Paine Field (Snohomish County Airport) KPAE / PAE
Home of Boeing's widebody plant north of Seattle, 45 minutes from Downtown and convenient for Everett, Bellevue's east-side campuses via I-405 and the San Juan Islands. Castle & Cooke's FBO, a 9,000 ft runway and CBP by prior arrangement; a small commercial terminal shares the field.
9,010 ft
Longest runway
45 min
Drive to Seattle
1
FBOs / handlers
606 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24 (CBP on request)
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- No
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A, SAF (limited)
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 40 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any size including widebody (Boeing Everett plant).
- Website
- www.painefield.com
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Castle & Cooke Aviation Paine Field
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 9,010 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000E 6,076 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 needs 9,800 ft
Other airports for Seattle
- Boeing Field / King County International Airport KBFI 10,000 ft · 15 min
- Seattle-Tacoma International Airport KSEA 11,901 ft · 30 min