Mcnary Field
SLE · KSLE · Salem, Oregon · Marion County · map
Mcnary Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Salem, 2 miles southeast of Salem, Oregon, 213 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 5,811 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KSLE · observed 11:56 am PDT (18:56 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 1,700 feet
- Temperature 65°F (18°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.13 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:20 am PDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 1,000 feet MVFR
- From Tue 12:00 pm PDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the north at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSLE 061856Z VRB04KT 10SM FEW017 18/13 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP202 T01830128
TAF KSLE 061720Z 0618/0718 01007KT P6SM OVC010 FM061900 01007KT P6SM SKC
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 SLE · ICAO KSLE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Salem
- Elevation
- 213 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; weekends, 7:00 am to 5:00 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
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1937
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,811 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 5,146 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 37 × 37 ft | Concrete, excellent |
- Runway 13: VASI, four boxes on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), road 11 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 31: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 459 ft high 15,950 ft from the end
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 16 ft high 430 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 216 ft high 4,528 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.1 | Salem |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Sle and automated weather (ASOS) | 124.55 | Salem |
| Ground | 121.9 | Salem |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Salem |
| Horton and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.8 | Salem |
| Ng and operations | 142.8 | Salem |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 458-322-0305.
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 Salem from the FAA register
255 aircraft are registered to owners in Salem, Oregon: 172 piston singles, 38 business jets, 17 turboprops, 13 helicopters, 7 drones. 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 · 15 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
- Estbd prior to 1959.
- Prior permission required for unscheduled air carrier operations gtr than 30 passenger seats - amgr.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 31; odal runway 13; runway end identifier lights runway 13, 16, 34; high-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 16, PAPI runway 16 and 34 out of service indefinitely.
- Landing fee for commercial and itnrntt with FAA certified maximum gross landing WT gtr than 7000 LB.
- 100 LL self service H24.
- Bird haz: waterfowl in the vicinity of airport; geese trsn class D pattern altitude OCT-MAY.
- Taxiway a from taxiway L to L9 not vsb from the control tower.
- Noise abatment procedure in effect; avoid otfc residential areas.
- Rising trrn and trees west and south of airport and runway 34 extdd centerline. Trees on runway 16 extdd centerline. Night operations not recommended both runways.
- Closed aft hvy snow. Airport condition unmnt 1600L-0800L and wkend.
- Air carrier operations use taxiway a, taxiway A1, taxiway A2, taxiway B, taxiway C from taxiway a to J, taxiway F from taxiway a to runway 31, taxiway J.
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.