Joseph State Airport
JSY · KJSY · Joseph, Oregon · Wallowa County · map
Joseph State Airport is a public-use airport owned by Oregon Dept. of Aviation, 1 mile west of Joseph, Oregon, 4,126 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 5,202 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 16 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 3,850 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Joseph State Airport?
Its FAA code is JSY, and its ICAO code is KJSY.
Where is Joseph State Airport?
It is 1 mile west of Joseph, Oregon, 4,126 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Joseph State Airport?
Its one runway, 15/33, is 5,202 feet long, asphalt.
Does Joseph State Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Joseph State Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Joseph State Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Chief Joseph Flyers INC and Lions Flyers INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Joseph State Airport?
1 pilot examiner 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 Joseph State 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 JSY · ICAO KJSY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Oregon Dept. of Aviation
- Elevation
- 4,126 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 5,202 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 61 ft high 1,470 ft from the end
- Runway 33: power line 32 ft high 1,100 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Jsy and aWOS-3P | 123.775 | |
| Cottonwood and center (remote transmitter) Low | 123.95 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 541 432 0458.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: LA Grande/Union County (32 nm west), Baker City Municipal (39 nm southwest).
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
- During south takeoffs, possible hazardous downdrafts south of airport under south wind conditions.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 15; PAPI runway 15; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Poss deer on airport use ctn.
- Power lines near runway 33 aer unmarked.
- Runway ends not visible from each other.
- Surface conditions not reported.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 16 |
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 3,850, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 250 |
| general aviation, travelling | 3,000 |
| general aviation, local | 600 |
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 Joseph from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Joseph, Oregon: 20 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
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:
- Chief Joseph Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Joseph Chief Joseph Flyers, Inc.
- Lions Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Enterprise, 5 miles away
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
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes.
- Julian Pridmore-Brown private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Union County Airport · La Grande, OR (32 nm) · (503) 709-9109 · [email protected]
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
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 · 3 since 1982, 0 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 Joseph 20 aircraft · 20 piston singles
- Chief Joseph Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Lions Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 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/JSY.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.