Oxbow Airport
OR12 · Homestead, Oregon · Baker County · map
Oxbow Airport is a private airport owned by Idaho Power CO, 1 mile south of Homestead, Oregon, 1,806 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,900 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA OR12
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Idaho Power CO
- Elevation
- 1,806 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Great Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1960
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,900 × 50 ft | Asphalt |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: MC Call Municipal (33 nm east), Baker City Municipal (42 nm west), Cascade Airport (47 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Council Municipal (23 nm southeast), Enterprise Municipal (31 nm northwest), MC Call Municipal (33 nm east), Baker City Municipal (42 nm west).
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
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Airport located in bottom of deep narrow canyon.
- Pwr line across canyon 1 MI south of airport.
- Airport maintd by idaho power county.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Homestead from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Homestead, OR as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 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 7,012 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/OR12.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.