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Cougar Mountain Airfield

46.84700°N
-122.52200°W
ARR / DAY
0
▲ 0.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 75.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

From KGRF, 16 mi away (49WA does not publish METAR)

48m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
8 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KGRF 261655Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM BKN020 BKN025 OVC029 19/14 A3003 RMK AO2 BKN020 V OVC SLP172 T01880138 $

Runways

1 installed

3,230 FT MAX
N/S
3,230 ft × 50
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)

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PilotBobSenior
09/25/2011
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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