Vashon Municipal Airport
{{Infobox airport
| name = Vashon Municipal Airport
| image =
| FAA = 2S1
| type = Public
| owner-oper = King County Airport District #1
| location = Vashon Island, Washington, USA
| elevation-f = 316
| elevation-m = 96
| coordinates = {{coord|47|27|31|N|122|28|27|W|region:US-WA_type:airport_scale:10000}}
| website =
| r1-number = 17/35
| r1-length-f = 2,001
| r1-length-m = 610
| r1-surface = Turf
| h1-number = H1
| h1-length-f = 98
| h1-length-m = 30
| h1-surface = Turf
| stat-year = 2022
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 2,000
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 28
| footnotes = Sources: FAA,{{FAA-airport|ID=2S1|use=PU|own=PU|site=26448.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 5 October 2022. WSDOT{{citation | url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/030571D2-8E26-4EE6-A047-C102BDBDDDC5/0/PilotsGuide_Vashon_VashonMunicipal.pdf | publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation | title=Airport Reference Guide | access-date=14 July 2001}}
}}
Vashon Municipal Airport is a municipal airport on Vashon Island in King County, Washington, United States. The airport is one of the few public airports in Washington State with only a grass runway.{{citation | title=Stormy weather hits Vashon's quiet airport | author=Leslie Brown|publisher=Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber|date=Jun 24, 2009|url=https://www.vashonbeachcomber.com/news/stormy-weather-hits-vashons-quiet-airport/}}
Facilities and aircraft
Vashon Municipal Airport covers an area of {{convert|20|acre|ha}} at an elevation of {{convert|316|ft}} above mean sea level. It has one runway and one helipad, both with turf surfaces: 17/35 is {{convert|2001|x|60|ft}} and H1 is {{convert|98|x|98|ft}}.
The airport contains a sculpture commemorating a 1968 UFO sighting.{{citation | title=Welcome mat is out for UFO at the Vashon 'spaceport'| author=Jon Hahn|publisher=Seattle Post Intelligencer|date=Nov 27, 2002|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Welcome-mat-is-out-for-UFO-at-the-Vashon-1101946.php}}
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 2,000 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per week: all general aviation. At that time there were 28 aircraft based at this airport: all single-engine.
Commercial air service
Vashon Island Air provides FAA Part 135 Air Charter Service on the island.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=47.4586&lon=-122.4742&w=500&h=500&lp=---+None+--- Aerial photo as of 10 July 1990] from USGS The National Map
- {{US-airport-minor|2S1}}
{{Airports in Washington}}