# Methow Valley State Airport (S52)

**Methow Valley State Airport** (FAA: S52) is a small airport in Winthrop, Washington, United States. It opened in Dec 1938. It has one runway, 5,049 ft (1,539 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ks52

## At a glance

- FAA: S52
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Winthrop, Washington, United States
- Opened: Dec 1938
- Elevation: 1,706 ft / 520 m
- Coordinates: 48.4249, -120.1460
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,049 ft / 1,539 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49748088
- Weather station: KS52
- Ident: KS52

## Timeline

- Dec 1938: Methow Valley State Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 5,049 ft / 1,539 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,049 ft / 1,539 m | =6,235 of 29,858 | #2,114 in North America | #1,718 in US |
| Elevation | 1,706 ft / 520 m | =10,520 of 43,403 | =4,628 in North America | #3,492 in US |
| Age | Opened 1938 | =870 of 15,079 | =246 in North America | =228 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS | 118.425 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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- [WA20](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-1516.md) Pianosa Flying Farm Ultralight Flightpark · 15 mi / 25 km
- [W12](https://dromopedia.com/airports/w12.md) Lost River Airport · 23 mi / 36 km
- [WT37](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wt37.md) Lockwood Dry Coulee Airport · 25 mi / 40 km
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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/ks52/data