# Walla Walla Regional Airport (ALW / KALW)

**Walla Walla Regional Airport** (IATA: ALW, ICAO: KALW) is a medium airport in Walla Walla, Washington, United States. It opened in Oct 1937. It has one runway, 6,527 ft (1,989 m) long, concrete. In 2025 it handled 77 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kalw

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ALW / KALW
- FAA: ALW
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Walla Walla, Washington, United States
- Opened: Oct 1937
- Elevation: 1,194 ft / 364 m
- Coordinates: 46.0949, -118.2880
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,527 ft / 1,989 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches, 1 departure
- Passengers: 76,563 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walla_Walla_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2257760
- Weather station: KALW
- Ident: KALW

## Timeline

- Oct 1937: Walla Walla Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 6,527 ft / 1,989 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 036° / 216° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00440AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 82,536 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 94,545 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 99,200 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 97,796 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 97,857 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 40,412 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 77,162 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 67,231 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 51,922 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 72,907 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 76,563 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

5 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [SEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksea.md) Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · United States · 212 mi / 341 km · Alaska Airlines

### Cargo (4)

- [PSC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpsc.md) Tri Cities Airport · United States · 42 mi / 67 km · Ameriflight
- [GEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgeg.md) Spokane International Airport · United States · 111 mi / 179 km · Ameriflight
- [YKM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kykm.md) Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field · United States · 112 mi / 181 km · Ameriflight
- [BFI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbfi.md) King County International Airport - Boeing Field · United States · 214 mi / 344 km · Ameriflight

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ALW, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- AS [Alaska Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alaska-airlines) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- A8 [Ameriflight](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ameriflight) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 77K (2025) | #1,913 of 3,974 | #427 in North America | #289 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,527 ft / 1,989 m | #4,036 of 29,858 | #982 in North America | #742 in US |
| Elevation | 1,194 ft / 364 m | #15,123 of 43,403 | #6,585 in North America | #5,157 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | CHINOOK APP/DEP | 133.150 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 135.875 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.500 |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| RDO | SEATTLE RDO | 122.300 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [PDT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpdt.md) Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton · 38 mi / 62 km
- [PSC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpsc.md) Tri Cities Airport · 41 mi / 67 km
- [LWS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klws.md) Lewiston Nez Perce County Airport · 64 mi / 103 km
- [PUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpuw.md) Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport · 72 mi / 115 km
- [BKE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbke.md) Baker City Municipal Airport · 90 mi / 145 km
- [MWH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmwh.md) Grant County International Airport · 91 mi / 147 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Walla Walla Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walla_Walla_Regional_Airport&oldid=1373532638), revision of 6 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kalw/data