Blakely Island Airport guide

Blakely Island Airport (FAA identifier 38WA) is a private airstrip on Blakely Island, in San Juan County, Washington. The island sits west of Cypress Island across Rosario Strait and has a population of about 56. The airstrip is for the exclusive use of the island's property owners, so there is no scheduled airline service and no public terminal.

The single asphalt runway, 01/19, measures 2,200 by 40 feet, with 200 by 40 foot overruns at each end. It has medium-intensity edge lights that pilots switch on by transmitting on 122.9 MHz, which is also the Multicom frequency. Trees line both sides of the runway, deer may cross it, and the middle of the strip sits higher than either end. The airport is owned by the Blakely Island Maintenance Committee.

Blakely Island has no public ferry. Visitors without access to the airstrip arrive by private boat, or by water taxi from Skyline Marina in Anacortes, to the marina at the island's northern tip. A seasonal general store and café at the marina are the only services on the island. Ask the owners for permission before you plan any landing.