# Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field (YKM / KYKM)

**Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field** (IATA: YKM, ICAO: KYKM) is a medium airport in Yakima, Washington, United States. It opened in Nov 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,604 ft (2,318 m). In 2025 it handled 91 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YKM / KYKM
- FAA: YKM
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Yakima, Washington, United States
- Opened: Nov 1937
- Elevation: 1,099 ft / 335 m
- Coordinates: 46.5682, -120.5440
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,604 ft / 2,318 m
- Instrument procedures: 8 approaches, 5 departures
- Passengers: 90,681 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://www.yakimaairterminal.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakima_Air_Terminal (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3487295
- Weather station: KYKM · WMO 72781
- Ident: KYKM

## Timeline

- Nov 1937: Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 7,604 ft / 2,318 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 110° / 290° | yes |
| 04/22 | 3,835 ft / 1,169 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 060° / 240° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00465AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 124,196 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 141,250 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 142,801 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 142,564 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 134,862 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 61,285 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 95,186 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 73,684 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 48,007 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 82,034 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 90,681 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination 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 · 103 mi / 166 km · Alaska Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

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

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 91K (2025) | #1,851 of 3,974 | #414 in North America | #279 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,604 ft / 2,318 m | #3,016 of 29,858 | #641 in North America | #479 in US |
| Elevation | 1,099 ft / 335 m | #16,294 of 43,403 | #7,167 in North America | #5,673 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | CHINOOK APP/DEP | 123.800 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 125.250 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.900 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 133.250 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | SEATTLE RDO | 122.500 |
| TWR | TWR | 133.250 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [EAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/keat.md) Pangborn Memorial Airport · 60 mi / 96 km
- [PSC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpsc.md) Tri Cities Airport · 71 mi / 114 km
- [DLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdls.md) Columbia Gorge Regional Airport · 72 mi / 116 km
- [MWH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmwh.md) Grant County International Airport · 73 mi / 117 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: “Yakima Air Terminal”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yakima_Air_Terminal&oldid=1363088223), revision of 7 Jul 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/kykm/data