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 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 14,210 takeoffs and landings a year.
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
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 14,210, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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.
Aircraft registered in Hood River from the FAA register
338 aircraft are registered to owners in Hood River, Oregon: 252 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Oregon.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.