Vista Field

Vista Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPort of Kennewick
ServesKennewick, Washington
LocationBenton County, Washington, U.S.
Elevation AMSL534 ft / 163 m
Coordinates46°13′N 119°13′W / 46.22°N 119.21°W / 46.22; -119.21
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2/20 4,008 1,222 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations45,000
Based aircraft35

Vista Field (IATA: VSK, FAA LID: S98) was a public use airport in Benton County, Washington, United States.[1] The airport was located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Kennewick and was owned by the Port of Kennewick.[1] It was also known as Vista Field Airport.[2]

Several shipping carriers operated out of the airport. There had been controversy in recent years over whether or not to continue to operate the airport or to shut it down; it was officially closed on December 31, 2013, due to operating costs.[3][4] The Port of Kennewick plans to redevelop the 103-acre (42 ha) site into a mixed-use residential and commercial neighborhood with parks and plazas.[5] Several streets were laid in the early 2020s ahead of property sales for development.[6]

During World War II in the 1940s, it was an auxiliary field for nearby Naval Air Station Pasco, training naval aviators.[4] The Port of Kennewick acquired the airport in 1991.[6]

The Toyota Center arena, opened in 1988 as the Tri-Cities Coliseum, is adjacent to the northwest.

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for S98 PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
  2. ^ Port of Kennewick: About
  3. ^ Port of Kennewick: Airport
  4. ^ a b McKay, John (January 9, 2014). "Vista Field - a piece of Tri-City history goes away". KFLD-AM. (Pasco, Washington). Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  5. ^ Culverwell, Wendy (April 19, 2018). "Are you ready for a woonerf at Kennewick's Vista Field?". Tri-City Herald. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  6. ^ a b Miller, Brian (August 24, 2023). "Meet Vista Field, Kennewick's future urban village". Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved August 24, 2023.