Olympia Regional Airport

Olympia Regional Airport Olympia Army Airfield
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IATA: OLM – ICAO: KOLM – FAA LID: OLM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Port of Olympia
Serves	Olympia, Washington
Location	Tumwater, Washington
Elevation AMSL	209 ft / 64 m
Coordinates
Website	www.portolympia.com
Map
KOLM Location of Olympia Regional Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 8/26 4,157 1,267 Asphalt 17/35 5,500 1,676 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 74,169 Based aircraft 148
Source: FAA, WSDOT, Port of Olympia

Olympia Regional Airport (IATA: OLM, ICAO: KOLM, FAA LID: OLM) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) south of the central business district of Olympia, a city in Thurston County and the capital of the U.S. state of Washington. It is owned by the Port of Olympia. It is about one mile (1.6 km) east of Interstate 5, actually within the boundaries of the city of Tumwater which is south of and adjacent to Olympia. The airport was identified in the Washington State Department of Transportation Long Term Aviation Study as a field that could potentially serve to relieve Seattle-Tacoma International Airport of increasing congestion.

Olympic Flight Museum is located at the Olympia Airport, and Airlift Northwest, the region's air medical transport service uses the airport as one of its medical helicopter bases. The flight museum and the airport play host to a moderate sized air show each June.

The airport's industrial park, 300 acres (1.2 km²) in extent, includes a U.S. Department of Commerce designated Free Trade Zone.

History

The airport served as a satellite of nearby McChord Field (now AFB) during World War II, and commercial aviation history at the Olympia Airport extends to the 1920s. The airport now supports large corporate jets, cargo aircraft, military helicopters and has a back-up runway lighting system for uninterrupted operations. Olympia Airport also has an Instrument Landing System and backup power system for operations during bad weather or low visibility.

The FAA funded a $15 million improvement project that was completed in September, 2008. The work focused on runway line-of-sight improvements and enhanced taxiway and runway signage. In the late 1990s, the airport's runway protection zone was extended with the purchase of $5.5 million worth of land on each end of the primary runway, and an above ground fuel facility was constructed.

Facilities and aircraft

Olympia Regional Airport covers an area of 1,632 acres (660 ha) at an elevation of 209 feet (64 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 17/35 is 5,500 by 150 feet with precision markings (1,676 x 46 m) and 8/26 is 4,157 by 150 feet with basic markings (1,267 x 46 m). The airport has a passenger terminal, an air traffic control tower and a full-instrument landing approach system.

The field is home to fixed wing and helicopter flight instruction, major aircraft and oxygen maintenance facilities, the Washington State Patrol aviation division, and a key navigational aid (Olympia VOR) that is used by commercial flights inbound to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and general aviation aircraft in the region.

Cargo Carriers

Airlines	Destinations
Ameriflight	Seattle

See also

• Washington World War II Army Airfields

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

External links

• Olympia Regional Airport at Port of Olympia web site
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective March 21, 2024
• FAA Terminal Procedures for OLM, effective March 21, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for OLM
  • AirNav airport information for KOLM
  • ASN accident history for OLM
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures