Airports / Washington / ELN
Bowers Field
KELN / ELNEllensburg, WashingtonELEV 1,764 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
26 nm
To the nearest alternate
Pangborn Memorial Airport (EAT) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Bowers Field (KELN / ELN) is a general aviation field serving Ellensburg, Washington. The field lies at an elevation of 1,764 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
ELN has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Pangborn Memorial Airport (EAT, 26 nm), Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field (YKM, 28 nm), and Grant County International Airport (MWH, 51 nm).
Quotes for flights out of ELN vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Ellensburg Army Airfield. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from ELN, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KELN
IATA
ELN
FAA / Local
ELN
Elevation
1,764 ft
Coordinates
47.0330° N · 120.5310° 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
No
Elevation vs WA fields
state range 10–2,556 ft
At 1,764 ft, ELN sits higher than 88% 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.
- 26nmEATPangborn Memorial AirportWenatchee
- 28nmYKMYakima Air Terminal McAllister FieldYakima
- 51nmMWHGrant County International AirportMoses Lake
- 74nmPSCTri Cities AirportPasco
- 77nmSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportSeattle
- 78nmBFIKing County International Airport - Boeing FieldSeattle
Location
Open the full mapKELN · Bowers Field · Ellensburg, WA
From the ramp
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