Airports / Washington / CWS
Center Island Airport
CWSCenter Island, WashingtonELEV 115 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
1 nm
To the nearest alternate
Decatur Shores Airport (DTR) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Center Island Airport (CWS) sits in Center Island, Washington, where it functions as a general aviation field. The airport sits 115 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into CWS for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Decatur Shores Airport (DTR, 1 nm), Lopez Island Airport (LPS, 4 nm), and Blakely Island Airport (BYW, 5 nm).
Charter pricing from CWS depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Center Island.
Field capability
ICAO
78WA
IATA
CWS
FAA / Local
78WA
Elevation
115 ft
Coordinates
48.4900° N · 122.8316° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs WA fields
state range 10–2,556 ft
At 115 ft, CWS sits lower than 69% of the 51 Washington fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 1nmDTRDecatur Shores AirportDecatur
- 4nmLPSLopez Island AirportLopez
- 5nmBYWBlakely Island AirportBlakely Island
- 7nmOTSAnacortes AirportAnacortes
- 8nmFBSFriday Harbor Seaplane BaseFriday Harbor
- 8nmFRDFriday Harbor AirportFriday Harbor
Location
Open the full map78WA · Center Island Airport · Center Island, WA