Cape Blanco State Airport
5S6 · Sixes, Oregon · Curry County · map
Cape Blanco State Airport is a public-use airport owned by Oregon Dept of Aviation, 4 miles northwest of Sixes, Oregon, 202 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,100 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5S6
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Oregon Dept of Aviation
- Elevation
- 202 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18E
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,100 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: trees 14 ft high 436 ft from the end
- Runway 32: brush 15 ft high 424 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate light - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Sixes from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Sixes, Oregon: 1 turboprop, 1 drone. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Oregon.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Activate light - the common traffic frequency.
- Total: acoustical counter.
- 113 feet either side of runway brush and trees.
- 115 feet from runway brush and trees both sides.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
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.