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49WA ·

Cougar Mountain Airfield

46.84700°N

-122.52200°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 25.0%

Cougar Mountain Airfield (49WA) is a small general aviation airport located in Yelm, WA, 28 mi south of Tacoma. It features 1 runway measuring 3,230 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KOLM, 20 mi away (49WA does not publish METAR)

34m ago

Temp

54°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KOLM 040354Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/10 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP105 T01220100

Runways

1 installed

3,230 FT MAX

N/S

3,230 ft × 300

TURF○ unlit

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.900	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZSE
Elevation:: 470 ft
Mag var:: 20° E

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

PilotBobSenior

9/25/2011

Decent grass strip.

Supposedly need permission to land but all the numbers associated with this field have been disconnected. Land and ask an owner on the field, I'm sure you won't have a problem. No near by towns.

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