Backcountry Aero Club

Backcountry Aero Club We're a group of pilots with a wide array of backgrounds who share a common interest in Aviation. Club aircraft are a C-170 and C-172.

We're based out of Thun Field (KPLU) and Auburn Municipal Airport (S50). Learn more at: backcountryaeroclub.com

We have had a nunber of accomplishments this year already! Congratulations toEric: Instrument rating 1/15Abbhinav: Priva...
03/11/2026

We have had a nunber of accomplishments this year already! Congratulations to

Eric: Instrument rating 1/15

Abbhinav: Private pilot 2/11

Katelyn: Private pilot 2/19

Joe: Tailwheel endorsement 3/4

Who is next?!

We had a great time at the PNW aviation expo. Thank you to all who came by and visited with us!
03/11/2026

We had a great time at the PNW aviation expo. Thank you to all who came by and visited with us!

Are you going to be at the Northwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show in at the Puyallup Fairgrounds Showplex on 21-22...
02/18/2026

Are you going to be at the Northwest Aviation Conference and Trade Show in at the Puyallup Fairgrounds Showplex on 21-22 February 2026? Are you looking for an excuse to go? Boy, do we have one for you! Backcountry Aero Club will be at the show! Come visit us at Booth 631-632 and see what we're all about and how you can become a member of our fun, fast-growing, non-equity flying club.

Hope to see you all there!

12/30/2025
Stamp run to Point Roberts (1RL) in N15000.
10/02/2025

Stamp run to Point Roberts (1RL) in N15000.

town in the 48 Contiguous United States that's completely cut off from the rest of the country, but isn't on an island. It's part of a Canadian peninusla dan...

Dan's and Caleb's flight into Bandera State Airport (4W0) in N15000 on Saturday.
10/01/2025

Dan's and Caleb's flight into Bandera State Airport (4W0) in N15000 on Saturday.

Arrival at Bandera State Airport from the west and approach to and landing on Runway 26. Bandera is a Washington state-managed public-use backcountry airpor...

Eastbound and down for OSH.
07/18/2025

Eastbound and down for OSH.

Congratulations to Dave on earning his tailwheel endorsement!
06/18/2025

Congratulations to Dave on earning his tailwheel endorsement!

Congratulations and BZ to Cael Hancock, who last night slipped the surly bonds of his flight instructor (Caleb Olson) an...
05/23/2025

Congratulations and BZ to Cael Hancock, who last night slipped the surly bonds of his flight instructor (Caleb Olson) and accomplished his initial solo flight in N15000 at Auburn Municipal Airport, with his family and fellow BAC members there to support him! Photo by Janice "JAC" Debotts, with more photos to come.

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16513 104th Avenue E, Hngr 14
Puyallup, WA
98374

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