LA Grande/Union County
LGD · KLGD · La Grande, Oregon · Union County · map
LA Grande/Union County is a public-use airport owned by Union County, 4 miles southeast of La Grande, Oregon, 2,718 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 6,261 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 79 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 16,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KLGD · observed 2:56 pm PDT (21:56 UTC), 57 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 36°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 30.11 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLGD 062156Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 26/02 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP191 T02560022 $
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 LGD · ICAO KLGD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Union County
- Elevation
- 2,718 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 6,261 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 3,400 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 760 ft, road 15 ft high 335 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Wallula and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.6 | |
| Lgd and aWOS-3PT | 135.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 541-963-6824.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 16,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 La Grande from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in La Grande, Oregon: 22 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 2 drones. 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 · 11 since 1982, 1 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
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Extensive forest service operations durg summer mos.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 35; PAPI runway 17; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 and 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Over 12500 pounds.
- Segmented circle marked in white only
- Closed thanksgiving, christmas and new years.
- PAPI runway 12 does not provide obstruction clnc beyond 6.0 NM.
- Runway 12 obstruction clearance slope 72:1 based on displaced threshold
- The FBO (fixed-base operator) and fueling located west of runway 17/35
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -16C.
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.