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Pierce County-Thun Field

47.10390°N
-122.28700°W
ARR / DAY
5
25.0%
DEP / DAY
3
0.0%

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 5 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

22h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPLU 132315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/12 A2985 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

17
59% of ops
883 land · 606 TO
35
41% of ops
623 land · 1,104 TO
Runway 17 carries 59% of operations (883 landings, 606 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 41%.

Approach quality

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

17 883 landings
UA 6%
35 623 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 17 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (56 UA events from 883 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
29.8
flights/day · 894 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 12am · 10pm
Day vs night
39%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–10pm local, averaging 29.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (38.2 vs 28.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (58% of 725 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 21:56 UTC