The Citadel Airport
61OR · Sisters, Oregon · Deschutes County · map
The Citadel Airport is a private airport, 9 miles east of Sisters, Oregon, 3,077 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 1,500 feet of dirt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 61OR
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 3,077 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1985
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 1,500 × 100 ft | Dirt, fair |
Aircraft registered in Sisters from the FAA register
60 aircraft are registered to owners in Sisters, Oregon: 54 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 2 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 · 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
- 300 feet overrun each end.
- Trees and rocks along both sides of runway property.
- Deer on runway.
- Runway soft when ground thawing or after heavy rain.
- Soft sand at touchdown end of runway 25.
- 5 feet displacement (steep slope) 1800 feet from touchdown end of runway 25.
- Trees and rocks 2100 feet from touchdown end of runway 25.
- Over run areas 300 feet over run each end.
- 300 feet drop off at approach end of runway 25 and 600 feet from touchdown of runway 07.
- Runway obstructed at times due to on going improvements.
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.