Independence State Airport
7S5 · Independence, Oregon · Polk County · map
Independence State Airport is a public-use airport owned by Oregon Department of Aviation, 1 mile northwest of Independence, Oregon, 180 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 7S5
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Oregon Department of Aviation
- Elevation
- 180 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,002 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 15 ft high 585 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.975 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Independence from the FAA register
218 aircraft are registered to owners in Independence, Oregon: 193 piston singles, 12 gliders, 6 balloons, 4 piston twins, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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 · 22 since 1982, 2 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
- Ultralight aircraft on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate PAPI runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Migratory flocks of waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Glider and ultralights use R traffic for runway 16/34.
- Calm wind use runway 34.
- Seasonal standing water on taxiways.
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.