Ken Jernstedt Airfield
4S2 · Hood River, Oregon · Hood River County · map
Ken Jernstedt Airfield is a public-use airport owned by the Port of Hood River, 2 miles south of Hood River, Oregon, 638 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 3,040 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 276 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 5 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 14,210 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Ken Jernstedt Airfield?
Its FAA code is 4S2.
Where is Ken Jernstedt Airfield?
It is 2 miles south of Hood River, Oregon, 638 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Ken Jernstedt Airfield?
Its one runway, 07/25, is 3,040 feet long, asphalt.
Does Ken Jernstedt Airfield have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Ken Jernstedt Airfield?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Ken Jernstedt Airfield?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Waaam Volunteer Flying Association LLC and Sage Tech Flight Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Ken Jernstedt Airfield?
7 pilot examiners and 9 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 Ken Jernstedt Airfield…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 4S2
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Port of Hood River
- Elevation
- 638 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 869 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- November to April, every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; May to October, every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,040 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: tree 86 ft high 1,514 ft from the end
- Runway 25: tree 50 ft high 980 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| 4S2 AWOS-3 | 134.375 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 541-386-2386.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, gliders, flight instruction, aircraft rental, glider towing
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Columbia Gorge Rgnl/The Dalles Municipal (16 nm east), Portland-Troutdale Airport (37 nm west), Portland International (45 nm west).
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
- Est prior to 1959.
- Frequent vehicular traffic aer 7.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25; runway end identifier lights runway 25 - the common traffic frequency.
- Gliders use RP runway 07/25. Crosswinds can produce extreme low level turb and unexpcd wind currents. Grass runway available in grass median north of prim runway, not to be used simul with paved runway.
- Calm wind runway.
- Blue exit lights at 3 turnoffs.
- Hood River airport is a noise sens area. Pls flw the fly friendly signs at runway ends and avoid low flight.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 248 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| jets | 2 |
| helicopters | 7 |
| other | 16 |
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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 14,210, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 200 |
| general aviation, travelling | 9,751 |
| general aviation, local | 4,199 |
| military | 60 |
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 Hood River from the FAA register
337 aircraft are registered to owners in Hood River, Oregon: 251 piston singles, 36 drones, 35 gliders, 5 piston twins, 4 helicopters. 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:
- Waaam Volunteer Flying Association LLC 1 aircraft · Hood River
- Sage Tech Flight Club LLC 1 aircraft · Underwood, 5 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Hood River:
- Aviation Holdings LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
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
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 4 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 3 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 9 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 6 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner.
- Douglas Scott Holzman private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Hood Aero FBO · Hood River, OR (0 nm) · (541) 490-3208 · [email protected]
- Stacy Jean Grabb private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Hood River, OR (0 nm) · (503) 880-2668 · [email protected]
- 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 (36 nm) · (503) 881-9835 · [email protected]
- David Olcott Koebel private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · troutdale, OR (36 nm) · (541) 490-5398 · [email protected]
- Gregory Michael Cyr private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; helicopters · Hillsboro Aero Academy · Troutdale, OR (36 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 (36 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 (36 nm) · (503) 459-2344 · [email protected]
All 33 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-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.
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 · 25 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 Hood River 337 aircraft · 251 piston singles, 36 drones, 35 gliders
- Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum 148 aircraft in town
- Hood Tech CORP Mechanical INC 36 aircraft in town
- L-Bird LLC 18 aircraft in town
- Pa-18 LLC 14 aircraft in town
- Aviation Holdings LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Waaam Volunteer Flying Association LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Sage Tech Flight Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 25 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/4S2.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 26, 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.