🇺🇸 Felts Field

Felts Field (SFF/KSFF) is a publicly-owned, general aviation relief airport located 4 miles northeast of Spokane, Washington,. It is operated by the Spokane Airport Board, which is a joint venture between the City of Spokane and Spokane County,.

Notable Features and History:

• Established in 1920, it was Spokane's first airport and served as the region's primary commercial airport in the 1930s and 1940s,.
• Named after James Buell Felts, a Washington Air National Guard pilot who died in a 1927 crash,.
• The original terminal building and other structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
• After World War II, commercial passenger service relocated to Geiger Field (now Spokane International Airport), and Felts Field transitioned to a general aviation facility,.
• It is classified by the FAA as a regional reliever airport to Spokane International Airport.

Current Status:

• Felts Field is an active general aviation airport with two paved runways and a turf landing strip, covering over 400 acres,.
• It accommodates water landings on the adjacent Spokane River.
• The airport has a control tower that operates from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.,.
• Services include a fixed-base operator (Aero Center Felts Field), avionic services, and fuel (100LL, Jet A1+),,.
• As of 2022, it had 69,796 aviation operations.

*Sources researched: feltsfield.spokaneairports.net, nfdc.faa.gov, airnav.com*