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49WA Cougar Mountain Airfield
Yelm, Washington, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 11 JUNE 2026

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 360-485-0905
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 28-Jun-2026
 Local
(UTC-7)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight04:4011:40
Sunrise05:1912:19
Sunset21:0804:08
Evening civil twilight21:4704:47

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  28-Jun-2026 21:25:55
Local (UTC-7)  28-Jun-2026 14:25:55
 
METAR
KGRF 
13nm N 		282055Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM SCT027 OVC034 18/10 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP183 T01750104 57007 $
KTCM 
16nm N 		282055Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM FEW027 OVC036 18/11 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP189 T01810105 58007 $
KOLM 
17nm NW 		282054Z 25008KT 10SM OVC035 18/11 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP192 T01780106 58000 $
KPLU 
18nm NE 		282055Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM SCT030 OVC037 19/10 A3010 RMK AO2
KCLS 
22nm SW 		282055Z AUTO VRB05G11KT 10SM FEW029 OVC043 18/12 A3010 RMK AO2
KTIW 
25nm N 		282053Z VRB04KT 10SM BKN030 OVC036 17/10 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP189 T01670100 58004
TAF
KTCM 
16nm N 		281300Z 2813/2919 21006KT 9999 BKN015 QNH3007INS BECMG 2816/2817 22010G15KT 9999 BKN025 OVC050 QNH3006INS BECMG 2821/2822 24012G18KT 9999 BKN045 BKN060 QNH3003INS BECMG 2906/2907 21010G15KT 9999 OVC015 QNH3003INS TX21/2900Z TN12/2813Z
KOLM 
17nm NW 		281729Z 2818/2918 23007KT P6SM OVC022 FM282100 23010KT P6SM SCT020 OVC025 FM290000 25011G18KT P6SM OVC050 FM290900 21005KT P6SM OVC018 FM291300 20006KT P6SM BKN008 OVC015 FM291700 22007KT P6SM OVC015
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