Portland-Hillsboro Airport
HIO · KHIO · Portland, Oregon · Washington County · map
Portland-Hillsboro Airport is a public-use airport owned by The Port of Portland, 15 miles southwest of Portland, Oregon, 208 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 13R/31L, is 6,600 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 288 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 59 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 172,635 takeoffs and landings a year. About 52 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Portland-Hillsboro Airport?
Its FAA code is HIO, and its ICAO code is KHIO.
Where is Portland-Hillsboro Airport?
It is 15 miles southwest of Portland, Oregon, 208 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Portland-Hillsboro Airport?
The longest of its 3 runways, 13R/31L, is 6,600 feet long.
Does Portland-Hillsboro Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Portland-Hillsboro Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Portland-Hillsboro Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Jacqueline Cochran Regional, Boeing Fld/King County International, Eastsound, Seattle Paine Field International, Friday Harbor. Every route
Are there flight schools at Portland-Hillsboro Airport?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Hillsboro Aero Academy LLC and Willamette Valley Soaring Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Portland-Hillsboro Airport?
22 pilot examiners and 12 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 Portland-Hillsboro Airport…
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 HIO · ICAO KHIO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- The Port of Portland
- Elevation
- 208 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1938
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13R/31L | 6,600 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 3,820 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13L/31R | 3,600 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 31L: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 135 ft high 2,800 ft from the end
- Runway 02: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, road 15 ft high 1,370 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 72 ft high 2,105 ft from the end
- Runway 13L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.3 | Hillsboro |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 127.65 | Hillsboro |
| Ground | 121.7 | Hillsboro |
| Tower (secondary) | 132.8 | Hillsboro |
| Approach and departure High | 118.1 | Hillsboro |
| Approach and departure Low | 126.0 | Hillsboro |
| Hio and vot | 115.2 | |
| Helns and star · Ocity and star | 124.35 | Hillsboro |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 503-615-4314.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Chehalem Airpark (14 nm south), Scappoose Airport (14 nm north), Sportsman Airpark (15 nm south).
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
- Be alert for bird activity in vicinity NOV-MAY.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 13R; PAPI runway 02 and PAPI runway 20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Commercial aircraft and operators with an FAA certified maximum gross landing weight that exceeds 10000 pounds are required to pay a landing fee.
- Pattern altitude: 1000 feet above ground level, turbine and large aircraft 1500 feet above ground level.
- Closed to touch and go landings between 10:00 pm to 6:00 am.
- Unusable beyond 8 degrees L and R of runway centerline
- Unusable beyond 8 degrees L and R of runway centerline
- Runway 13R RUN-UP area not visible from the control tower.
- Runway 31L is preferred runway for noise abatement.
- Noise sensitive areas border airport west, south and east.
- FEE-BASED cstms facility: $60 SINGLE-ENGINE, $175 TWIN-ENGINE, $500 turbine.
- Avoid LOW-LEVEL overflights of residential areas whenever possible.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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 26 departures from HIO in those twelve months, carrying 53 passengers in 173 seats (31% filled), to 8 destinations on 3 airlines.
All 8 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 | 203 |
| multi-engine | 25 |
| jets | 35 |
| helicopters | 20 |
| other | 5 |
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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 172,635, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 183 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,866 |
| general aviation, travelling | 60,549 |
| general aviation, local | 108,731 |
| military | 306 |
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 Portland from the FAA register
548 aircraft are registered to owners in Portland, Oregon: 330 piston singles, 71 helicopters, 56 business jets, 36 turboprops, 21 piston twins. 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Hillsboro Aero Academy LLC 100 aircraft · Hillsboro, 8 miles away
- Willamette Valley Soaring Club 9 aircraft · Beaverton, 8 miles away The Willamette Valley Soaring Club is a Portland-area nonprofit organization dedicated to the sport of soaring (flying gliders).
- Hillsboro Flying Club 2 aircraft · Hillsboro, 8 miles away Hillsboro Flying Club is a member-owned, not-for-profit flying club based at Portland-Hillsboro Airport in Hillsboro, Oregon.
- Cloudbase Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Hillsboro, 8 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Portland:
- C.C. Calzone, LLC 20 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Portland:
- Atlantic Aviation Oregon General Aviation Services
- Nde Professionals INC NDE Professionals, Inc.
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
22 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 20 for private pilot, 19 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 18 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 16 for airplanes, 11 for multi-engine airplanes, 5 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 12 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 9 engineering representatives, 6 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Abdelrahman E Abdelrahman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hillsboro, OR (7 nm) · (772) 888-6545 · [email protected]
- Blake Thomas Segoria private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hillsboro Airport · Hillsboro, OR (7 nm) · (503) 975-6667 · [email protected]
- Brunno Winnubst private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hillsboro, OR (7 nm) · (971) 222-5730 · [email protected]
- Glen Boltz private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hillsboro Aero Academy · Hillsboro, OR (7 nm) · (303) 638-1712 · [email protected]
- Jason Michael Robinson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · Twin Oaks Airpark · Hillsboro, OR (7 nm) · (503) 476-7440 · [email protected]
- John Loflin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, balloons · Hillsboro Aero Academy · Hillsboro, OR (7 nm) · (971) 350-9624 · [email protected]
- Jordan Isaak Bartel private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Twin Oaks Airpark · Hillsboro, OR (7 nm) · (503) 444-1160 · [email protected]
- Katie Erin Leonard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Hillsboro Aero Academy · Hillsboro, OR (7 nm) · (971) 258-1048 · [email protected]
All 63 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- 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).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 49 since 1982, 5 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 Portland 548 aircraft · 330 piston singles, 71 helicopters, 56 business jets
- Integrity Aircraft Title Holdings LLC 44 aircraft in town
- Coulson Aviation (USA) INC 20 aircraft in town
- Vista Balloon LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Heath Aircraft LLC 5 aircraft in town
- C.C. Calzone, LLC 20 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Hillsboro Aero Academy LLC 100 aircraft · flight school
- Willamette Valley Soaring Club 9 aircraft · flying club
- Hillsboro Flying Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- Atlantic Aviation Oregon General Aviation Services · repair station
- Nde Professionals INC · repair station
- Jacqueline Cochran Regional (TRM) 6 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Boeing Fld/King County International (BFI) 5 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Eastsound (ESD) 4 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Seattle Paine Field International (PAE) 4 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Friday Harbor (FRD) 3 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Clarence E Page Municipal (RCE) 2 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Hollywood Burbank (BUR) 1 flights in twelve months · Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air
- Pearson Field (VUO) 1 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 49 since 1982 · 5 fatal
- 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/HIO.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 26, 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.