North Plains
1OR4 · North Plains, Oregon · Washington County · map
North Plains is a private gliderport owned by Willamette Valley Soaring Club, 2 miles west of North Plains, Oregon, 210 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,000 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The gliderport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1OR4
- Kind
- Gliderport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Willamette Valley Soaring Club
- Elevation
- 210 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- April to November, IREG, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,000 × 200 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Also here
- gliders
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Portland-Hillsboro Airport (5 nm southeast), Scappoose Airport (12 nm northeast), Chehalem Airpark (17 nm south), Portland International (18 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Portland-Hillsboro Airport (5 nm southeast), Stark'S Twin Oaks Airpark (11 nm south), Scappoose Airport (12 nm northeast), Pearson Field (16 nm east).
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
- No obj provided airport is limited to pvt use of sponsor and that all traffic patterns are estabd north of runway.
- Field is used for sailplane operations
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in North Plains from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in North Plains, Oregon: 7 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this gliderport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this gliderport alone.
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:
- Willamette Valley Soaring Club 10 aircraft · Cornelius, 2 miles away The Willamette Valley Soaring Club is a Portland-area nonprofit organization dedicated to the sport of soaring (flying gliders).
- Hillsboro Aero Academy LLC 100 aircraft · Hillsboro, 13 miles away
- Hillsboro Flying Club 2 aircraft · Hillsboro, 13 miles away Hillsboro Flying Club is a member-owned, not-for-profit flying club based at Portland-Hillsboro Airport in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Companies in the same town as this gliderport, 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this gliderport
Accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport NTSB records · 7 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 gliderport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in North Plains 9 aircraft · 7 piston singles, 1 piston twins, 1 business jets
- Willamette Valley Soaring Club 10 aircraft · flying club
- Hillsboro Aero Academy LLC 100 aircraft · flight school
- Hillsboro Flying Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport 7 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Oregon 1,864 since 1982 · 279 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 7,008 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/1OR4.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 4, 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.