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KPLU ·

Pierce County-Thun Field

47.10390°N

-122.28700°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

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Pierce County-Thun Field (KPLU) is a small general aviation airport located in Puyallup, WA. It features 1 runway measuring 3,651 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21m ago

Temp

63°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KPLU 261235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN016 OVC021 17/15 A3005 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

3,651 FT MAX

17/35

3,651 ft × 60

ASPH-G○ unlitMED

Runway intelligence

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

57% of ops

2,017 land · 1,393 TO

43% of ops

1,497 land · 2,197 TO

Runway 17 carries 57% of operations (2,017 landings, 1,393 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 43%.

Approach quality

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

17 2,017 landings

UA 7%

35 1,497 landings

UA 2%

Approaches to 17 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (132 UA events from 2,017 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

52.1

flights/day · 1,564 total

Busy hour (local)

8pm

also 5pm · 10pm

Day vs night

41%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 8pm–10pm local, averaging 52.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (61.4 vs 51.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (60% of 1,280 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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