Cougar Mountain Airfield

Airport and flying

Cougar Mountain Airfield (49WA) is a private, non-towered airport in Yelm, Thurston County, Washington. Field elevation is 470 ft. Runway N/S is 3,230 by 50 ft, turf. No fuel is listed on the field.

Nearest fuel: Olympia Regional (OLM, Olympia), 17.2 nm NW, 5,500 ft runway, 100LL, Jet A; Pierce County/Thun Field (PLU, Puyallup), 18.2 nm NE, 3,651 ft runway, 100LL; Chehalis-Centralia (CLS, Chehalis), 21.5 nm SW, 5,000 ft runway, 100LL, Jet A.

Major airports: Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA, Seattle), 37.2 nm N, 11,901 ft runway, Jet A, Jet A-1; Portland International (PDX, Portland), 75.6 nm S, 11,000 ft runway, 100LL, Jet A.

Regional airports: Boeing Field/King County International (BFI, Seattle), 42 nm N, 10,007 ft runway, 100LL, Jet A; Seattle Paine Field International (PAE, Everett), 64.4 nm N, 9,010 ft runway, 100LL, Jet A; Yakima Air Trml/Mcallister Field (YKM, Yakima), 83.1 nm E, 7,604 ft runway, 100LL, Jet A.

Nearby airports: Flying B (8WA0, Rainier), 3.7 nm NW, 2,200 ft runway; Western Airpark (06WN, Yelm), 4.8 nm N, 2,845 ft runway; Taylor (3WA0, Rainier), 6.8 nm NW, 1,600 ft runway; Swanson Field (2W3, Eatonville), 11 nm E, 2,990 ft runway.

Official FAA airport record (49WA) · FAA data effective 2026-10-29