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Bremerton National Airport (KPWT) lies on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington State, about eight miles southwest of downtown Bremerton, and is the largest general aviation airfield in the area. It offers a single long, lit asphalt runway with an ILS approach, making it a useful all-weather destination for visiting VFR and IFR pilots exploring the Puget Sound region.
Bremerton National Airport, also known historically as Bremerton Executive Airport, is a general aviation field owned and operated by the Port of Bremerton. It sits on the Kitsap Peninsula, roughly eight miles southwest of downtown Bremerton, Washington, and is described as the largest airport on the peninsula, offering an all-weather, fully lit runway suitable for a wide range of aircraft. For a simulator pilot, its long paved runway, ILS approach and mix of general aviation, business and occasional military traffic make it an interesting stop within the wider Seattle-Tacoma area.
The airport is located in Kitsap County, Washington, about eight miles southwest of downtown Bremerton. It falls within the wider Seattle terminal area, and pilots operating in the vicinity communicate with Seattle Approach/Departure on 127.1 MHz. No specific controlled airspace class or ATZ detail is given beyond this, but its position on the Kitsap Peninsula places it within reach of the busy Puget Sound airspace environment surrounding Seattle-Tacoma.
The airfield has a single physical runway, 02/20, measuring 5,985 feet, with a hard surface and runway lighting. Runway 20 is equipped with an ILS approach, giving instrument pilots a precision option into the field. A second runway, once part of the airport, has long been closed to aviation use and is now used as a drag strip by Bremerton Motorsports Park.
Pilots can expect to use Seattle Approach/Departure on 127.1 MHz when operating in the surrounding airspace. The airport's automated weather observation is broadcast on AWOS-3, 121.2 MHz, and the common traffic advisory frequency/UNICOM is 123.05 MHz. Runway 20 offers an ILS approach for instrument arrivals.
The former second runway, now operated as a drag strip by Bremerton Motorsports Park, remains a visible feature within the airport boundary and can help with orientation on approach. The airport's single long runway and its position on the Kitsap Peninsula, southwest of Bremerton, are the primary visual references for arriving pilots.
The airfield began in 1936 when around 15 local residents established an airstrip on an old lakebed known as Bayes' Bog, initially called Fleet Field, creating a 600-foot-long, 15-foot-wide gravel landing strip. It later became known as Kitsap County Airport. During the Second World War the field was used by the United States Navy as an outer landing field for NAS Seattle, and it continued to see occasional Navy detachments through the Cold War. In a notable piece of motorsport history, the airport's runways and taxiways hosted a NASCAR Grand National race on 4 August 1957, won by Parnelli Jones, and in 1954 the field was the site of the SCCA Seafair Nationals, marking Ferrari's competitive debut on a Northwest track. The airport was renamed from Kitsap County Airport on 1 July 1983.
Bremerton National Airport remains the largest airport on the Kitsap Peninsula, handling predominantly general aviation traffic alongside a small proportion of military and air taxi operations. It has 118 based aircraft, the majority single-engine piston types, along with multi-engine aircraft, jets, helicopters and a glider. The field hosts EAA Chapter 406 and the Bremerton Aviation Center for Education (BACE), which introduces students to aviation through hands-on design, maintenance and engineering activities, and it stages an annual air show each July featuring military aircraft and aerobatic displays. The airport has also been named as a candidate site in regional studies considering expanded general aviation and business aviation capacity in the Puget Sound area.