Chehalis–Centralia Airport
46°40′37.3″N 122°58′57.9″W / 46.677028°N 122.982750°W
Chehalis-Centralia Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Chehalis, Washington | ||||||||||
| Serves | Chehalis and Centralia, Washington | ||||||||||
| Location | Chehalis, Washington | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 177 ft / 54 m | ||||||||||
| Website | Chehalis-Centralis Airport | ||||||||||
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Chehalis–Centralia Airport (IATA: CLS, ICAO: KCLS, FAA LID: CLS) is a city-owned public use airport located in Chehalis, a city in Lewis County, Washington. The airport lies one mile (1.6 km) west of the town.
Originally begun on farmland in 1927, the airfield was known as Donahoe Field and it hosted a small golf course. The airfield was seized for military use during World War II and became known as the County-City Airport, with transfer of ownership and management between Centralia, Chehalis, and Lewis County in the early 1960s. Chehalis became sole-owner of the airport in 2013.
Once a hub for West Coast Airlines from the mid 1940s into the late 1950s, the airport does not host a commercial air service. As of 2023, the airfield experiences approximately 50,000 flight operations per year.
The airport is situated in a floodplains and has experienced several inundations of floodwaters over the course of its history. Surrounded by a large levee first constructed during the second world war, various upgrades and expansions of flood control measures have been implemented in the 21st century.