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49WA Cougar Mountain Airfield
Yelm, Washington, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 JULY 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 25-Jul-2025
 Local
(UTC-7)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:0612:06
Sunrise05:4312:43
Sunset20:5003:50
Evening civil twilight21:2704:27

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  25-Jul-2025 17:39:53
Local (UTC-7)  25-Jul-2025 10:39:53
 
METAR
KGRF 
13nm N 		251655Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM OVC018 16/10 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP169 T01630104 $
KTCM 
16nm N 		251720Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM OVC021 17/11 A3004 RMK AO2 CIG 019 RWY16 SLP176 $
KOLM 
17nm NW 		251654Z 23008KT 190V250 10SM OVC020 16/11 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP177 T01610111
KPLU 
18nm NE 		251715Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC016 16/12 A3006 RMK AO2
KCLS 
22nm SW 		251635Z AUTO 24004G11KT 10SM OVC019 15/13 A3007 RMK AO2
KTIW 
25nm N 		251653Z 21003KT 8SM -RA BKN007 OVC012 13/12 A3005 RMK AO2 RAB41 SLP175 P0000 T01330122
TAF
KGRF 
13nm N 		251300Z 2513/2619 15010KT 9999 OVC010 QNH3001INS BECMG 2518/2519 22008KT 9999 BKN011 OVC020 QNH3005INS BECMG 2520/2521 23010KT 9999 BKN019 OVC025 QNH3004INS BECMG 2522/2523 24008KT 9999 SCT035 QNH3001INS BECMG 2604/2605 26010KT 9999 SKC QNH2996INS BECMG 2610/2611 22006KT 9999 BKN012 QNH2997INS BECMG 2615/2616 20006KT 9999 BKN006 OVC012 QNH3000INS TX22/2523Z TN11/2611Z
KTCM 
16nm N 		251300Z 2513/2619 21010KT 9999 OVC010 QNH3001INS TEMPO 2513/2515 OVC008 BECMG 2518/2519 22010G15KT 9999 BKN020 QNH3005INS BECMG 2522/2523 24010G15KT 9999 SCT030 QNH3002INS BECMG 2606/2627 24006KT 9999 SCT030 QNH2997INS BECMG 2615/2616 21006KT 9999 BKN018 QNH3000INS TX24/2521Z TN13/2514Z
KOLM 
17nm NW 		251440Z 2515/2612 23007KT P6SM SCT009 OVC017 FM251700 24008KT P6SM OVC018 FM251800 26006KT P6SM SCT040 FM260400 VRB03KT P6SM SCT250
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