Grants Pass Airport
3S8 · Grants Pass, Oregon · Josephine County · map
Grants Pass Airport is a public-use airport owned by Josephine County Airports, 5 miles northwest of Grants Pass, Oregon, 1,130 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 4,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 161 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 25,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Grants Pass Airport?
Its FAA code is 3S8.
Where is Grants Pass Airport?
It is 5 miles northwest of Grants Pass, Oregon, 1,130 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Grants Pass Airport?
Its one runway, 13/31, is 4,001 feet long, asphalt.
Does Grants Pass Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Grants Pass Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Grants Pass Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Yak Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Grants Pass Airport?
4 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 Grants Pass Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3S8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Josephine County Airports
- Elevation
- 1,130 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1959
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: tree 72 ft high 1,901 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Automated UNICOM. |
| Approach and departure 6:00 am to 11:00 pm | 124.3 | |
| 3S8 AWOS-3PT | 120.0 | |
| King Mountain Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.55 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 541-955-3392.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Rogue Valley Intl/Medford Airport (24 nm east), Ashland Muni/Sumner Parker Field (38 nm southeast), Roseburg Regional (44 nm north).
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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 13 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; PAPI runway 31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Automated UNICOM.
- 100LL and JET-A available H24 with credit card.
- Runway 31 calm wind runway.
- Aiming point marked.
- Aiming point marked.
- Unusable beyond 8 degreess left and 5 degreess right of centerline. Not for turbojet operations use.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 136 |
| multi-engine | 18 |
| jets | 2 |
| helicopters | 2 |
| other | 3 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 25,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 400 |
| general aviation, travelling | 18,000 |
| general aviation, local | 6,500 |
| military | 100 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Grants Pass from the FAA register
89 aircraft are registered to owners in Grants Pass, Oregon: 75 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 3 helicopters, 2 turboprops, 2 gliders. 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
Fuel and service companies in Grants Pass, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Great Pacific Aviation Services INC Pacific Aviation Northwest is an FBO and flight training school at Grants Pass Airport in Oregon.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Yak Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Grants Pass
Repair stations in Grants Pass:
- Baker Avionics LLC Baker Avionics is an FAA-certified repair station providing avionics installation, repair, troubleshooting, and aircraft certification services for fixed-wing and helicopter aircraft throughout the Western United States.
- Chief Avionics, INC
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
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 4 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner.
All 9 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- 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.
- 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.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 17 since 1982, 1 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 Grants Pass 89 aircraft · 75 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 3 helicopters
- Zulu Aircraft Leasing LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Rogue Aero LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Dch Consulting LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Great Pacific Aviation Services INC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Yak Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Baker Avionics LLC · repair station
- Chief Avionics, INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 17 since 1982 · 1 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/3S8.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 October 29, 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.