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KTIW Tacoma Narrows Airport
Tacoma, Washington, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 19 MARCH 2026

Location

FAA Identifier: TIW
Lat/Long: 47-16-04.6000N 122-34-41.2000W
47-16.076667N 122-34.686667W
47.2679444,-122.5781111
(estimated)
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)
  • FREQ 121.5 NOT AVBL.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
SEAr208/14.8SEATTLE VORTAC116.8019E
OLMr018/22.2OLYMPIA VORTAC113.4019E

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
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 17  RUNWAY 35
Latitude: 47-16.484690N47-15.668117N
Longitude: 122-34.612695W122-34.760128W
Elevation: 291.8 ft.294.7 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 167 magnetic, 187 true347 magnetic, 007 true
Markings: precision, in good conditionnonprecision, 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: noyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, 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 19 March 2026 at 0901Z to 16 April 2026 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
ILS OR LOC RWY 17   download (235KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 17   download (251KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 35   download (250KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply   download (86KB)
 
Departure Procedures
NARROWS ONE   download (154KB)
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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Aerial photo of KTIW (Tacoma Narrows Airport)
Photo by Brian Quarles
Photo taken 06-Oct-2014
looking east/southeast.

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Airport diagram
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Diagram of KTIW (Tacoma Narrows Airport)
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 19-Mar-2026
 Local
(UTC-7)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4613:46
Sunrise07:1614:16
Sunset19:2002:20
Evening civil twilight19:5102:51

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  20-Mar-2026 02:46:55
Local (UTC-7)  19-Mar-2026 19:46:55
 
METAR
KTIW 200235Z 16003KT 4SM -RA BR BKN003 OVC014 12/11 A3008 RMK AO2 RAB03 P0002 T01170111
KTCM 
10nm SE 
200220Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -RA BKN004 BKN014 OVC022 13/12 A3008 RMK AO2 RAE0155RAB05 CIG 004V022 SLP190 $
KGRF 
12nm S 
200215Z 00000KT 10SM -RA FEW008 BKN014 OVC023 13/12 A3006 RMK AO2A SLP183 $
KSEA 
15nm NE 
200153Z 23003KT 5SM BR BKN005 BKN009 OVC017 12/11 A3009 RMK AO2 RAE28 SLP197 P0002 T01170111 $
KPLU 
15nm SE 
200235Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM -DZ OVC026 13/13 A3008 RMK AO2
KPWT 
16nm NW 
200156Z AUTO 21009KT 10SM OVC003 11/11 A3008 RMK AO2 RAE51 SLP191 P0000 T01110111
KBFI 
20nm NE 
200153Z 17006KT 3SM BR BKN007 OVC018 13/11 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP189 T01280111
TAF
KTCM 
10nm SE 
192100Z 1921/2103 20010G15KT 9000 -SHRA BKN006 OVC025 610909 QNH3010INS BECMG 2005/2006 21009KT 9000 -SHRA BKN010 OVC020 610609 QNH3006INS BECMG 2012/2013 22010G15KT 9000 -SHRA BKN005 OVC015 QNH3006INS BECMG 2100/2101 25008KT 9000 -SHRA BKN015 OVC025 QNH3007INS TX14/1923Z TN10/2013Z
KGRF 
12nm S 
192100Z 1921/2103 15009KT 6000 -SHRA BKN007 OVC035 520109 QNH3007INS TEMPO 2001/2003 2400 SHRA BKN003 OVC009 BECMG 2007/2008 20007KT 9000 -SHRA OVC015 520109 QNH3004INS BECMG 2012/2013 21006KT 9999 VCSH OVC008 640709 520107 530809 QNH3003INS BECMG 2020/2021 20007KT 9000 -RA BKN009 OVC015 650709 520103 530409 QNH3006INS TX14/1923Z TN11/2003Z
KSEA 
15nm NE 
192057Z 1921/2024 18009KT 6SM -SHRA BR SCT007 BKN015 OVC025 TEMPO 1921/1922 BKN007 FM200500 19009KT 5SM -RA BR SCT007 OVC014 FM201200 19008KT 5SM -RA BR BKN007 OVC012 FM201600 20011G21KT 5SM -RA BR OVC012
KPWT 
16nm NW 
200149Z 2002/2024 23011KT 4SM -RA BR BKN003 OVC011 FM201200 20009G17KT 6SM -RA BR OVC007 FM202000 21012G24KT 4SM -RA BR SCT007 OVC015
KBFI 
20nm NE 
192057Z 1921/2018 18008KT 6SM -SHRA BR BKN020 OVC030 FM200500 16008KT 5SM -RA BR SCT010 OVC017 FM201700 20008G18KT 4SM -RA BR OVC015
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

  
 Business Name 
 
 Contact 
 
 Services / Description 
 
Fuel Prices
 
Comments
  
Pavco Flight Center
Call for volume discounts
UNICOM 122.95
253-851-5577
toll-free 800-645-3563
[web site]
[email]
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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Phillips 66
100LL Jet A
FS $6.26 $5.79 
GUARANTEED
 
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Skyport Aviation UNICOM 122.95
253-358-3284
[web site]
[email]
Skyport Aviation delivers elite ground handling with seamless efficiency, and executive-level care--while strategically managing fuel costs to pass meaningful savings directly on to customers.
 
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World Fuel Services
100LL Jet A
FS $6.25 $5.70 
 Updated 18-Mar-2026
 
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Aviation Businesses, Services, and Facilities

  
 Business Name 
 
 Contact 
 
 Services / Description 
 
Distance
 
Comments
  
 Northwest Aviation Medicine, PLLC
253-313-0935
[web site]
[email]
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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 Avionics Shop, Inc.
253-851-3009
toll-free 800-821-9927
[web site]
[email]
Avionics sales and service, Aviation accessories

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Where to Eat: Catering, Restaurants, Food shops

  
 Business Name 
 
 Contact 
 
 Services / Description 
 
Distance
 
Comments
  
The Hub at Gig Harbor Restaurant 253-853-1585
253-224-2624
[web site]
[email]

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Catering, Internet access, Restrooms, Restaurant

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