KPLU Pierce County Airport/Thun Field
Puyallup, WA · 5 miles S of PUYALLUP, WA
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KPLU
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 537.6 ft
- Coordinates
- 47-06-14.1120N 122-17-13.9210W
- Lat / Long
- 47.10392, -122.2872003
- Mag. variation
- 15E (2020)
- Time zone
- UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 09/1945
- ARTCC
- SEATTLE CENTER
- FSS
- SEATTLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- PLU (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0800-1400
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT REIL RWYS 17 & 35; PAPI RWYS 17 & 35 AND MIRL RWY 17/35 -CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KPLU
Runways
Longest 3,651 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 3651 x 60 ft. / 1113 x 18 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
Runway 17
- Heading
- 165 magnetic, 180 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 537.4 ft.
- Obstructions
- 75 ft. trees, 2800 ft. from runway, 34:1 slope to clear
Runway 35
- Heading
- 345 magnetic, 000 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on right (4.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 535.4 ft.
- Obstructions
- 13 ft. road, 242 ft. from runway, 3:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 3
Approaches — IAP 1
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 122.7
- Wx Awos-3
- 128.575 (253-848-2748)
- Seattle Approach
- 126.5
- Seattle Departure
- 126.5
- Clearance Delivery
- 121.85
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL 100LL:FUEL AVBL 24 HOURS WITH CREDIT CARD.
- Fuel available
- 100LL 100LL:FUEL AVBL 24 HOURS WITH CREDIT CARD.
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- LOW
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.