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KPLU Pierce County Airport/Thun Field
Puyallup, Washington, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 APRIL 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: PLU
Lat/Long: 47-06-14.1120N 122-17-13.9210W
47-06.235200N 122-17.232017W
47.1039200,-122.2872003
(estimated)
Elevation: 537.6 ft. / 163.9 m (surveyed)
Variation: 15E (2020)
From city: 5 miles S of PUYALLUP, WA
Time zone: UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 98374

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 09/1945
Control tower: no
ARTCC: SEATTLE CENTER
FSS: SEATTLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: PLU (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-1400
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: ACTVT REIL RWYS 17 & 35; PAPI RWYS 17 & 35 AND MIRL RWY 17/35 -CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.7
WX AWOS-3: 128.575 (253-848-2748)
SEATTLE APPROACH: 126.5
SEATTLE DEPARTURE: 126.5
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: 121.85
WX ASOS at TCM (8 nm W): PHONE 253-982-3434
WX ASOS at TIW (15 nm NW): PHONE 253-858-6507

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
SEAr158/19.9SEATTLE VORTAC116.8019E
OLMr053/26.4OLYMPIA VORTAC113.4019E

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL
100LL:FUEL AVBL 24 HOURS WITH CREDIT CARD.
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: LOW
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 17/35

Dimensions: 3651 x 60 ft. / 1113 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 17  RUNWAY 35
Latitude: 47-06.535453N47-05.935097N
Longitude: 122-17.227262W122-17.236673W
Elevation: 537.4 ft.535.4 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 165 magnetic, 180 true345 magnetic, 000 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)4-light PAPI on right (4.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 75 ft. trees, 2800 ft. from runway, 34:1 slope to clear13 ft. road, 242 ft. from runway, 3:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: PIERCE COUNTY
9850 - 64TH ST. W.
UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA 98467
Phone 253-798-2421
Manager: ROD PROPST
16915 103RD AVE E
PUYALLUP, WA 98374-3768
Phone 253-798-3779

Additional Remarks

ULTRALIGHTS PROHIBITED.
NOISE SENSITIVE ALL QUADRANTS.
FOR CD CTC SEATTLE APCH AT 206-214-4723.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 17 April 2025 at 0901Z to 15 May 2025 at 0900z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 35 **CHANGED**   download (340KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply **NEW**   download (213KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (559KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KTCM - McChord Field Airport (Joint Base Lewis-McChord) (8 nm W)
KGRF - Gray Army Airfield (Joint Base Lewis-McChord) (12 nm W)
S50 - Auburn Municipal Airport (14 nm N)
KTIW - Tacoma Narrows Airport (15 nm NW)
KSEA - Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (21 nm N)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 18-Apr-2025
 Local
(UTC-7)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4412:44
Sunrise06:1613:16
Sunset20:0103:01
Evening civil twilight20:3303:33

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  18-Apr-2025 21:54:16
Local (UTC-7)  18-Apr-2025 14:54:16
 
METAR
KPLU 182135Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/M03 A3011 RMK AO2
KTCM 
7nm W 
182055Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM CLR 21/M02 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP197 T02091016 57013
KGRF 
12nm W 
182055Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM CLR 22/M03 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP190 T02231032 57015 $
KTIW 
16nm NW 
182053Z 17004KT 10SM CLR 19/M02 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP198 T01891022 58011
TAF
KTCM 
7nm W 
181300Z 1813/1919 17006KT 9999 SKC QNH3012INS WND 26006KT AFT 1817 BECMG 1904/1905 19006KT 9999 SCT100 QNH3004INS BECMG 1907/1908 19006KT 9000 -RA SCT008 BKN010 620804 QNH3010INS BECMG 1911/1912 19006KT 9999 NSW SCT008 BKN010 620804 QNH3010INS BECMG 1918/1919 19009KT 9999 OVC025 620804 QNH3019INS TX23/1823Z TN01/1813Z
KGRF 
12nm W 
181300Z 1813/1919 VRB06KT 9999 SKC QNH3011INS BECMG 1902/1903 27008KT 9999 FEW070 SCT200 QNH3008INS BECMG 1909/1910 20005KT 6000 SHRA SCT008 BKN015 QNH3011INS TX21/1823Z TN02/1813Z
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Pierce County Airport - Thun Field 253-798-2779
[web site]
[email]
Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown)

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100LL
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