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KSHN · SHN
Sanderson Field
47.23360°N
-123.14800°W
ARR / DAY
16
▲
6.7%
DEP / DAY
18
▼
3.1%
Sanderson Field (KSHN/SHN) is a small general aviation airport located in Shelton, WA, 33 mi west of Tacoma. It features 1 runway measuring 5,005 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 16 arrivals and 18 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 1 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
82°F
Wind
4 kts
20°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
05/23
5,005 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
23
81% of ops
515 land · 550 TO
05
19% of ops
117 land · 64 TO
Runway 23 carries 81% of operations (515 landings, 550 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 19%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
23
515 landings
UA 6%
05
117 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 23 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (30 UA events from 515 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
29.4
flights/day · 883 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 7pm · 8pm
Day vs night
39%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.800 | — |
| APCH | 121.100 | — |
| APCH | 290.900 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.800 | — |
| ASOS | 119.275 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZSE
- Mag var:
- 15° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)
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Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)
PI
Pilot_1975
01/28/2012
Landed here to look at a Cessna 150. Nice clean airport. No courtesy car, not much for dining. Frequent skydiving. Great pilot lounge.
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