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49WA Cougar Mountain Airfield
Yelm, Washington, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 01 OCTOBER 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 24-Oct-2026
 Local
(UTC-7)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:1114:11
Sunrise07:4214:42
Sunset18:0701:07
Evening civil twilight18:3801:38

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  24-Oct-2026 19:33:48
Local (UTC-7)  24-Oct-2026 12:33:48
 
METAR
KGRF 
13nm N 		241855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT100 OVC140 11/03 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP215 T01120025 $
KTCM 
16nm N 		241855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW100 BKN140 11/03 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP226 T01060027 $
KOLM 
17nm NW 		241854Z 00000KT 10SM FEW100 09/03 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP221 T00890028
KPLU 
18nm NE 		241915Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -DZ FEW110 11/02 A3017 RMK AO2
KCLS 
22nm SW 		241915Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM CLR 11/04 A3017 RMK AO2
KTIW 
25nm N 		241853Z 00000KT 10SM BKN100 08/04 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP223 T00830044
TAF
KGRF 
13nm N 		240500Z 2405/2511 10005KT 9999 SKC QNH3026INS BECMG 2411/2412 17005KT 9999 SCT200 QNH2994INS TEMPO 2412/2416 8000 BR BECMG 2509/2510 VRB05KT 9999 BKN100 QNH2993INS TX13/2422Z TN04/2409Z LAST NO AMDS AFT 2407 NEXT 2607
KTCM 
16nm N 		241300Z 2413/2519 12005KT 9999 FEW180 QNH3025INS BECMG 2418/2419 VRB05KT 9999 BKN100 OVC150 QNH3020INS BECMG 2515/2516 20009KT 9000 -SHRA BKN050 OVC060 610709 QNH2995INS TX14/2423Z TN01/2414Z
KOLM 
17nm NW 		241739Z 2418/2518 22003KT P6SM BKN150 FM250100 02004KT P6SM OVC120 FM250600 VRB03KT P6SM OVC070 FM251200 21004KT 6SM -RA BR OVC030
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