Orcas Island Airport
ORS · KORS · Eastsound, Washington · San Juan County · map
Orcas Island Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Port of Orcas, 1 mile north of Eastsound, Washington, 35 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,901 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 60 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 35,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 9,536 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
1 warning in force over this field:
- AIRMET TANGO 1W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 18,000 ft to 39,000 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (SEA, 79 nm south), for use 02:00–09:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 050° at 7 kt; 6,000 ft: 050° at 11 kt, 1 °C; 9,000 ft: 050° at 12 kt, -5 °C; 12,000 ft: 030° at 31 kt, -7 °C; 18,000 ft: 010° at 61 kt, -15 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA ORS · ICAO KORS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Port of Orcas
- Elevation
- 35 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,000 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- 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
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,901 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the right, road 10 ft high 387 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 128 ft high 2,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 128.25 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.2 | |
| Approach and departure | 132.7 | |
| Ors and aWOS-3P | 135.425 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 360-376-6045.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 59 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 35,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,900 |
| general aviation, travelling | 18,000 |
| general aviation, local | 15,000 |
| military | 100 |
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.
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.
Aircraft registered in Eastsound from the FAA register
41 aircraft are registered to owners in Eastsound, Washington: 38 piston singles, 2 gliders, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 Washington.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Anacortes Airport (16 nm southeast), Bellingham International (16 nm east), Victoria International (21 nm west), Vancouver/Boundary Bay Airport (22 nm north).
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 Washington · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Eastsound, by their names on the register:
- Airhawks Flying Club 1 aircraft Airhawks is a member-owned 501(c)(3) flying club on Orcas Island, Washington, dedicated to strengthening aviation in the San Juan Islands through pilot training, aircraft access, and youth scholarships for Private Pilot certification.
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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
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 airline transport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 7 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 8 engineering representatives, 1 training center examiner.
- Travis Paul Holland private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes · Shepherd Aero · Bellingham, WA (16 nm) · (360) 719-5805 · dpe@shepherd.aero
- Summer Martell private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Port Townsend, WA (40 nm) · (360) 531-1726 · summermartell@hotmail.com
All 20 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.
- 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.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Established prior to 5/15/59.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 16 and 34; PAPI runway 16; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 16 and 34 photocell not available daylight.
- Credit card self service H24.
- Runway 34 calm wind runway.
- 3 feet sign 126 feet L and 19 feet from threshold; ditch 100 feet R of threshold.
- Faded.
- Faded.
- PAPI unsubl beyond 2 degreess left and beyond 5 degreess right of centerline.
- Noise abatement procedures in effect - amgr.
- Adnl transient grass tie-downs south of segemented circle.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of runway.
- Night circling approach NA from west side of runway.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Eastsound 41 aircraft · 38 piston singles, 2 gliders, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Airhawks Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Washington 2,709 since 1982 · 360 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Washington 131 landing places
- Washington 10,417 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ORS.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 9, 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.