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Vashon Municipal Airport is a municipal airport on Vashon Island in King County, Washington, United States.[2] The airport is unique in being one of the few public airports in Washington State with only a grass runway.[3] Other state-owned public grass-only runway airports exist in Washington, but these are actually more accurately landing strips, as they are not equipped with hangars.[4]

Vashon Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 2S1
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	King County Airport District #1
Location	Vashon Island, Washington, USA
Elevation AMSL	316 ft / 96 m
Coordinates	47°27′31″N 122°28′27″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 2,001 610 Turf
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 98 30 Turf
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 10,020 Based aircraft 34
Sources: FAA,[1] WSDOT[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Vashon Municipal Airport covers an area of 20 acres (8.1 ha) at an elevation of 316 feet (96 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway and one helipad, both with turf surfaces: 17/35 is 2,001 by 60 feet (610 m × 18 m) and H1 is 98 by 98 feet (30 m × 30 m).[1][2] The airport contains a sculpture commemorating a 1968 UFO sighting.[5]

For the 12-month period ending September 1, 2009, the airport had 10,020 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day: 99.8% general aviation and 0.2% air taxi. At that time there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine and 9% ultralight.[1]

Commercial air service

Vashon Island Air provides FAA Part 135 Air Charter Service on the island.

References

External links

• Aerial photo as of 10 July 1990 from USGS The National Map
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for 2S1
  • AirNav airport information for 2S1
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for 2S1

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