Pearson Field
VUO · KVUO · Vancouver, Washington · Clark County · map
Pearson Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Vancouver &Nps, 2 miles southwest of Vancouver, Washington, 29 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,275 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KVUO · observed 12:53 pm PDT (19:53 UTC), 45 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.13 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KVUO 061953Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 20/13 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP202 T02000128
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 VUO · ICAO KVUO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Vancouver &Nps
- Elevation
- 29 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,000 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- November to March, every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; April to October, every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1939
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,275 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: VASI, four boxes on the right, 3,065 ft available for landing, brdg 218 ft high 2,647 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 762 ft, 2,513 ft available for landing, tree 31 ft high 280 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Clearance delivery · Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 119.0 | |
| Approach 100-279, high | 118.1 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.35 | |
| Vuo and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.125 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 360-696-1280.
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 Vancouver from the FAA register
201 aircraft are registered to owners in Vancouver, Washington: 185 piston singles, 4 business jets, 3 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 2 balloons. 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 Washington.
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
- Activate PAPI runway 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service credit card H24.
- Stwy west end.
- 16 feet dike at 115 feet; 6 feet fence at 130 feet.
- Runway 26 dthr 762 feet for night operations, 2513 feet of runway 08/26 pcl.
- VASI runway 08 unusable beyond 6 degreess left or right of runway centerline.
- Approach slope 44:1 at dthr.
- Geese on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Arrival prior to entering sfra far 93.163 and departure bfr takeoff - contact the common traffic frequency.
- Prior permission required to acess air museum txl.
- Heilicopter HOVER-TAXI operations NA.
- Fly quiet. When operg over the runway centerline or runway centerline extdd - mntn at or below 700 feet above sea level due to traffic and wake turb from overflying aircraft to/from portland international airport (pdx) runway 10L/28R. pdx runway 10L/28R extdd centerline crosses Pearson runway 08 thld. Runway 26 mntn runway hdg until past smith tower. Turn right west of tower and national park. Avoid overflying the fort Vancouver stockade (national park), lct 360 feet north of the west end of runway 08. Mnt the common traffic frequency 119.0.
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.