Columbia Gorge Rgnl/The Dalles Municipal
DLS · KDLS · The Dalles, Oregon · Klickitat County · map
Columbia Gorge Rgnl/The Dalles Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of the Dalles/Klickitat County, 2 miles northeast of The Dalles, Oregon, 246 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 5,097 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1) and about 67 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 16,453 takeoffs and landings a year. About 8 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Columbia Gorge Rgnl/The Dalles Municipal?
Its FAA code is DLS, and its ICAO code is KDLS.
Where is Columbia Gorge Rgnl/The Dalles Municipal?
It is 2 miles northeast of The Dalles, Oregon, 246 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Columbia Gorge Rgnl/The Dalles Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 13/31, is 5,097 feet long.
Does Columbia Gorge Rgnl/The Dalles Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Columbia Gorge Rgnl/The Dalles Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1.
Where can you fly nonstop from Columbia Gorge Rgnl/The Dalles Municipal?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Hollywood Burbank. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Columbia Gorge Rgnl/The Dalles Municipal?
2 pilot examiners and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Columbia Gorge Rgnl/The Dalles Municipal…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DLS · ICAO KDLS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of the Dalles/Klickitat County
- Elevation
- 246 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,097 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 4,647 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: threshold displaced 200 ft, trees 15 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 07: threshold displaced 440 ft, pole 34 ft high 796 ft from the end
- Runway 25: LDA with DME, threshold displaced 196 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Klickitat and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.65 | |
| Dls and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.175 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 509-767-1726.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, flight instruction, aircraft rental
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
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Mtns beyond 5000' approach runway 31.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runways 13/31 and 07/25, and runway end identifier lights runway 31 - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights operates on 7 clicks only.
- Runway 07 +15 ftroad, 0 feet from end, 200 feet R.
- Runway 07, slp 39:1 to dthr.
- Cntlg obstruction exceeds 45 degrees slp.
- Thld displaced to provide safety area.
- All taxiways marked with reflectors.
- Waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Prior permission required for overweight landings.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1 departures from DLS in those twelve months, carrying 4 passengers in 12 seats (33% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Gorge Rgnl/The Dalles Municipal → Hollywood Burbank DLS–BUR | 1 | 4 | Scott Aviation, LLC ... |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 62 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| helicopters | 2 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 16,453, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,852 |
| general aviation, travelling | 8,920 |
| general aviation, local | 4,710 |
| military | 971 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in The Dalles from the FAA register
41 aircraft are registered to owners in The Dalles, Oregon: 35 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter, 1 glider. 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor; 2 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners.
- Douglas Scott Holzman private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Hood Aero FBO · Hood River, OR (16 nm) · (541) 490-3208 · [email protected]
- Stacy Jean Grabb private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Hood River, OR (16 nm) · (503) 880-2668 · [email protected]
All 7 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 21 since 1982, 1 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 The Dalles 41 aircraft · 35 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Jkr7 LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 21 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Oregon 1,862 since 1982 · 277 in the last ten years
- Hollywood Burbank (BUR) 1 flights in twelve months · Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air
- 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/DLS.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.