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KSHN · SHN
Sanderson Field
47.23360°N
-123.14800°W
ARR / DAY
10
▼
24.7%
DEP / DAY
11
▼
34.2%
Sanderson Field (KSHN/SHN) is a small general aviation airport located in Shelton, WA, 33 mi west of Tacoma. It features 1 runway measuring 5,005 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 10 arrivals and 11 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
64°F
Wind
5 kts
80°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
05/23
5,005 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
23
66% of ops
324 land · 362 TO
05
34% of ops
165 land · 145 TO
Runway 23 carries 66% of operations (324 landings, 362 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 34%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
23
324 landings
UA 8%
05
165 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 23 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (26 UA events from 324 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
22.0
flights/day · 661 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 10pm · 12am
Day vs night
30%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.800 | — |
| APCH | 121.100 | — |
| APCH | 290.900 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.800 | — |
| ASOS | 119.275 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZSE
- Mag var:
- 15° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)
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Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)
PI
Pilot_1975
1/28/2012
Landed here to look at a Cessna 150. Nice clean airport. No courtesy car, not much for dining. Frequent skydiving. Great pilot lounge.
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