Karpens Airport
OR23 · Astoria, Oregon · Clatsop County · map
Karpens Airport is a private airport owned by Svenson Pilots Assn., 9 miles east of Astoria, Oregon, 125 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 1,900 feet of treated.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA OR23
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Svenson Pilots Assn.
- Elevation
- 125 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 1,900 × 75 ft | Treated |
- Runway 10: right-hand traffic pattern, trees on the approach
- Runway 28: right-hand traffic pattern, trees power line 35 ft high 200 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Astoria from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Astoria, Oregon: 28 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Oregon.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Trees south side of west end.
- Fence and 35' power line 200' from east end.
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.