Bowerman Airport

Bowerman Airport (KHQM) is a medium airport in Hoquiam, WA. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KHQM or IATA code HQM. It sits in North America.

Bowerman Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 5,000-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.

The longest runway measures 5,000 ft (1,524 m), a light-jet-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Phenom 300, Citation CJ4, and Learjet 75. In practice this limits operations to light jets, turboprops, and short-field-capable aircraft.

Bowerman Airport sits near sea level at 18 ft.

Local operations run on America/Los_Angeles. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess currently tracks 177 departing and 0 arriving private-jet legs at KHQM across the next six months of operator inventory. 3 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KHQM are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Bowerman Airport, also known as Bowerman Field, is a public use airport located 2 miles (3 km) west of the central business district of Hoquiam, a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. It is owned by the Port of Grays Harbor. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is classified as a general aviation airport.