Airports / Washington / SHN
Sanderson Field
KSHN / SHNShelton, WashingtonELEV 273 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#18 / 50
Washington airports by Google rating
4.7★ across 41 Google ratings — ranked against 50 rated WA fields.
19 nm
To the nearest alternate
Olympia Regional Airport (OLM) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Shelton, Washington, Sanderson Field (KSHN / SHN) operates as a general aviation field. The airport sits 273 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into SHN for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Olympia Regional Airport (OLM, 19 nm), Bremerton National Airport (PWT, 22 nm), and Tacoma Narrows Airport (TIW, 23 nm).
Charter pricing from SHN depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Shelton.
Field capability
ICAO
KSHN
IATA
SHN
FAA / Local
SHN
Elevation
273 ft
Coordinates
47.2336° N · 123.1480° 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 273 ft, SHN sits higher than 53% 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.
- 19nmOLMOlympia Regional AirportOlympia
- 22nmPWTBremerton National AirportBremerton
- 23nmTIWTacoma Narrows AirportTacoma
- 25nmGRFGray Army Air FieldFort Lewis/Tacoma
- 28nmTCMMcChord Air Force BaseTacoma
- 36nmHQMBowerman AirportHoquiam
Location
Open the full mapKSHN · Sanderson Field · Shelton, WA
From the ramp
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