Portland International
PDX · KPDX · Portland, Oregon · Multnomah County · map
Portland International is a public-use airport owned by The Port of Portland, 4 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon, 31 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 10R/28L, is 11,000 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KPDX · observed 12:53 pm PDT (19:53 UTC), 43 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (250°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 25,000 feet
- Temperature 67°F (19°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.12 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:33 pm PDT (20:33 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm PDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPDX 061953Z 25003KT 10SM FEW250 19/13 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP197 T01940128 $
TAF KPDX 062033Z 0621/0718 32006KT P6SM FEW250
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 PDX · ICAO KPDX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- The Port of Portland
- Elevation
- 31 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; 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
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10R/28L | 11,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 10L/28R | 9,825 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 6,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 28L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 10L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 1,290 ft, 8,535 ft available for landing
- Runway 28R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 535 ft, 9,290 ft available for landing, road 32 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 21: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, road 19 ft high 475 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS | 128.35 | Portland |
| Clearance delivery | 120.125 | Portland |
| Ground | 121.9 | Portland |
| Ground (secondary) | 132.275 | Portland |
| Tower Runway 10L/28R | 118.7 | Portland |
| Tower Runway 03/21, 10R/28L | 123.775 | Portland |
| Approach and departure · Cascade and dp · Class C airspace 100-279, high | 118.1 | Portland |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Helns and star arriving from headings 280 to 099 | 124.35 | Portland |
| Approach Final | 126.9 | Portland |
| Departure (secondary) | 127.85 | Portland |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Portland · Pdx monitors 121.5 for mcminnville (mmv). |
| Pdx and vot | 111.0 | |
| Afrc and operations | 138.45 | Portland |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 458-212-2405.
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 Portland from the FAA register
546 aircraft are registered to owners in Portland, Oregon: 329 piston singles, 72 helicopters, 55 business jets, 36 turboprops, 21 piston twins. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Oregon.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 29 since 1982, 2 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
- Commercial aircraft and operators of aircraft with an FAA certified maximum gross landing weight that exceeds 10000 pounds are required to pay a landing fee.
- TYPE-H BAK-12B(B) (1625').
- TYPE-H BAK-12B(B) (2000').
- Runway 21 closed to height group IV aircraft with cockpit to wheel height greater than 22 feet.
- Runway 28R 60' levee road located approximately parallel to runway at 200' from threshold and 507' RT from runway extndd centerline.
- Pdx runway 03 PAPI unusable bynd 4 degrees left and right of rcl and beyond 5 NM unusable
- Possible runway 28L glideslope fluctuation prior to addum when weather is greater than 800/2.
- Runway 28R perimeter road at 200 feet from runway thld and 408' right from runway extndd centerline.
- Airport closed to NON-POWERED aircraft except in emergency.
- Taxiway T between exits B5 and B6 closed to aircraft with wingspan gtr than 118 feet.
- Migratory and wintering flocks of large waterfowl on and in the vicinity of aprt. Heavy seagull activity sep through apr; expect high nmbr of birds year around; CK local advisories.
- 180 degree turns by aircraft weighing in excess of 12500 pounds prohibited on runway 10L/28R, runway 03/21 and all taxiways.
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.