Independence State Airport

44°52′01″N 123°11′54″W / 44.86694°N 123.19833°W / 44.86694; -123.19833

SummaryAirport typePublicOwnerOregon Department of AviationServesIndependence, OregonElevation AMSL180 ft / 55 mRunways

Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
16/34	3,002	915	Asphalt

Statistics (2019)

Aircraft operations (year ending 10/22/2019)	33,658
Based aircraft	164

Independence State Airport (FAA LID: 7S5) is a public-use airport located one mile (1.6 km) northwest of the central business district of Independence, a city in Polk County, Oregon, United States. It is owned by the Oregon Department of Aviation.^[1]

Serving as a general aviation airport, Independence also hosts a large residential airpark. This facility is Oregon's only public-use airport hosting an airpark.

Airport information and statistics

Independence State Airport covers an area of 69 acres (28 ha), which contains one runway designated 16/34 with a 3,002 x 60 ft (915 x 18 m) asphalt pavement.

For the 12-month period ending October 22, 2019, the airport had 33,658 aircraft operations, an average of 92 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% air taxi. At that time there were 164 aircraft based at this airport: 155 single-engine, 4 multi-engine and 5 glider.^[1]

The Starduster Cafe at the airport serves breakfast and brunch.

Incidents

On September 19, 2018, a Rutan Long-EZ crashed while landing after the front landing gear collapsed, injuring the pilot.^[2]

References

External links

• Independence State Airport Support Group
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for 7S5
  • AirNav airport information for 7S5
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for 7S5