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Omak Airport (KOMK) is a small public-use aerodrome three miles north of Omak, Washington, owned and operated by the Omak City Council. It offers a single hard-surfaced runway aligned 17/35 and sees a mix of general aviation, charter and cargo traffic in the Okanogan region of north-central Washington.
Omak Airport is a municipally owned general aviation field serving the town of Omak in the Okanogan region of Washington State. Although it takes its name from Omak, the airport actually lies within the city limits of the neighbouring town of Riverside. It has no scheduled passenger airline service, but supports general aviation, daily commuter-style charter flights and cargo operations, making it a useful and uncomplicated VFR destination for simulator pilots exploring central Washington.
The airport sits about three miles north of downtown Omak, within the city limits of Riverside, Washington, in the Okanogan region of the state. It lies outside controlled airspace, with en-route traffic in the area managed by Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center. A Seattle Radio flight service frequency is also available to pilots operating in the vicinity.
Omak Airport has a single physical runway, 17/35, 4,623 feet long with a hard surface and runway lighting. There is no ILS approach at the field.
Pilots can obtain automated weather from the ASOS on 118.325 MHz. The common traffic advisory frequency, shared with UNICOM, is 122.8 MHz. Seattle Center can be reached on 126.1 MHz, and Seattle Radio (flight service) is available on 122.2 MHz. The field has an FAA-approved GPS approach together with a non-directional beacon, giving it both primary and secondary means of instrument approach guidance.
The airport is situated about three miles north of downtown Omak, which itself sits in the Okanogan River valley in north-central Washington; the town and river valley provide the principal visual reference for pilots inbound to the field.
The airfield originated around 1942 when the United States Army Air Forces built it as the Okanogan Flight Strip, also known as the Omak Flight Strip, on land taken in around the Donald Dodge and Grace Bell ranches. Completed in 1943, the original strip was a 4,654-foot paved north-south runway with graded overrun areas, approved for public use that year and used chiefly as an emergency landing field for military training flights; by December 1943 it was regularly used by bomber aircraft. The strip closed after the Second World War and was turned over for local government use by the War Assets Administration in 1954, before ownership passed to the Omak City Council in 1956 on condition that it be properly maintained. Since then the airport has been expanded and improved with assistance from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Washington State Department of Transportation, including boundary lighting upgrades considered from the late 1950s. Improvements completed in June 1979 were marked with an air show. Omak Airlines had its headquarters and hub at the airport around 1980, though the field has at times faced financial difficulties linked to budget restrictions.
Omak Airport remains owned and operated by the Omak City Council on 153 acres of municipal land north of the town. It has no commercial airline service but supports general aviation alongside daily charter and commuter-style flights operated by carriers such as Ameriflight and Empire Airlines, as well as cargo movements for FedEx and UPS. Facilities include a pilot lounge, a medical facility, and administrative buildings, with food and snacks available on site. Navigation aids include a GPS approach and a non-directional beacon, backed by an automated ASOS weather station providing real-time conditions over the radio.