# Seaside Municipal Airport (56S)

**Seaside Municipal Airport** (FAA: 56S) is a small airport in Seaside, Oregon, United States. It opened in Dec 1946. It has one runway, 2,211 ft (674 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by Seaside.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/56s

## At a glance

- FAA: 56S
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Seaside
- Serves: Seaside, Oregon, United States
- Opened: Dec 1946
- Elevation: 12 ft / 4 m
- Coordinates: 46.0165, -123.9050
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,211 ft / 674 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaside_Municipal_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7441840
- Weather station: KAST · WMO 72791
- Ident: 56S

## Timeline

- Dec 1946: Seaside Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 2,211 ft / 674 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,211 ft / 674 m | #22,901 of 29,858 | #10,702 in North America | #9,319 in US |
| Elevation | 12 ft / 4 m | =42,227 of 43,403 | =19,018 in North America | =15,524 in US |
| Age | Opened 1946 | =2,744 of 15,079 | =1,680 in North America | =1,626 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/56s/data