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KPLU ·

Pierce County-Thun Field

47.10390°N

-122.28700°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 30.8%

DEP / DAY

▲ 37.5%

Pierce County-Thun Field (KPLU) is a small general aviation airport located in Puyallup, WA. It features 1 runway measuring 3,650 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago

Temp

61°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KPLU 191935Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -DZ CLR 16/07 A2999 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

3,650 FT MAX

17/35

3,650 ft × 60

ASPH-G○ unlitMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

82% of ops

78 land · 5 TO

18% of ops

17 land · 30 TO

Runway 17 carries 82% of operations (78 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 18%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

17 78 landings

UA 22%

35 17 landings

UA 6%

Approaches to 17 show a 22% unstable-approach rate (17 UA events from 78 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

4.2

flights/day · 125 total

Busy hour (local)

10pm

also 1am · 9pm

Day vs night

30%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 9pm–10pm local, averaging 4.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (5.5 vs 3.9 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (20% of 100 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.700	—
APCH	126.500	—
APCH	377.150	—
UNICOM	122.700	—
AWOS	128.575	—
OTHER	121.850	—
CD/P	121.850	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZSE
Mag var:: 15° E
Fuel:: 100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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