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 and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KUAO · observed 1:53 pm PDT (20:53 UTC), 29 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 71°F (22°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.09 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 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 1,500 feet MVFR
- From Tue 12:00 pm PDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the north at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KUAO 062053Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 22/13 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP187 T02170128 58022
TAF KUAO 061720Z 0618/0718 01005KT P6SM BKN015 FM061900 01005KT 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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
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 Aurora from the FAA register
267 aircraft are registered to owners in Aurora, Oregon: 120 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Oregon.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.