FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 15 MAY 2025
Location
| FAA Identifier: | TIW |
| Lat/Long: | 47-16-04.6000N 122-34-41.2000W
47-16.076667N 122-34.686667W
47.2679444,-122.5781111
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| Elevation: | 294.8 ft. / 89.9 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 20E (1990) |
| From city: | 4 miles W of TACOMA, WA |
| Time zone: | UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 98335 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Control tower: | yes |
| ARTCC: | SEATTLE CENTER |
| FSS: | SEATTLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | TIW (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | 0700-1600 |
| Pattern altitude: | 1294.8 ft. MSL |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | WHEN ATCT CLSD, ACTVT MALSR RWY 17; REIL RWY 35; PAPI RWY 17 & 35; MIRL 17/35 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise. |
| International operations: | customs landing rights airport
CUSTOMS - 253-593-6338 EXT #2. |
Airport Communications
| CTAF: | 118.5 |
| UNICOM: | 122.95 |
| ATIS: | 124.05 |
| WX ASOS: | PHONE 253-858-6507 |
| TACOMA GROUND: | 121.8 [0800-2000] |
| TACOMA TOWER: | 118.5 253.5 [0800-2000] |
| SEATTLE APPROACH: | 120.1 |
| SEATTLE DEPARTURE: | 120.1 |
| WX ASOS at TCM (9 nm SE): | PHONE 253-982-3434 |
| WX AWOS-3PT at PWT (15 nm NW): | 121.2 (360-674-2811) |
| WX ASOS at SEA (15 nm NE): | PHONE 206-214-2592 |
| WX AWOS-3 at PLU (15 nm SE): | 128.575 (253-848-2748) |
| WX ASOS at BFI (19 nm NE): | PHONE 206-658-6435 |
| WX ASOS at RNT (20 nm NE): | 126.95 (425-255-6080) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| SEAr208/14.8 | | SEATTLE VORTAC | | 116.80 | | 19E |
| OLMr018/22.2 | | OLYMPIA VORTAC | | 113.40 | | 19E |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | LOW |
Runway Information
Runway 17/35
| Dimensions: | 5002 x 100 ft. / 1525 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt/grooved, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 50.0 | | Double wheel: | 80.0 | | Double tandem: | 80.0 | | Dual double tandem: | 150.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 17 | | RUNWAY 35 |
| Latitude: | 47-16.484690N | | 47-15.668117N |
| Longitude: | 122-34.612695W | | 122-34.760128W |
| Elevation: | 291.8 ft. | | 294.7 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | right |
| Runway heading: | 167 magnetic, 187 true | | 347 magnetic, 007 true |
| Markings: | precision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on right (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
PAPI UNUSBL BYD 5.0 DEGREES LEFT OF CNTRLN. |
| Approach lights: | MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights | | |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Instrument approach: | ILS | | |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | PIERCE COUNTY PUB WORKS & UTILITIES
9850 - 64TH ST. W.
UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA 98467-7322
Phone 253-798-2421 |
| Manager: | ROD PROPST
1202 - 26TH AVE. N.W.
GIG HARBOR, WA 98335-7322
Phone 253-798-8550 |
Additional Remarks
| - | NOISE ABATEMENT PROC IN EFCT - AMGR. |
| - | DEER ON & INVOF ARPT. |
| - | LAWRS OPS DURG TWR HR. |
| - | EMERG FREQ 121.5 NOT MNT AT ATCT. |
| - | FOR CD WHEN ATCT IS CLSD 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 15 May 2025 at 0901Z to 13 June 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| ILS OR LOC RWY 17 | |
download (242KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 17 | |
download (255KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 35 | |
download (257KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (86KB) |
Departure Procedures |
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| NARROWS ONE | |
download (153KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (223KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KTCM - McChord Field Airport (Joint Base Lewis-McChord) (9 nm SE)
KGRF - Gray Army Airfield (Joint Base Lewis-McChord) (11 nm S)
S50 - Auburn Municipal Airport (15 nm E)
KPWT - Bremerton National Airport (15 nm NW)
KSEA - Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (15 nm NE)
KPLU - Pierce County Airport/Thun Field (15 nm SE)
KBFI - Boeing Field/King County International Airport (19 nm NE)
KRNT - Renton Municipal Airport (20 nm NE)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Brian Quarles
Photo taken 06-Oct-2014
looking east/southeast.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Tacoma Narrows Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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CAUTION: Diagram may not be current
Download PDF
of official airport diagram from the FAA
| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 29-May-2025
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| Morning civil twilight | | 04:42 | | 11:42 |
| Sunrise | | 05:21 | | 12:21 |
| Sunset | | 20:54 | | 03:54 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 21:33 | | 04:33 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 29-May-2025 16:29:35 |
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| Local (UTC-7) | 29-May-2025 09:29:35 |
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| METAR |
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| KTIW | 291553Z 18005KT 3SM -RA BR OVC006 12/12 A3008 RMK AO2 RAB52 CIG 003V008 SLP186 P0000 T01220117
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KTCM
10nm SE | 291615Z 20006KT 10SM OVC004 14/13 A3009 RMK AO2A RAE15 SLP193 $
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KGRF
12nm S | 291618Z 13008KT 2 1/2SM -RA SCT007 OVC026 14/13 A3007 RMK AO2A SLP186 $
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KSEA
15nm NE | 291603Z 20008KT 2 1/2SM BR BKN006 OVC022 13/12 A3009 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 3 T01330122
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KPLU
15nm SE | 291615Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/2SM -DZ BKN004 BKN007 BKN016 14/14 A3010 RMK AO2
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KPWT
16nm NW | 291556Z AUTO 19009KT 8SM OVC003 13/13 A3008 RMK AO2 RAB17E43 SLP188 P0000 T01280128
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KBFI
20nm NE | 291553Z 15008KT 10SM SCT009 BKN012 OVC090 14/12 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP184 T01440122
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KTCM
10nm SE | 291300Z 2913/3019 19006KT 9000 -SHRA SCT015 OVC025 QNH3003INS BECMG 2917/2918 23012G18KT 9999 NSW BKN010 OVC035 QNH3008INS BECMG 2921/2922 25015G20KT 9999 SCT035 QNH3013INS BECMG 3001/3002 25010G15KT 9999 FEW045 QNH3017INS BECMG 3005/3006 VRB06KT 9999 SKC QNH3023INS BECMG 3015/3016 02006KT 9999 FEW200 QNH3020INS TX21/3000Z TN05/3013Z
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KGRF
12nm S | 291300Z 2913/3019 19006KT 9999 -SHRA OVC025 QNH3003INS TEMPO 2914/2917 BKN008 BECMG 2919/2920 23010G18KT 9999 VCSH BKN025 510002 QNH3011INS BECMG 2923/2924 23010G18KT 9999 NSW FEW035 510002 QNH3015INS BECMG 3003/3004 25006KT 9999 FEW200 QNH3017INS TX19/2923Z TN12/2913Z
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KSEA
15nm NE | 291309Z 2913/3018 17006KT P6SM -RA FEW020 BKN100 FM291500 19009KT P6SM -SHRA BKN020 OVC045 FM291800 20010KT P6SM VCSH OVC019 FM292100 21013G21KT P6SM BKN035 FM300000 01010KT P6SM SKC FM300600 04006KT P6SM SKC
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KPWT
16nm NW | 291330Z 2914/3012 20010KT P6SM -RA SCT005 SCT015 TEMPO 2914/2918 BKN005 FM291800 22013G21KT P6SM BKN025 FM292100 22015G23KT P6SM FEW250 FM300000 06008KT P6SM SKC FM300900 VRB02KT 6SM BR FEW003
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KBFI
20nm NE | 291310Z 2913/3012 16008KT P6SM -RA FEW030 BKN050 FM291600 18010KT P6SM -SHRA BKN020 OVC040 FM292000 20012G20KT P6SM OVC035 FM292300 01010KT P6SM SKC FM300600 04006KT P6SM SKC
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support |
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UNICOM 122.95
253-853-7742
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Narrows Aviation provides essential support services to business, private and general aviation in the Pacific Northwest. Our services include, aviation fueling, line services, ground transportation, customer amenities, catering solutions, hangar, and office rentals. Our team is comprised of experienced professionals who undergo continuous training to ensure each customer and aircraft are taken care of with safe and exceptional service. Whether you are just visiting, here for business or choose our beautiful new facilities to be your new home base, Narrows Aviation looks forward to serving you.
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UNICOM 122.95
253-851-5577
toll-free 800-645-3563
[web site]
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Serving you since 1982! Pavco has been servicing, fueling, chartering, training, maintaining, renting, and providing an aviation friendly environment to Tacoma Narrows Airport for over 35 years! We are your local Gig Harbor HERTZ RENTAL CAR AGENT with access to all categories of vehicles. 24-hour transient aircraft call-out service (1-800-645-3563), Volume JET-A discounts at 300, 500, & 1000 gallon increments and AVGAS at 50 gallons. We are an FAA repair station for piston engine, and your local Cessna Services Station.
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253-313-0935
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Northwest Aviation Medicine provides all classes of Aviation Medical Exams (1rst, 2nd,3rd, and Basic Med) as well as EKGs and aviation consultation (in person or via virtual/telehealth platform) for more complicated certification issues.
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| The Hub at Gig Harbor Restaurant |
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253-853-1585
253-224-2624
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