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 and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHIO · observed 12:53 pm PDT (19:53 UTC), 43 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 69°F (21°C), dew point 56°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.11 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:20 am PDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 1,500 feet MVFR
- From Tue 12:00 pm PDT (19:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHIO 061953Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/13 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP195 T02060133
TAF KHIO 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB03KT P6SM BKN015 FM061900 VRB05KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Portland from the FAA register
546 aircraft are registered to owners in Portland, Oregon: 329 piston singles, 72 helicopters, 55 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Oregon.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.