# Cougar Mountain Airfield (49WA)

**Cougar Mountain Airfield** (FAA: 49WA) is a small airport in Yelm, Washington, United States. It opened in Jan 1974. It has one runway, 3,230 ft (985 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/49wa

## At a glance

- FAA: 49WA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Yelm, Washington, United States
- Opened: Jan 1974
- Elevation: 470 ft / 143 m
- Coordinates: 46.8470, -122.5220
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,230 ft / 985 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61726239
- Weather station: KGRF
- Ident: 49WA

## Timeline

- Jan 1974: Cougar Mountain Airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| N/S | 3,230 ft / 985 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,230 ft / 985 m | =14,721 of 29,858 | =5,787 in North America | =4,852 in US |
| Elevation | 470 ft / 143 m | =27,657 of 43,403 | =13,143 in North America | =11,004 in US |
| Age | Opened 1974 | =6,983 of 15,079 | =5,099 in North America | =5,006 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/49wa/data