Aurora State Airport
UAO · KUAO · Aurora, Oregon · Marion County · map
Aurora State Airport is a public-use airport owned by Oregon Dept of Aviation, 1 mile northwest of Aurora, Oregon, 200 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,003 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 282 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 18 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 68,045 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Aurora State Airport?
Its FAA code is UAO, and its ICAO code is KUAO.
Where is Aurora State Airport?
It is 1 mile northwest of Aurora, Oregon, 200 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Aurora State Airport?
Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,003 feet long, asphalt.
Does Aurora State Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Aurora State Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Aurora State Airport?
6 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Brantly Flyers LLC and Pacific Flying Association LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Aurora State Airport?
22 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 Aurora State Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA UAO · ICAO KUAO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Oregon Dept of Aviation
- Elevation
- 200 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1943
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,003 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: localizer with DME, VASI, four boxes on the right, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), trees 100 ft high 2,939 ft from the end
- Runway 35: VASI, four boxes on the left, tree 90 ft high 1,634 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.35 | Aurora Twr |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Uao and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.525 | Aurora Twr |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 119.15 | Aurora Twr |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 119.95 | Aurora Twr |
| Approach and departure High | 118.1 | Aurora Twr |
| Approach and departure Low | 126.0 | Aurora Twr |
| Helns and star | 124.35 | Aurora Twr |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 503-678-3011.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Sportsman Airpark (8 nm west), Chehalem Airpark (13 nm west), MC Minnville Municipal (16 nm west).
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
- Runway 35 calm wind runway. Use only paved surfaces. Frequent straight in instrument approach traffic to runway 17.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35, VASI runways 17 and 35 and odals runway 17 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 17/35 150 feet blast pad at south end.
- Runway 17 +30 feet power line 2100 feet from thld; marked by balls.
- Parallel taxiway 35 feet wide and has medium intensity taxiway lights.
- Migratory birds, coyotes, and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Noise abatement sens area: 2 MI north of runway 17; 1 MI southeast of runway 35; hlf MI southwest of runway 35. Avoid low level OVER-FLIGHTS of residential areas srndg airport whenever poss.
- All taxilanes non standard wingtip clnc.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 216 |
| multi-engine | 14 |
| jets | 40 |
| helicopters | 8 |
| other | 4 |
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 68,045, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,088 |
| general aviation, travelling | 31,577 |
| general aviation, local | 34,166 |
| military | 214 |
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 Aurora from the FAA register
270 aircraft are registered to owners in Aurora, Oregon: 123 piston singles, 106 helicopters, 22 turboprops, 8 piston twins, 8 business jets. 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
Fuel and service companies in Aurora, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Elevation Aviation Services LLC
- Pacific Aircraft Services Pacific Aircraft Services provides aircraft maintenance, management, and flight services for light jets and turboprops from Aurora, Oregon.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Brantly Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Aurora
- Pacific Flying Association LLC 1 aircraft · Aurora
- Pureflight Aviation Training LLC 9 aircraft · Newberg, 10 miles away
- Aero Dynamics Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · Mulino, 10 miles away
- Precision Flight Training INC 2 aircraft · Newberg, 10 miles away
- Precision Aviation Training LLC 1 aircraft · Newberg, 10 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Aurora:
- Life Flight Network LLC 57 aircraft on the certificate
- Columbia Helicopters, Inc 12 aircraft on the certificate Columbia Helicopters is a heavy-lift helicopter manufacturer, operator, and maintenance organization based in Aurora, Oregon.
- Rainbow Air, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate Rainbow Air, Inc.
- Winco Inc 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Aurora:
- Columbia Helicopters, INC
- Helicopter Transport Services LLC Helicopter Transport Services operates a fleet of more than 60 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, providing heavy-lift operations, aerial construction, petroleum industry support, utilities operations, disaster relief, forestry and wildla
- Pacific Coast Avionics Corporation Pacific Coast Avionics is an FAA-approved repair station that sells avionics, aircraft instruments, and pilot supplies, and provides avionics installation and repair services.
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
22 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 20 for private pilot, 19 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 18 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 16 for airplanes, 11 for multi-engine airplanes, 5 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 14 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 8 engineering representatives, 6 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- 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 · Columbia Helicopters INC · Aurora, OR (0 nm) · (503) 881-9835 · [email protected]
- Katie Erin Leonard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Aurora Flight Training · Aurora, OR (0 nm) · (971) 258-1048 · [email protected]
- Kenneth Melberg Chapman private pilot (proficiency) · HTS Hangar · Aurora, OR (0 nm) · (541) 944-1218 · [email protected]
- Mary Adene Schu private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Aurora Flight School · Aurora, OR (0 nm) · (541) 390-3980 · [email protected]
- Stanley Paul Smith type ratings, private pilot (proficiency) · Helicopter Transport Services · Aurora, OR (0 nm) · (208) 989-2912 · [email protected]
- Tetsuji Matsuura private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Willamette Aviation Service · Aurora, OR (0 nm) · (541) 286-8790 · [email protected]
- Brunno Winnubst private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pureflight Aviation Training · Newberg, OR (8 nm) · (971) 222-5730 · [email protected]
- Rainer Gades private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · PUREFLIGHT AVIATION TRAINING · Newberg, OR (8 nm) · (503) 459-2344 · [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 · 12 since 1982, 1 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 Aurora 270 aircraft · 123 piston singles, 106 helicopters, 22 turboprops
- Life Flight Network LLC 53 aircraft in town
- Vans Aircraft INC 35 aircraft in town
- Columbia Helicopters INC 29 aircraft in town
- Winco INC 12 aircraft in town
- Elevation Aviation Services LLC 2 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Pacific Aircraft Services 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Life Flight Network LLC 57 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Columbia Helicopters, Inc 12 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Rainbow Air, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Winco Inc 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Brantly Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Pacific Flying Association LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Pureflight Aviation Training LLC 9 aircraft · flight school
- Columbia Helicopters, INC · repair station
- Helicopter Transport Services LLC · repair station
- Pacific Coast Avionics Corporation · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 12 since 1982 · 1 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 7,012 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/UAO.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.