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Sanderson Field

47.23360°N
-123.14800°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
14 kts
260°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSHN 262253Z AUTO 26014G21KT 10SM OVC075 17/13 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T01720133 $

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

23
78% of ops
1,053 land · 1,087 TO
05
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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
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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