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Mears Field Airport (3W5) is a small municipally owned airfield serving Concrete, Washington, tucked into the Skagit Valley about a mile south of the town it takes its name from. It offers a single paved runway, fuel and hangar space for general aviation pilots, with the town centre only a short walk from the ramp.
Mears Field is a public-use general aviation airport owned and operated by the Town of Concrete, Washington. It provides a runway, fuel and hangar space for both professional and amateur pilots, along with a pilots lounge on the field, making it a modest but useful stop for VFR pilots exploring the North Cascades foothills. Its small scale and mountain-valley setting give it a distinct character compared with the larger fields around Puget Sound.
The airport lies about one mile south of the town of Concrete in Skagit County, Washington, at coordinates 48.5298 N, 121.758 W. It sits in the Skagit River valley beneath the North Cascades, in airspace typical of a small uncontrolled rural airfield with no operating control tower.
Mears Field has a single paved physical runway, 07/25, with a hard surface and runway lighting. The database records slightly differing lengths for each threshold: 2532 feet from runway 07 and 2590 feet from runway 25. Field elevation is 266 feet.
Pilots use the common traffic advisory frequency of 122.9 MHz, with no dedicated UNICOM service, meaning traffic is coordinated by pilots self-announcing on frequency; there is no air traffic control tower at the field.
Traffic patterns at Mears Field are flown to the south of the airport. As there is no ATC tower or UNICOM, pilots should make position calls on the CTAF and remain alert for other traffic given the confined valley setting.
The airfield lies about one mile south of the town of Concrete, Washington, and is roughly a half-mile walk from the runway to the shops and restaurants of uptown Concrete, making the town itself a useful visual reference for locating the field from the air.
Mears Field remains open to the public and continues to offer a paved runway, fuel and hangar options for both professional and amateur aviators, along with a pilots lounge open to all visiting pilots and guests. The airport is overseen by an Airport Commission, established in August 2025, which advises the Town Council on the construction, maintenance, and operation of the field.
