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KPLU ·
Pierce County-Thun Field
47.10390°N
-122.28700°W
ARR / DAY
4
▲
50.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▼
18.8%
Pierce County-Thun Field (KPLU) is a small general aviation airport located in Puyallup, WA. It features 1 runway measuring 3,651 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
59°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
17/35
3,651 ft × 60
ASPH-G○ unlitMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
17
78% of ops
183 land · 109 TO
35
22% of ops
53 land · 135 TO
Runway 17 carries 78% of operations (183 landings, 109 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 22%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
17
183 landings
UA 11%
35
53 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 17 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (20 UA events from 183 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.
Traffic behavior
When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend
Daily avg
13.7
flights/day · 412 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 11pm · 12am
Day vs night
34%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.700 | — |
| APCH | 126.500 | — |
| APCH | 377.150 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.700 | — |
| AWOS | 128.575 | — |
| OTHER | 121.850 | — |
| CD/P | 121.850 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZSE
- Mag var:
- 15° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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