KTIW Tacoma Narrows Airport
Tacoma, WA · 4 miles W of TACOMA, WA
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KTIW
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 294.8 ft
- Coordinates
- 47-16-04.6000N 122-34-41.2000W
- Lat / Long
- 47.2679444, -122.5781111
- Mag. variation
- 20E (1990)
- Time zone
- UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
- ARTCC
- SEATTLE CENTER
- FSS
- SEATTLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- TIW (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0700-1600
- Pattern altitude
- 1294.8 ft. MSL
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- WHEN ATCT CLSD, ACTVT MALSR RWY 17; REIL RWY 35; PAPI RWY 17 & 35; MIRL 17/35 - CTAF.
- International operations
- customs landing rights airport CUSTOMS - 253-593-6338 EXT #2.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KTIW
Runways
Longest 5002 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 5002 x 100 ft. / 1525 x 30 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 50.0
Runway 17
- Heading
- 167 magnetic, 187 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on right (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 291.8 ft.
Runway 35
- Heading
- 347 magnetic, 007 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- right
- Threshold elevation
- 294.7 ft.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 3
Approaches — IAP 3
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 118.5
- Unicom
- 122.95
- Atis
- 124.05
- Wx Asos
- PHONE 253-858-6507
- Tacoma Ground
- 121.8 [0800-2000]
- Tacoma Tower
- 118.5 253.5 [0800-2000]
- Seattle Approach
- 120.1
- Seattle Departure
- 120.1
- Approach Lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Instrument Approach
- ILS
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- LOW
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.