Bremerton National Airport


Bremerton National Airport is eight miles southwest of downtown Bremerton, in Kitsap County, Washington. It is owned by the Port of Bremerton. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.
It is the largest airport on the Kitsap Peninsula with an all-weather, fully lit 6,000-foot runway. It was known as Kitsap County Airport until July 1, 1983.

History

In 1936, about 15 local residents founded an airport, then known as Fleet Field which later became Bremerton National Airport. They turned an old lake bed known as Bayes' Bog into a 600-foot-long, 15-foot-wide gravel landing strip.
During World War II, Kitsap County Airport was used by the United States Navy as an outer landing field for NAS Seattle. Military use continued throughout the Cold War and it would occasionally host temporary detachments of aircraft from the Navy.
The airport has a second runway which has been closed for some time and is currently used as a drag strip by Bremerton Motorsports Park. In 1954, Kitsap County Airport was the site for the SCCA Seafair Nationals. This was Ferrari's debut on a Northwest track at a time when the company was just starting to dominate west coast sports car racing.

Facilities

The airport covers 1,729 acres at an elevation of 444 feet. Its one runway, 2/20, is 6,000 by 150 feet asphalt.
In the year ending August 31, 2014, the airport had 66,000 aircraft operations, average 181 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% military, and <1% air taxi. 168 aircraft were then based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 7% multi-engine, 2% jet, 2% helicopter, 1% glider, and 1% ultralight.