Southwest Oregon Regional
OTH · KOTH · North Bend, Oregon · Coos County · map
Southwest Oregon Regional is a public-use airport owned by Coos County Airport District, 1 mile northwest of North Bend, Oregon, 17 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,980 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KOTH · observed 11:56 am PDT (18:56 UTC), 58 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (350°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 59°F (15°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:43 am PDT (18:43 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm PDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the north at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 500 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm PDT (03:00 UTC): wind from the north at 15 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 500 feet IFR
- From Tue 11:00 pm PDT (06:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility 1 mile, mist, fog nearby, overcast at 300 feet LIFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KOTH 061856Z 35010KT 10SM CLR 15/14 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP191 VIS SW-NW 3SM BR T01500139 $
TAF KOTH 061843Z 0619/0718 35010KT P6SM SCT005 FM070300 35015KT P6SM BKN005 FM070600 VRB03KT 1SM BR VCFG OVC003
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 OTH · ICAO KOTH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Coos County Airport District
- Elevation
- 17 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 9:00 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 · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,980 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 4,470 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 5,320 ft available for landing, boat 144 ft high 3,700 ft from the end
- Runway 23: threshold displaced 660 ft, 5,320 ft available for landing, boat 144 ft high 1,320 ft from the end
- Runway 13: boat 144 ft high 1,740 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, road 13 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.45 | North Bend |
| Ground | 127.1 | North Bend |
| North Bend Rco | 122.4 | North Bend |
| Horton and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.55 | North Bend |
| Oth and aWOS-3PT | 135.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 541-756-0135.
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 North Bend from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in North Bend, Oregon: 18 piston singles, 2 balloons, 1 business jet. 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 · 13 since 1982, 6 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
- Ship chnl Xs runway 05 2/3 MI from thld; Xs runway 13 and runway 23 1000 - 1700 feet from thld; mast heights to 144 feet.
- When the control tower closed, activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 05; runway end identifier lights runways 13, 23, 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; high-intensity runway lights 05/23 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 05 operates continuously.
- P4L out of service indefinitely.
- Waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Airport use fees.
- Paew in the vicinity of runways and taxiways 7:30 am to 3:30 pm.
- Taxiway A3 closed ovr 60000 LB.
- Pilots conducting efvs operations; be aware led als in use runway 05.
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.