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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 90 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 118 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 197,320 takeoffs and landings a year. About 8,124,445 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Portland International?
Its FAA code is PDX, and its ICAO code is KPDX.
Where is Portland International?
It is 4 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon, 31 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Portland International?
The longest of its 3 runways, 10R/28L, is 11,000 feet long.
Does Portland International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Portland International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Portland International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Seattle-Tacoma International, Los Angeles International, Denver International, Phoenix Sky Harbor International, San Francisco International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Portland International?
10 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Portland Community College and Hot Wings Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Portland International?
23 pilot examiners and 14 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Portland International…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Portland-Troutdale Airport (9 nm east), Portland-Hillsboro Airport (15 nm west), Scappoose Airport (16 nm northwest).
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
- 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.
Sustainable aviation fuel from the SAFxCHANGE record
Regular supply · 4 announcements, latest 2026-07 · supplied by Shell Aviation, Shell · taken by Delta Air Lines.
SAF supply expanded under five-year agreement with Shell.
Sustainable aviation fuel at Portland International: every announcement · Every airport with sustainable aviation fuel
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 89,618 departures from PDX in those twelve months, carrying 9,287,434 passengers in 11,377,707 seats (82% filled), to 162 destinations (16 abroad) on 43 airlines.
All 162 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 2 |
| multi-engine | 44 |
| jets | 22 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 21 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 197,320, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 160,580 |
| air taxi and commuter | 19,547 |
| general aviation, travelling | 12,746 |
| general aviation, local | 1,528 |
| military | 2,919 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Portland from the FAA register
548 aircraft are registered to owners in Portland, Oregon: 330 piston singles, 71 helicopters, 56 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, 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Portland Community College 3 aircraft · Portland
- Hot Wings Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Portland
- Portland Metro Aviation & Flying Club 1 aircraft · Portland
- Plane Fun Flying Club 2 aircraft · Vancouver, 4 miles away Chuckanut Flying Club is a non-profit flying club based at Bellingham International Airport in Washington State.
- N58518 Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Vancouver, 4 miles away
- Tabooma Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Vancouver, 4 miles away
- Gorge Winds Aviation INC 9 aircraft · Fairview, 8 miles away Gorge Winds Aviation is a flight school and FBO at Troutdale Airport near Portland, Oregon.
- Flyit LLC 11 aircraft · Camas, 10 miles away FlyIt Academy is a flight school in the Portland area that offers pilot training from sport pilot through certified flight instructor ratings.
- Camas-Washougal Flying Club 1 aircraft · Camas, 10 miles away
- Willamette Valley Soaring Club 9 aircraft · Beaverton, 13 miles away The Willamette Valley Soaring Club is a Portland-area nonprofit organization dedicated to the sport of soaring (flying gliders).
Charter operators and airlines based in Portland:
- C.C. Calzone, LLC 20 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Portland:
- Atlantic Aviation Oregon General Aviation Services
- Nde Professionals INC NDE Professionals, 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
23 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 21 for private pilot, 21 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 18 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 17 for airplanes, 12 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 5 for helicopters, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 14 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 9 engineering representatives, 6 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- David Olcott Koebel private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Aero Maintenance · Vancouver, WA (3 nm) · (541) 490-5398 · [email protected]
- Cody Lyle Barton private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency; helicopters · Hillsboro Aero Academy · Troutdale, OR (10 nm) · (503) 881-9835 · [email protected]
- Gregory Michael Cyr private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; helicopters · Hillsboro Aero Academy · Troutdale, OR (10 nm) · (541) 699-8489 · [email protected]
- Katie Erin Leonard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Gorge Winds Aviation · Troutdale, OR (10 nm) · (971) 258-1048 · [email protected]
- Rainer Gades private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Hillsboro Aero Academy · Troutdale, OR (10 nm) · (503) 459-2344 · [email protected]
- Blake Thomas Segoria private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Scappoose Airport · Scappoose, OR (16 nm) · (503) 975-6667 · [email protected]
- Abdelrahman E Abdelrahman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hillsboro, OR (17 nm) · (772) 888-6545 · [email protected]
- Brunno Winnubst private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hillsboro, OR (17 nm) · (971) 222-5730 · [email protected]
All 64 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. 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 Portland 548 aircraft · 330 piston singles, 71 helicopters, 56 business jets
- Integrity Aircraft Title Holdings LLC 44 aircraft in town
- Coulson Aviation (USA) INC 20 aircraft in town
- Vista Balloon LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Heath Aircraft LLC 5 aircraft in town
- C.C. Calzone, LLC 20 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Portland Community College 3 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Hot Wings Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Portland Metro Aviation & Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Atlantic Aviation Oregon General Aviation Services · repair station
- Nde Professionals INC · repair station
- Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA) 6,870 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Horizon Air
- Los Angeles International (LAX) 4,366 flights in twelve months · Alaska Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Denver International (DEN) 4,267 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc., Southwest Airlines Co.
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 3,765 flights in twelve months · Alaska Airlines Inc., Southwest Airlines Co.
- San Francisco International (SFO) 3,732 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc., Alaska Airlines Inc.
- Harry Reid International (LAS) 3,161 flights in twelve months · Alaska Airlines Inc., Southwest Airlines Co.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 2,765 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc., American Airlines Inc.
- Salt Lake City International (SLC) 2,580 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 29 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Oregon 1,862 since 1982 · 277 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 7,013 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PDX.json.
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 26, 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.