Sandy River Airport
03S · Sandy, Oregon · Clackamas County · map
Sandy River Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile northeast of Sandy, Oregon, 704 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,115 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Sandy River Airport?
Its FAA code is 03S.
Where is Sandy River Airport?
It is 1 mile northeast of Sandy, Oregon, 704 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Sandy River Airport?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,115 feet long, grass.
Does Sandy River Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Sandy River Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Gorge Winds Aviation INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Sandy River Airport?
23 pilot examiners and 15 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Sandy River Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 03S
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 704 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, sunrise to sunset
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1955
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2,115 × 100 ft | Grass, good | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 08: trees 142 ft high 583 ft from the end
- Runway 26: road 13 ft high 5 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, avionics, aircraft sales
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Portland-Troutdale Airport (11 nm northwest), Portland International (19 nm northwest), Aurora State Airport (25 nm west), Sportsman Airpark (31 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Portland-Troutdale Airport (11 nm northwest), Grove Field (15 nm northwest), Mulino State Airport (19 nm southwest), Portland International (19 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Oregon · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Airport estbd 1947.
- Runway 08/26 not marked.
- Prior permission required for LT activate code. Must have fam with AP.
- Runway lights delineate only 70' of runway width.
- 10 feet concrete construction blx at 20-80 feet from runway end left and right of centerline.
- 60' tree at threshold at 50' L of centerline. Beyond road, trees to 90' at 400-730' from runway end both sides of centerline. Obstruction clearance slope is 8:1; +100 trees at 50-100' L of centerline flanking runway.
- Extensive ultralight activate on and in the vicinity of airport.
- (A23) ultralight operations use right traffic and 600' above ground level pattern altitude; do not land on grass adjacent to runway.
- Large trees vicinity.
- Runway 26 has a 6 feet fence 36 feet right of centerline alg edge from threshold to 300 feet.
- East side of runway safety area has a 5 feet gentle rise in mid of section.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Sandy from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Sandy, Oregon: 16 piston singles, 12 helicopters, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Oregon.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Gorge Winds Aviation INC 9 aircraft · Fairview, 14 miles away Gorge Winds Aviation is a flight school and FBO at Troutdale Airport near Portland, Oregon.
Repair stations in Sandy:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
23 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 21 for private pilot, 21 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 18 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 17 for airplanes, 12 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 5 for helicopters, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 15 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 8 engineering representatives, 6 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Cody Lyle Barton private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency; helicopters · Hillsboro Aero Academy · Troutdale, OR (10 nm) · (503) 881-9835 · [email protected]
- David Olcott Koebel private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · troutdale, OR (10 nm) · (541) 490-5398 · [email protected]
- Gregory Michael Cyr private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; helicopters · Hillsboro Aero Academy · Troutdale, OR (10 nm) · (541) 699-8489 · [email protected]
- Katie Erin Leonard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Gorge Winds Aviation · Troutdale, OR (10 nm) · (971) 258-1048 · [email protected]
- Rainer Gades private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Hillsboro Aero Academy · Troutdale, OR (10 nm) · (503) 459-2344 · [email protected]
- Kenneth Melberg Chapman private pilot (proficiency) · HTS Hangar · Aurora, OR (25 nm) · (541) 944-1218 · [email protected]
- Mary Adene Schu private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Aurora Flight School · Aurora, OR (25 nm) · (541) 390-3980 · [email protected]
- Stanley Paul Smith type ratings, private pilot (proficiency) · Helicopter Transport Services · Aurora, OR (25 nm) · (208) 989-2912 · [email protected]
All 66 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Sandy 29 aircraft · 16 piston singles, 12 helicopters, 1 drones
- Edgefield Aviation LLC 12 aircraft in town
- Gorge Winds Aviation INC 9 aircraft · flight school
- Western Aircraft Propeller Service INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Oregon 1,862 since 1982 · 277 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Oregon 103 landing places
- Oregon 7,013 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/03S.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.