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KSHN · SHN

Sanderson Field

47.23360°N

-123.14800°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 83.9%

DEP / DAY

▼ 81.6%

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 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23h ago

Temp

64°F

Wind

7 kts

250°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KSHN 252253Z AUTO 25007KT 10SM SCT024 BKN032 OVC045 18/15 A3001 RMK AO2 RAB20E43 SLP161 P0000 T01780150 $

Runways

1 installed

5,005 FT MAX

05/23

5,005 ft × 100

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

78% of ops

1,053 land · 1,087 TO

22% of ops

305 land · 185 TO

Runway 23 carries 78% of operations (1,053 landings, 1,087 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

23 1,053 landings

UA 9%

05 305 landings

UA 9%

Approaches to 23 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (92 UA events from 1,053 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

21.4

flights/day · 643 total

Busy hour (local)

10pm

also 8pm · 7pm

Day vs night

36%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 7pm–10pm local, averaging 21.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.8× weekday (32.5 vs 18.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 484 flights). Top three types: , , .

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)

Pilot_1975

01/28/2012

Sanderson

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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