Winkle Bar Airport
OR74 · Grants Pass, Oregon · Curry County · map
Winkle Bar Airport is a private airport, 26 miles northwest of Grants Pass, Oregon, 450 feet above sea level. Its one runway, NE/SW, is 900 feet of grass.
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 OR74
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 450 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1970
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE/SW | 900 × 30 ft | Grass |
- Runway SW: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Grants Pass Airport (22 nm southeast), Roseburg Regional (38 nm northeast), Brookings Airport (43 nm southwest), Rogue Valley Intl/Medford Airport (46 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Grants Pass Airport (22 nm southeast), Gold Beach Municipal (32 nm southwest), Bandon State Airport (35 nm northwest), Roseburg Regional (38 nm northeast).
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
- Low approach around bends in river.
- Pvt airport unsafe for general use due to type of terrain and air currents.
- CAUTION--ARPT hazardous
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Grants Pass from the FAA register
89 aircraft are registered to owners in Grants Pass, Oregon: 75 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 3 helicopters, 2 turboprops, 2 gliders. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Oregon.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Grants Pass, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Great Pacific Aviation Services INC Pacific Aviation Northwest is an FBO and flight training school at Grants Pass Airport in Oregon.
Repair stations in Grants Pass:
- Baker Avionics LLC Baker Avionics is an FAA-certified repair station providing avionics installation, repair, troubleshooting, and aircraft certification services for fixed-wing and helicopter aircraft throughout the Western United States.
- Chief Avionics, INC
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Grants Pass 89 aircraft · 75 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 3 helicopters
- Zulu Aircraft Leasing LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Rogue Aero LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Dch Consulting LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Great Pacific Aviation Services INC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Baker Avionics LLC · repair station
- Chief Avionics, INC · repair station
- 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/OR74.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.