Harvey Airfield
Runway at Harvey Airfield in 2020
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: S43
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Kandace Harvey
Location	Snohomish, Washington, U.S.
Elevation AMSL	16 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	47°54′22″N 122°06′5″W / 47.90611°N 122.10139°W / 47.90611; -122.10139
Website	harveyfield.com
Map
S43 Location in Washington Show map of Washington (state) S43 S43 (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 33R/15L 2,671 814 Asphalt 33L/15R 2,430 741 Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2016) 100,220 Based aircraft (2017) 261
Sources: Federal Aviation Administration,[1] Harvey Field website,[2] and Snohomish County Business Journal[3]

Harvey Airfield, also known as Harvey Field (FAA LID: S43), is a privately owned, public-use airport in the northwest United States, located in Snohomish, Washington, northeast of Seattle. The airfield has one 2,671-foot (814 m) asphalt runway, one 2,430-foot (740 m) turf runway, and fourteen hangar bays. It covers an area of approximately 145 acres (0.23 sq mi; 0.59 km²), and is home to 261 based aircraft, including 9 helicopters and 9 multi-engine planes, as well as 19 businesses including a hot-air balloon charter business.^[4]

It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a regional reliver facility.^[5]

History

Harvey Airfield was established in 1944 by Noble and Eldon Harvey and Wesley Loback on the Harvey family's property. In 1947, the family added a restaurant, an administration building, and a maintenance shop. The airfield was run by Eldon and Marjorie until Richard and Kandace Harvey began managing airfield operations in the early 1970s. After Richard Harvey died due to cancer in 1995, Kandace Harvey took over ownership and operation of the airport with her four children. They manage the airfield to date.

Like many small airports, Harvey Field provides flight training in small airplanes and helicopters. The airport also provides other traditional services offered by aviation fixed-base operators, including avgas and aircraft maintenance.^[6] The airport is located outside the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Class B airspace but is underneath the 30-nm veil that requires an altitude encoding transponder for aircraft equipped with an electrical system.^[7]

Notable incidents

In October 1978, a Douglas C-54 Skymaster arrived at Harvey Airfield and landed on runway 32 (now 33), striking its left wingtip on a dead tree and demolishing a Chevrolet van with its right main landing gear. In spite of damage, the plane landed successfully and later successfully flew out to nearby Arlington Municipal Airport for repairs.^[8]