Norm Grier Field

Norman Grier Field
Norman Grier Field
	IATA: none; ICAO: none; FAA LID: S36;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Grier Family Holdings LLC
Location	Kent, Washington
Elevation AMSL	472 ft / 144 m
Runways
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	99,000
Based aircraft	332
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

47°20′14″N 122°06′13″W / 47.33722°N 122.10361°W / 47.33722; -122.10361

Norman Grier Field (FAA LID: S36), formerly Crest Airpark, is a public airport located five miles (8 km) southeast of the central business district of Kent, a city in King County, Washington, United States.

The airport is on a hill and surrounded by trees. Private residences also surround the airport. Many are able to hangar an aircraft that can be taxied to the runway.

History

Crest Airpark was developed in 1963 by Al and Virginia Knechtel as a public use privately owned airport. The ownership changed in 1967 when Virginia Knechtel married Stan Neslund following Al Knechtel's death in an airplane accident in 1966. The first of four Flying Acres subdivisions with airpark access was developed in 1970. As of 2024, 118 Flying Acres properties have airport access. In 1974, Bill Lardent and Norman Grier bought the airport property. The Flying Acres subdivisions surrounding the airport remained the property of Stan and Virginia Neslund. Norm Grier purchased total interest of the airport from Bill Lardent in 1980.^[2] Norman Grier owned the airport until his death in 2017. It was renamed Norman Grier Field after his death.^[3]^[1] The airport remains property of the Grier family and is operated by Norm Grier's daughter, Rikki Birge.^[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Norman Grier Field covers an area of 66 acres (27 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (15/33) measuring 3,288 x 40 ft (1,002 x 12 m).^[1]

100LL fuel is available pay at the pump near the FBO.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 99,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 271 per day. There are 332 aircraft based at this airport: 98% single-engine and 2% multi-engine.^[1]