Factoria Arrival KRNT local VFR procedures
Not for navigation. Verify against the official sources linked below before flight.
vfr arrival Airport sponsor published verified 2026-10-07 (2 d ago)
Published by the airport sponsor; voluntary unless ATC assigns it. If ATC assigns this route to you in Class B, C or D airspace, that assignment is an ATC instruction and compliance is required (14 CFR 91.123) — and “unable” remains available to the pilot in command.
Arrival from the northeast via Factoria and the Water Tower to a 45° right-downwind entry.
The route
- Make initial request approximately 8-12 miles (depending on airspeed) from KRNT
- Enter Delta airspace via Factoria
- Fly direct to the Water Tower
- Unless otherwise instructed by Renton Tower, make 45° to right downwind
- Report over the Water Tower
Where it actually is
North up. The sponsor names these landmarks and publishes no coordinate for any of them — everything positioned here is derived, and each coordinate's provenance is listed with its point below. Dashed markers are depicted: this site's reading of the written route, not published fixes.
- 1 Enter the Class D via Factoria Factoria The shopping and office district in south Bellevue where I-90 meets I-405, about 6 NM north-northeast of Renton. Big-box roofs and parking at a freeway junction. Initial request 8-12 NM out depending on airspeed. satellite Apple Maps street view coordinate: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- 2 Direct the Water Tower; report overhead The Water Tower A water tower on the Renton Highlands just south of NE Sunset Blvd, about 1.9 NM east-northeast of the field. The ground under it is 434 ft — roughly 400 ft above the runway — so it stands on the skyline of the hill east of the valley rather than down in it. Renton has several water towers; this is the one the sponsor's own map marks. satellite Apple Maps street view coordinate: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) (man_made=water_tower), identified by georeferencing the City of Renton brochure map; elevation: USGS 3DEP point query
- 3 45 degree to the right downwind for 34 Right traffic for 34 puts the downwind east of the field. satellite Apple Maps
5.9 NM over 3 route points. Bearings are magnetic, converted from true at each leg's midpoint through the WMM 2025 model this site ships (14.8°E here). Shoreline, lakes, highways and building outlines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Class B and Class D boundaries: FAA Aeronautical Information Services.
Put it in the GPS
Route points become a route; reference points ship as waypoints only — a GPS that sequences you to a do-not-overfly marker has it backwards.
- GPX route
ForeFlight (GPX 1.1
rte), most tablet apps - user_waypoints.csv ForeFlight user waypoints — this procedure only
- Garmin FPL
Garmin Pilot, or the
\FPLfolder of a GTN/GNS card - KML Google Earth
- All KRNT landmarks every curated point at this field, in one ForeFlight file
When it applies
- Arriving 34 — north flow Published under "NORTH FLOW : RUNWAY 34" (2025/2026 Pilot Information)
Source text, verbatim
FACTORIA ARRIVAL Make initial request approximately 8-12 miles (depending on airspeed) from KRNT. Enter Delta airspace via Factoria. Fly direct to the Water Tower. Unless otherwise instructed by Renton Tower, make 45° to right downwind. Report over the Water Tower.
The text above is the published source wording and is authoritative over any summary on this page.
Sources
- Renton Airport 2026/2027 Pilot Information brochure City of Renton · retrieved 2026-10-07