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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Roberts Fld/Redmond Municipal (10 nm southeast), Bend Municipal (16 nm southeast), Prineville Airport (20 nm east), Madras Municipal (22 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Sisters Eagle Air Airport (8 nm west), Roberts Fld/Redmond Municipal (10 nm southeast), Bend Municipal (16 nm southeast), Prineville Airport (20 nm east).
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
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Oregon.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. 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 Sisters 60 aircraft · 54 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 2 helicopters
- Airplanes and Helicopters of Oregon LLC 9 aircraft in town
- B2 Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Oregon 1,864 since 1982 · 279 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 7,008 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/61OR.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 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.