Airway Heights, Washington Weather
Airway Heights, Washington — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Airway Heights, Spokane County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Airway Heights. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Airway Heights is published on the Spokane International Airport (KGEG) page, 5 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Airway Heights have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Airway Heights: Fairchild Air Force Base (KSKA) 6 km · Felts Field (KSFF) 21 km · Cross Winds Airport (KC72) 37 km · Deer Park Airport (KDEW) 38 km · Davenport Municipal Airport (K68S) 44 km
Conditions reported at KGEG describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Airway Heights specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Airway Heights, Washington
Airway Heights rises from the rolling scablands, a testament to resilience against a stark, ancient landscape. It lies 7.8 miles west of Spokane, WA (from Spokane, WA: bearing 263°T), and is situated 6.5 miles north-east of Medical Lake. The terrain here is a study in erosion, vast plains etched with coulees and dry channels where water once raged. Sagebrush and hardy grasses cling to the ochre soil, their muted greens and browns a constant whisper against the immense blue of the Spokane sky. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a dry, clean scent, a distillation of sun-baked earth and distant pine forests, and the light, when it catches the rolling hills just so, can turn the entire vista to burnished gold. The story of Airway Heights is deeply entwined with the military and aviation that have shaped its destiny. Fairchild Air Force Base, a constant presence on the horizon, has long been the economic engine, drawing personnel and their families, creating a dynamic, if transient, population. This has fostered a unique character, a blend of established local grit and the ever-shifting currents of military life. Beyond the base, agriculture still finds a foothold, with wheat fields stretching towards the horizon, their golden waves rippling in the prairie wind, a reminder of the enduring connection to the land. The town itself, though modern in its amenities, feels grounded, a place where the vastness of the surrounding country seems to bleed into the everyday rhythm of its streets.
Live animated radar for Airway Heights and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Airway Heights, Spokane County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47.644611°N, 117.593273°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99001, 99224 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Airway Heights, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Airway Heights, Washington, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Airway Heights includes coordinates 47.644611°N, 117.593273°W, situated in Spokane County. ZIP code 99001, 99224. Telephone area code: 509. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
