Lake Billy Chinook Airport
5S5 · Culver, Oregon · Jefferson County · map
Lake Billy Chinook Airport is a public-use airport owned by Lake Billy Chinook Airport Dev CORP, 6 miles west of Culver, Oregon, 2,695 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,500 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Lake Billy Chinook Airport?
Its FAA code is 5S5.
Where is Lake Billy Chinook Airport?
It is 6 miles west of Culver, Oregon, 2,695 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Lake Billy Chinook Airport?
Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,500 feet long, asphalt.
Does Lake Billy Chinook Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Lake Billy Chinook Airport?
9 pilot examiners and 3 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 Lake Billy Chinook Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5S5
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Lake Billy Chinook Airport Dev CORP
- Elevation
- 2,695 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1969
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,500 × 32 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 16: threshold displaced 660 ft, trees 28 ft high 329 ft from the end
- Runway 34: trees 30 ft high 325 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Madras Municipal (11 nm northeast), Roberts Fld/Redmond Municipal (18 nm southeast), Prineville Airport (23 nm southeast), Bend Municipal (26 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Madras Municipal (11 nm northeast), Sisters Eagle Air Airport (16 nm southwest), Roberts Fld/Redmond Municipal (18 nm southeast), Prineville Airport (23 nm southeast).
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
- Animals on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Frequency: 122.900
- +3 rock berm at 0-30 feet from runway end and 60-85 feet L of centerline. 18 feet road at 65 feet xng centerline. +20 feet trees at 130-200 feet from runway end and 80-125 feet L and R of centerline.
- Runway 16 non-standard displaced thld markings; runway 16/34 non-standard runway markings no numbers or centerline.
- Runway 16 approach ratio 25:1 to displaced thld.
- Loose gravel on surface at various locations alg full length of runway.
- Runway 16/34 restricted runway sight distance.
- Grass area south. Of runway not for aircraft operations.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Culver from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Culver, Oregon: 14 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Oregon.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 5 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 4 for helicopters. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 training center examiner.
- Blake Thomas Segoria private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Redmond Airport · Redmond, OR (18 nm) · (503) 975-6667 · [email protected]
- Brunno Winnubst private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Redmond, OR (18 nm) · (971) 222-5730 · [email protected]
- Karl Dean Cotton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Redmond, OR (18 nm) · (435) 590-8483 · [email protected]
- Andrew Reischauer private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, ground instructor; airplanes · Chief Aviation Consulting, LLC · Bend, OR (26 nm) · (619) 370-1921 · [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 · Leading Edge Flight Academy · Bend, OR (26 nm) · (503) 881-9835 · [email protected]
- Gregory Michael Cyr private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; helicopters · Leading Edge Flight Academy · Bend, OR (26 nm) · (541) 699-8489 · [email protected]
- Hayden Ellis Vardaman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Leading Edge Aviation · Bend, OR (26 nm) · (541) 213-4116 · [email protected]
- Robert William Grubb private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Bend, OR (26 nm) · (541) 520-2793 · [email protected]
All 18 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- 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.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Culver 14 aircraft · 14 piston singles
- 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/5S5.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 27, 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.