Airport

Location

Cle Elum Municipal Airport is located one mile east of the City of Cle Elum on a bench and is surrounded by forested mountains to the immediate north and across the valley to the south. The Cle Elum Airport is located at an elevation of 1,945 feet above sea level. The City has owned and operated the airport since 1959.

Current Conditions

The Airport has one runway, Runway 7-25, at a length of 2,552' and a width of 40'. The runway has 130-foot displaced thresholds at both ends. The pavement section for Runway 7-25 is four inches of gravel topped with bituminous surface treatment (BST). The entire runway surface is in poor condition and the runway lighting system is inoperable. There is one midfield connector taxiway at the Airport with a length of 375' and a width of 30'. It is located on the south side of the runway and has the same surface covering as the runway.

Amenities

There is not a paved aircraft apron area at the Airport, however transient aircraft park in the grassy area west of the connector taxiway. Steel cables are provided for aircraft tiedown and there is no charge to use the tiedown area. There are five privately owned hangars at the airport which sit on leased City land, and currently there are no other hangars public or private for lease. There are currently no phone or fuel facilities located at the airport.

Airport Future

The City has received grants from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Washington State Department of Transportation to fund improvements at the airport. Therefore, the airport will be closed for most of the summer in 2008 while the runway is reconstructed and the runway lighting is redone.

Links

Federal Aviation Administration
http://www.faa.gov

Washington State Department of Transportation Aviation Division
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/aviation/