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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Astoria Regional (10 nm west), Southwest Washington Regional (31 nm east), Scappoose Airport (40 nm southeast), Chehalis-Centralia Airport (41 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Astoria Regional (10 nm west), Southwest Washington Regional (31 nm east), ED Carlson Memorial Fld/South Lewis County (39 nm northeast), Scappoose Airport (40 nm southeast).
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
- Trees south side of west end.
- Fence and 35' power line 200' from east end.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Astoria from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Astoria, Oregon: 29 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.
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
- Aircraft registered in Astoria 29 aircraft · 29 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Oregon 1,864 since 1982 · 279 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/OR23.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.