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49WA Cougar Mountain Airfield
Yelm, Washington, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 23 JANUARY 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 -8 (UTC -7 during Daylight Saving 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 08-Feb-2025
 Local
(UTC-8)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5414:54
Sunrise07:2615:26
Sunset17:2301:23
Evening civil twilight17:5501:55

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Feb-2025 21:14:58
Local (UTC-8)  08-Feb-2025 13:14:58
 
METAR
KGRF 
13nm N 		082055Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM SCT009 OVC014 04/02 A3033 RMK AO2 CIG 008V014 SLP277 60001 T00420019 50009 $
KTCM 
16nm N 		082055Z AUTO 36006KT 10SM -RA OVC007 04/02 A3035 RMK AO2 OVC V BKN SLP284 P0001 60002 T00350020 51010 $
KOLM 
17nm NW 		082054Z 30003KT 10SM FEW010 SCT014 OVC022 04/01 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP282 T00390011 50009
KPLU 
18nm NE 		082055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 03/03 A3034 RMK AO2
KCLS 
22nm SW 		082055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC018 04/04 A3036 RMK AO2
KTIW 
25nm N 		082053Z 21004KT 10SM FEW009 SCT060 05/03 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP279 60000 T00500028 51001
TAF
KGRF 
13nm N 		081300Z 0813/0919 34006KT 8000 -SHRASN BKN010 BKN015 OVC025 660109 QNH3023INS TEMPO 0814/0818 6000 BR BKN006 BECMG 0819/0821 35007KT 9999 VCSH BKN015 OVC025 640158 QNH3032INS BECMG 0822/0823 02007KT 9999 NSW SCT015 OVC030 620307 QNH3034INS BECMG 0901/0903 VRB06KT 8000 -SHRASN OVC020 640208 QNH3038INS BECMG 0903/0904 03003KT 6000 -SHSN BR SCT006 OVC015 640158 QNH3039INS TX03/0820Z TN01/0813Z
KTCM 
16nm N 		081300Z 0813/0919 01004KT 6000 -SHRASN BR BKN006 OVC011 640069 QNH3023INS BECMG 0817/0818 31004KT 8000 -SHRA BR BKN008 OVC015 610089 QNH3030INS BECMG 0820/0821 VRB05KT 9999 VCSH SCT008 BKN017 OVC020 610179 QNH3033INS BECMG 0902/0903 04005KT 9999 NSW SCT012 BKN020 OVC030 620207 QNH3039INS BECMG 0913/0914 02004KT 9999 BKN020 620204 QNH3047INS TX04/0823Z TN00/0815Z
KOLM 
17nm NW 		081734Z 0818/0918 00000KT 4SM BR VCSH BKN004 OVC010 FM082200 21004KT 6SM BR OVC015 FM090200 VRB03KT 5SM BR OVC020 FM090600 VRB03KT 4SM BR OVC015 FM090900 00000KT 2SM BR OVC007
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