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8WA0

Flying B Airport
Rainier, Washington, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 APRIL 2025

Location

FAA Identifier:	8WA0
Lat/Long:	46-52-39.3600N 122-36-04.4420W 46-52.656000N 122-36.074033W 46.8776000,-122.6012339 (estimated)
Elevation:	445 ft. / 136 m (estimated)
Variation:	20E (1985)
From city:	3 miles E of RAINIER, 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:	11/1969
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	SEATTLE CENTER
FSS:	SEATTLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	yes
Segmented circle:	no

Airport Communications

CTAF:	122.9
WX ASOS at OLM (14 nm NW):	PHONE 360-754-0781
WX ASOS at TCM (16 nm N):	PHONE 253-982-3434
WX AWOS-3 at PLU (19 nm NE):	128.575 (253-848-2748)
WX AWOS-3 at CLS (20 nm SW):	118.025 (360-740-5164)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
OLMr096/13.5		OLYMPIA VORTAC		113.40		19E
SEAr181/35.5		SEATTLE VORTAC		116.80		19E

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 13/31

Dimensions:	2200 x 60 ft. / 671 x 18 m
Surface:	turf TURF RWY SOFT IN WINT.
	RUNWAY 13	RUNWAY 31
Traffic pattern:	left	left
Obstructions:	plines-m 30' PWR LINE 30' FROM END MARKED WITH ORANGE BALLS.	none 30' PWR LINE 500' FROM END MARKED WITH ORANGE BALLS.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Privately-owned
Manager:	CLIFF REED Phone (360) 894-0457 FOR CURRENT AMGR NAME CALL 360-894-0457.

Additional Remarks

-	FOR CD CTC SEATTLE APCH AT 206-214-4794.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 8WA0.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KGRF - Gray Army Airfield (Joint Base Lewis-McChord) (12 nm N)
KOLM - Olympia Regional Airport (14 nm NW)
KTCM - McChord Field Airport (Joint Base Lewis-McChord) (16 nm N)
KPLU - Pierce County Airport/Thun Field (19 nm NE)
KCLS - Chehalis-Centralia Airport (20 nm SW)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 26-Apr-2025

	Local (UTC-7)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	05:31	12:31
Sunrise	06:04	13:04
Sunset	20:12	03:12
Evening civil twilight	20:46	03:46

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	26-Apr-2025 08:55:16
Local (UTC-7)	26-Apr-2025 01:55:16

METAR

KGRF 11nm N	260755Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM CLR 11/07 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP101 T01130066 402400037 $
KOLM 13nm NW	260754Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM CLR 09/07 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP109 T00890072 402390039
KTCM 15nm N	260755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/05 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP105 T00960052 402280029
KPLU 19nm NE	260835Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/06 A2985 RMK AO2
KCLS 20nm SW	260835Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM CLR 10/09 A2988 RMK AO2

TAF

KGRF 11nm N	260500Z 2605/2711 06003KT 9999 SKC QNH2978INS BECMG 2613/2614 22002KT 4800 BR BKN005 QNH2984INS BECMG 2615/2616 22004KT 6000 BR BKN012 QNH2984INS BECMG 2616/2617 23004KT 9999 NSW BKN015 QNH2984INS BECMG 2619/2620 24005KT 9999 SCT024 QNH2980INS BECMG 2707/2708 20012KT 9999 BKN018 BKN047 QNH2991INS TX19/2623Z TN08/2614Z
KOLM 13nm NW	260520Z 2606/2706 VRB03KT P6SM FEW250 FM261100 22006KT P6SM BKN004 FM261800 25010KT P6SM SCT250 FM270300 21008KT P6SM BKN250
KTCM 15nm N	260500Z 2605/2711 VRB04KT 9999 SCT100 QNH2978INS BECMG 2611/2612 25006KT 9999 SCT014 QNH2981INS BECMG 2619/2620 24012KT 9999 SCT040 QNH2980INS BECMG 2704/2705 20006KT 9999 BKN020 QNH2987INS TX20/2623Z TN05/2613Z

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