Pilot Butte Airport
8OR5 · Bend, Oregon · Deschutes County · map
Pilot Butte Airport is a private airport owned by Pilot Butte Airport Assoc in Bend, Oregon, 3,675 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,400 feet of asphalt.
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 8OR5
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Pilot Butte Airport Assoc
- Elevation
- 3,675 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
- 18E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1993
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,400 × 20 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 18: trees 60 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 36: trees 45 ft high 425 ft from the end
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: Bend Municipal (4 nm northeast), Sunriver Airport (13 nm southwest), Roberts Fld/Redmond Municipal (14 nm northeast), Prineville Airport (22 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Bend Municipal (4 nm northeast), Sunriver Airport (13 nm southwest), Roberts Fld/Redmond Municipal (14 nm northeast), Sisters Eagle Air Airport (19 nm northwest).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bend from the FAA register
398 aircraft are registered to owners in Bend, Oregon: 274 piston singles, 47 turboprops, 27 helicopters, 20 piston twins, 13 business jets. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Bend, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Leading Edge Flight Academy LLC 23 aircraft · Bend, 5 miles away Leading Edge Aviation is a helicopter operator based in Bend, Oregon, offering charter services, helicopter tours, flight training, and maintenance.
- High Desert Soaring Club INC 2 aircraft · Bend, 5 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Bend:
- Leading Edge Aviation INC 12 aircraft on the certificate Leading Edge Aviation is a helicopter operator based in Bend, Oregon, offering charter services, tours, flight training, and maintenance.
- M A A, Inc. 10 aircraft on the certificate
- Leading Edge Aviation, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate Leading Edge Aviation is a helicopter operator based in Bend, Oregon, offering charter services, tours, flight training, and maintenance.
- Leading Edge Aviation, LLC. 2 aircraft on the certificate Leading Edge Aviation is a helicopter operator based in Bend, Oregon, offering charter services, helicopter tours, flight training, and maintenance.
Repair stations in Bend:
- Bend Aircraft Mechanics LLC
- Epic Lt Kits LLC Epic Flight Support is an FAA Part 145 Repair Station located at Epic Aircraft's factory headquarters in Bend, Oregon.
- Leading Edge Aviation INC Leading Edge Avionics is an FAA Part 145 repair station that installs and services avionics systems for general aviation aircraft.
- Precise Flight INC
- Second Star Aviation
- Sentinel Aircraft Maintenance LLC
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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 Bend 398 aircraft · 274 piston singles, 47 turboprops, 27 helicopters
- Leading Edge Flight Academy LLC 23 aircraft in town
- Epic Aircraft LLC 20 aircraft in town
- Leading Edge Aviation INC 10 aircraft in town
- Bend Aircraft Mechanics LLC 10 aircraft in town
- Central Oregon Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Leading Edge Aviation INC 12 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- M A A, Inc. 10 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Leading Edge Aviation, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Leading Edge Aviation, LLC. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Leading Edge Flight Academy LLC 23 aircraft · flight school
- High Desert Soaring Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Bend Aircraft Mechanics LLC · repair station
- Epic Lt Kits LLC · repair station
- Leading Edge Aviation INC · repair station
- Precise Flight INC · repair station
- 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/8OR5.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.