KPUW
Pullman Moscow Regional Airport
VFR
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Name
Pullman Moscow Regional Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
KPUW / PUW / KPUW
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- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
11:37 pm (PST)
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Municipality
Pullman/Moscow
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Coordinates
46° 44′ 38″ N 117° 6′ 36″ W
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Elevation
2’556 ft (779 m MSL)
About Pullman Moscow Regional Airport
Pullman–Moscow Regional Airport (IATA: PUW, ICAO: KPUW, FAA LID: PUW) is a public airport in the northwest United States, located in Pullman, Washington, four miles (6 km) west of Moscow, Idaho. The airport is near State Route 270, and has a single 7,101-foot (2,164 m) runway, headed northeast–southwest (5/23), which entered service in October 2019. The former runway (6/24) was 6,730 feet (2,051 m) and aligned with Moscow Mountain (4,983 feet (1,519 m)) twelve miles (20 km) to the northeast, the highest summit in the area.
The rural airport in the Palouse region is the primary air link for its two land-grant universities, Washington State University in Pullman and the University of Idaho in Moscow. In addition to scheduled service from Alaska Airlines (through its Horizon Air subsidiary), both universities use the airport for jet charters for their intercollegiate athletic teams.
Seattle air traffic control, 250 miles (400 km) west, manages commercial traffic for the airport. The nearest major airport is Spokane International, approximately ninety miles (145 km) to the north, and Lewiston is about 25 miles (40 km) south.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized the airport as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.