Sanderson Field

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Sanderson Field (IATA: SHN, ICAO: KSHN) is a public lighted-land airport located in Shelton, Washington. It is located roughly one mile north and outside the Shelton city limits, and is owned by the Port of Shelton. It is bordered on the south by the Mason County Fairgrounds, on the north by a business park and Dayton Airport Road, on the west by the Washington State Patrol Training Academy, and on the east by U.S. Highway 101.

The airport has two runways. One runway (17/35) runs in a north-south orientation and has been deactivated since the early 1960s. The other runway (5/23), running in an east-west orientation serves as the active runway. The primary approach is on Runway 23, which has a four-light Precision Approach Path Indicator system.

The active runway has medium-intensity runway edge lighting, installed in 1986, that operates from dusk to dawn.

Services at Sanderson include minor airframe and powerplant repair by the only FBO (Fixed Base Operator), Olympic Air. Additionally, a 24-hour fuel station offers 100LL and JET-A grades of aircraft fuel. There are parking tiedowns for up to 36 aircraft on a spacious parking ramp adjacent to the Olympic Air maintenance shop, and construction begins in 2006 on a new 10,000 sq. foot hangar. This new hangar will serve as headquarters for Kapowsin Air Sports Inc, which offers skydiving courses.

[edit] Trivia

• Was named after Major General Lawson H. Sanderson, United States Marine Corps.
• Officially dedicated on August 28, 1966.
• Formerly operated under the name "Mason County Airport"