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Museum of Flight, a museum in Washington
Museum of Flight, a museum in WashingtonClemens Vasters from Viersen, Germany · CC BY 2.0
Museum of Flight, a museum in Washington
Clemens Vasters from Viersen, Germany · CC BY 2.0
Museum of Flight, a museum in Washington
Clemens Vasters from Viersen, Germany · CC BY 2.0
Museum of Flight, a museum in Washington
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Museum of Flight, a museum in Washington
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Museum of Flight, a museum in Washington
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Museum of Flight is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sputnik 1 (engineering model), a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 4.6 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Museum of Flight is a private non-profit air and space museum in the Seattle metropolitan area of Washington in the United States. It is located at the southern end of King County International Airport (Boeing Field) in the city of Tukwila, immediately south of Seattle. It was established in 1965 and is fully accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. As the largest private air and space museum in the world, it also hosts large K–12 educational programs. The museum had over 465,000 visitors in 2024 and over 11,000 members. It had $27 million in operating revenues and a total endowment value of $72.9 million in 2024. The museum also serves more than 140,000 students annually through its onsite programs: a Challenger Learning Center, an Aviation Learning Center, and a summer camp (ACE), as well as outreach programs that travel throughout Washington and Oregon.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1965.

Wikidata Q1402597, matched on coordinates and name (277 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.51840, -122.29642

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Sputnik 1 (engineering model): 0.0 mi
  • Resurs-500 Descent Module: 0.0 mi
  • Gemini Capsule: 0.0 mi
  • Apollo Command Module 007A: 0.0 mi
  • Wright Flyer: 0.0 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Parks
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Salmon Cove Park and Shoreline Habitat: 0.6 mi
  • Duwamish River People’s Park and Shoreline Habitat: 0.8 mi
  • Cecil Moses Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • South Park Plaza: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 0.8 mi
  • Camp Long: 4.6 mi
  • Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 4.6 mi
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 6.1 mi
Gardens
  • Mountainside: 1.4 mi
  • Kubota Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Fera Fera Forest: 1.4 mi
  • Tom Kubota Stroll Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Stone Garden: 1.4 mi
Beaches: 60
Peaks: 54
  • High Point: 4.0 mi
  • First Hill: 5.1 mi
  • First Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 7.3 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter 2: 3.0 mi
  • Shelter #1: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 4.7 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 9
Waterfalls: 9
  • North Fork Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Waterwall: 8.3 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 3
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Licton Springs: 12.6 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of Flight. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 100°1,004 m23.3 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 99°994.257 m22.4 mi
East Tiger MountainE 97°913 m16.4 mi
West Tiger #1E 94°891 m15.0 mi
West Tiger #2E 92°841 m14.5 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 98°795 m15.4 mi
Taylor MountainESE 103°792 m19.3 mi
Brew HillESE 105°774 m20.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1320:2321:11
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5515:2816:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447525863676863544642
Precip in5.23.73.92.92.01.20.60.81.43.55.85.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Boeing FLD, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/34746147

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