Airport management

Various airport management databases, manuals, and information for airport sponsors and consultants.

Airport pavement information

The pavement information below presents the results of the 2018 update of the WSDOT Aviation pavement management system.

Airport Pavement Database (IDEA)

Airport Pavement Management Manual (PDF 9.1 MB) 

2019 Washington State Pavement Executive Summary 

Statewide Airport Pavement Report (PDF 6.9 MB)

Airport Information System

Airport Information System (AIS) users must use SecureAccess Washington (SAW) to login.

If you already have a SecureAccess Washington (SAW) Account, then log into your account and follow steps 5 - 12

If you are new to SecureAccess Washington (SAW), please follow all steps to set up and add Airport Information System to your SAW Account

  • Step 1:  Register / Log in to Secure Access Washington             
  • Step 2:  Open your default web browser to: https://secureaccess.wa.gov/
  • Step 3:  Register as a new User: If needed, select the “Sign Up!” button and follow the instructions. 
  • Step 4:  Once registered with SAW use the login.
  • Step 5:  After logging in to SAW, you should automatically start at the ‘My Secure Services’ list.
  • Step 6:  Select the “Add New Service Button.”
  • Step 7:  Select "I have been given a code by an agency." 
  • Step 8:  Contact the AIS Admin Team to receive the "Service Code" at  AISadmin@WSDOT.WA.GOV
  • Step 9:   Wait for approval: A confirmation email will be generated notifying you that access has been granted.
  • You’re not done! Please go to Step 10!
  • Step 10: Open your AIS User Profile and complete all data fields marked with a red asterisk (*). Then select all airports you want to be associated with and select your preferred contact type(s).  Click “Add,” then wait for approval.
  • Step 11: https://secureaccess.wa.gov/

Individual Airport Information

Airport Cooperative Research Program Transportation Research Board 

As part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) mobilizes expertise, experience, and knowledge to anticipate and solve complex transportation-related challenges. For example, committees, researchers, and staff are currently focused on advancing resilient infrastructure, exploring transformational technology, and caring for the public’s health and safety. 

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Guidebook for Managing Small Airports

  1. Access the guidebook
  2. Click the "View this PDF" button.
  3. Download as a guest by inputting your email address and accepting the terms of use.
  4. Download the PDF.
  5. View the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) WebResource 6 for more resources and supplements to the guidebook.

The Adopt-an-Airport Program of WSDOT Aviation uses volunteer groups to help maintain the 15 state-operated airports in Washington.

The Airport Information System is an online program that provides the public with information about Washington's air transportation system.

Explore our airport mapping application and access airport facility features and other interactive aviation planning tools.

Find our stormwater design manual to assist in the design, construction and maintenance of stormwater facilities on and near airports.

One of the main challenges facing aviation today is the encroachment of incompatible land use development near and around airports. To meet this challenge, we developed the Airport Land Use Compatibility Program.

166,800 electric vehicle

registrations in Washington in 2023, up from 114,600 in 2022.

87 wetland compensation sites

actively monitored on 918 acres in 2023.

25,000 safe animal crossings

in the Snoqualmie Pass East Project area since 2014.