Portland Municipal
PLD · KPLD · Portland, Indiana · Jay County · map
Portland Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Portland, 1 mile northwest of Portland, Indiana, 925 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 5,505 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PLD · ICAO KPLD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Portland
- Elevation
- 925 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1947
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,505 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left, power line 24 ft high 950 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure Southwest/northwest of active runway | 127.2 | |
| Approach and departure Southeast/northeast of active runway | 132.15 | |
| Pld and aWOS-3 | 124.675 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 260-726-7882.
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
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Portland, Indiana: 6 piston twins, 5 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 drone. 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 Indiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 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
- 150 feet lighted water tower 1300 feet southeast; 120 feet grain elev 1300 feet ese.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 preset low intst; incr int - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 09 and 27 on continuously.
- PAPI unusable beyond 3 degreess right of centerline.
- Seasonal crops.
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.