features 1 runway measuring 3,230 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

From KOLM, 20 mi away (49WA does not publish METAR)

23m ago
Temp
55°F
Wind
3 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KOLM 030754Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM FEW016 BKN044 OVC070 13/11 A2975 RMK AO2 RAE48 SLP075 P0001 T01280111 401890111 $

Runways

1 installed

3,230 FT MAX
N/S
3,230 ft × 50
TURF○ unlit

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZSE
Elevation:
470 ft
Mag var:
20° E

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
PilotBobSenior
09/25/2011
Decent grass strip.
Supposedly need permission to land but all the numbers associated with this field have been disconnected. Land and ask an owner on the field, I'm sure you won't have a problem. No near by towns.
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