Airway Heights

History

Airway Heights was founded in 1942 and officially incorporated on June 28, 1955. Growth in the city was spurred by the opening of the Airway Heights Corrections Center by the Washington State Department of Corrections in 1992 and the opening of the Northern Quest Resort & Casino by the Kalispel Indian Tribe in 2000. In the decades since, Airway Heights has seen the addition of new retailers, several new apartment buildings and housing developments, the expansion of the Northern Quest Casino, and the opening of the Spokane Tribe Casino.

Geography

Downtown Spokane is located eight miles by road east of Airway Heights. In 2012, the City of Spokane incorporated the Spokane International Airport and surrounding area, since which the city Spokane has bordered the city of Airway Heights to the east and south. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  7,419
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  7,007
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  6,803
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  6,119
• Northern Flicker

  Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,893
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,705
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,404
• Pygmy Nuthatch

  Sitta pygmaea Vigors, 1839 · Aves
  4,923

Most recent

• M 2.73 — 2023-09-12
  Washington
• M 2.93 — 2022-10-13
  8 km NNE of Airway Heights, Washington
• M 2.81 — 2020-05-15
  3 km NNE of Green Bluff, Washington
• M 2.51 — 2020-03-31
  12 km NE of Sprague, Washington
• M 2.5 — 2015-11-30
  8 km N of Onaway, Idaho
• M 2.83 — 2014-11-16
  4 km WNW of Steptoe, Washington