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William R Fairchild International Airport (KCLM) serves Port Angeles on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, sited a few miles northwest of the town overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It is an uncontrolled field with two runways, a full set of local frequencies for weather, clearance and traffic advisories, and is used by private, business and charter aircraft as well as helicopters.
William R Fairchild International Airport lies on the northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula, close to Port Angeles, Washington, and is owned and operated by the Port of Port Angeles, which also runs the smaller Sekiu Airport further west. It is an uncontrolled general aviation field handling private, business and charter traffic, along with helicopter operations, and its setting on the Strait of Juan de Fuca coastline makes it a distinctive VFR destination for pilots exploring the peninsula.
The airport sits about three nautical miles northwest of Port Angeles, Washington, on a 797-acre site overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca. There is no control tower on the field; instrument traffic in the area is worked by Whidbey Approach/Departure, and IFR clearances are obtained via a remote communications outlet on Seattle Radio.
The airfield has two paved, lit hard-surface runways. Runway 08/26 is the longer of the pair, with 08 at 6,339 feet and 26 at 4,989 feet; the difference in published lengths reflects displaced thresholds on the same physical strip. Runway 13/31 is shorter, at 3,240 feet in both directions. Field elevation is 266 feet.
Air-to-ground communications are provided on 118.2 MHz, with Whidbey Approach/Departure handling instrument traffic in the surrounding airspace. The field's ASOS broadcasts on 135.175 MHz. A clearance delivery frequency is available on 124.15 MHz, and IFR clearances can also be obtained through Seattle Radio on 122.6 MHz. CTAF/UNICOM for arriving and departing traffic is 123 MHz.
As an uncontrolled airport, traffic should monitor and make calls on the CTAF/UNICOM frequency of 123 MHz when inbound, outbound or operating in the pattern. Pilots planning an IFR arrival or departure should expect to work Whidbey Approach/Departure, or to obtain a clearance via Seattle Radio on 122.6 MHz.
The airport is owned and operated by the Port of Port Angeles, which also operates the smaller Sekiu Airport in the Clallam Bay/Sekiu area to the west; the Sekiu field has a 2,997 by 50 foot lighted runway with a VASI but no fuel services or airport office.
Fairchild International Airport continues to serve a wide variety of private, business and charter aircraft as well as helicopters. In mid-2023 the Port of Port Angeles began a major rehabilitation of Runway 08/26, the airport's main runway, funded through the FAA Airport Improvement Program, the Washington State Department of Transportation and the Port itself; during the works both runway 08/26 and runway 13/31 were subject to periods of closure, with instrument approaches secured while construction equipment was restaged.
