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49WA Cougar Mountain Airfield
Yelm, Washington, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 OCTOBER 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 08-Oct-2025
 Local
(UTC-7)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4913:49
Sunrise07:1914:19
Sunset18:3601:36
Evening civil twilight19:0602:06

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  09-Oct-2025 01:09:37
Local (UTC-7)  08-Oct-2025 18:09:37
 
METAR
KGRF 
13nm N 		090055Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM OVC060 16/05 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP085 T01570047 $
KTCM 
16nm N 		090055Z AUTO 32006KT 10SM OVC055 16/04 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP092 T01610042 $
KOLM 
17nm NW 		090054Z 00000KT 10SM OVC065 16/03 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP090 T01560033
KPLU 
18nm NE 		090055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC050 15/04 A2980 RMK AO2
KCLS 
22nm SW 		090055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN060 16/04 A2980 RMK AO2
KTIW 
25nm N 		090053Z 00000KT 10SM BKN060 14/04 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP091 T01440039
TAF
KGRF 
13nm N 		082100Z 0821/1003 20010KT 9999 SCT045 520909 QNH2976INS BECMG 0902/0903 31009KT 9999 SCT055 BKN230 520809 QNH2977INS BECMG 0905/0906 14002KT 9999 FEW055 SCT220 520709 QNH2979INS BECMG 0910/0911 12002KT 9999 BKN080 BKN180 OVC230 520509 QNH2983INS BECMG 0915/0916 02006KT 9999 SCT040 SCT230 520409 QNH2992INS BECMG 1001/1002 02010KT 9999 -RA BKN120 BKN180 OVC260 510504 QNH2991INS TX18/0823Z TN07/0914Z
KTCM 
16nm N 		082100Z 0821/1003 23010G15KT 9999 SCT040 QNH2981INS BECMG 0900/0901 24006KT 9999 BKN060 QNH2980INS BECMG 0909/0910 10006KT 8000 -SHRA BKN030 OVC040 620809 QNH2985INS BECMG 0915/0916 36006KT 9999 NSW BKN030 OVC060 QNH2992INS BECMG 0920/0921 02009KT 9999 BKN030 QNH2997INS TX16/0823Z TN07/0913Z
KOLM 
17nm NW 		081729Z 0818/0918 19009KT P6SM SCT120 FM082200 26008KT P6SM SCT060 SCT100 FM090300 00000KT P6SM BKN070 FM091100 00000KT P6SM VCSH BKN060
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