Originally Posted by
AceAirspeed
MWH used to be a training base for Japan Airlines - 747 training as I recall - which probably accounts for the very long runways. JAL recently shut down that operation - just in the past month or so. Not sure what else there is in MWH....my dad grew up in that area and I don't remember much besides heavily irrigated farmlands and little else.
The military is there. Boeing test flights go into MWH often from BFI/Renton/Everett/ etc...
Great airport for emergency landings because of it's long runway. - It's also a space shuttle emergency landing site as well.