Stuart Island Airpark guide

Stuart Island Airpark is a private airstrip on Stuart Island, in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. The FAA identifier is 7WA5. The FAA places it about 2 miles southeast of the community of Stuart Island, and it lies roughly 13 miles by air from the public airport at Friday Harbor.

The airpark has one turf runway, 9/27, measuring 2,000 by 55 feet. The surface is soft when wet. Trees stand about 300 feet from the Runway 9 end, and rising terrain lies about 3,000 feet from the Runway 27 end. The FAA lists stopways of 300 feet on Runway 27 and 200 feet on Runway 9. Traffic pattern is left-hand for both ends. The strip has no runway-end lights, no control tower and no fuel.

The field is private use. Pilots need permission before landing, and instructional flying is prohibited. The Stuart Island Airway Park Association owns and manages it, with a mailing address in Friday Harbor. The FAA records an activation date of March 1959. No scheduled airline service operates here, and no passenger or movement statistics are published. Stuart Island has no ferry, so the strip serves residents, property owners and visiting private pilots.