Vernonia Municipal
05S · Vernonia, Oregon · Columbia County · map
Vernonia Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Vernonia, 2 miles west of Vernonia, Oregon, 650 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,940 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 05S
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Vernonia
- Elevation
- 650 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,940 × 45 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 09: right-hand traffic pattern, fence on the approach
- Runway 27: road 15 ft high 3 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Vernonia from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Vernonia, Oregon: 12 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Oregon.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Hangars 100 feet right of centerline on aer 27.
- Beyond fence, obstruction clearance slope is 9:1.
- Runway edge marked with west mats.
- Runway edge marked with west mats.
- Runway 27 has multiple obstructions within 1000 feet east. Curved approach from the southeast recommended.
- Runway 09 4FT fence at runway end marked by orange pylons.
- Runway 27 10 feet road 10 feet from runway end.
- Deer and elk on and in vicinity of airport
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 5, 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.