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) and about 139 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 79 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 52,700 takeoffs and landings a year. About 28 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Pearson Field?
Its FAA code is VUO, and its ICAO code is KVUO.
Where is Pearson Field?
It is 2 miles southwest of Vancouver, Washington, 29 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Pearson Field?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,275 feet long, asphalt.
Does Pearson Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Pearson Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where can you fly nonstop from Pearson Field?
Airline flights go to 6 airports, the busiest of them Boeing Fld/King County International, Clarence E Page Municipal, Astoria Regional, Seattle Paine Field International, Tacoma Narrows. Every route
Are there flight schools at Pearson Field?
10 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Plane Fun Flying Club and N58518 Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Pearson Field?
23 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 Pearson Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Portland International (3 nm southeast), Portland-Troutdale Airport (12 nm east), Scappoose Airport (12 nm northwest), Portland-Hillsboro Airport (13 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 Washington · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 8 departures from VUO in those twelve months, carrying 14 passengers in 48 seats (29% filled), to 6 destinations on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearson Field → Boeing Fld/King County International VUO–BFI | 2 | 1 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
| Pearson Field → Clarence E Page Municipal VUO–RCE | 2 | 6 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
| Pearson Field → Astoria Regional VUO–AST | 1 | 0 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
| Pearson Field → Seattle Paine Field International VUO–PAE | 1 | 0 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
| Pearson Field → Tacoma Narrows VUO–TIW | 1 | 3 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
| Pearson Field → Port Townsend VUO–TWD | 1 | 4 | Kenmore Air Harbor |
All 6 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 131 |
| multi-engine | 5 |
| helicopters | 2 |
| other | 1 |
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 52,700, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 100 |
| general aviation, travelling | 34,125 |
| general aviation, local | 18,375 |
| military | 100 |
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 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Washington.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Vancouver, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Plane Fun Flying Club 2 aircraft · Vancouver Chuckanut Flying Club is a non-profit flying club based at Bellingham International Airport in Washington State.
- N58518 Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Vancouver
- Tabooma Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Vancouver
- Portland Community College 3 aircraft · Portland, 4 miles away
- Hot Wings Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Portland, 4 miles away
- Portland Metro Aviation & Flying Club 1 aircraft · Portland, 4 miles away
- Flyit LLC 11 aircraft · Camas, 12 miles away FlyIt Academy is a flight school in the Portland area that offers pilot training from sport pilot through certified flight instructor ratings.
- Gorge Winds Aviation INC 9 aircraft · Fairview, 12 miles away Gorge Winds Aviation is a flight school and FBO at Troutdale Airport near Portland, Oregon.
- Camas-Washougal Flying Club 1 aircraft · Camas, 12 miles away
- Falcons Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Ridgefield, 14 miles away
Repair stations in Vancouver:
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
23 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 21 for private pilot, 21 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 18 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 17 for airplanes, 12 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 5 for helicopters, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 14 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 9 engineering representatives, 6 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- David Olcott Koebel private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Aero Maintenance · Vancouver, WA (0 nm) · (541) 490-5398 · [email protected]
- Blake Thomas Segoria private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Scappoose Airport · Scappoose, OR (12 nm) · (503) 975-6667 · [email protected]
- 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 · Hillsboro Aero Academy · Troutdale, OR (13 nm) · (503) 881-9835 · [email protected]
- Gregory Michael Cyr private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; helicopters · Hillsboro Aero Academy · Troutdale, OR (13 nm) · (541) 699-8489 · [email protected]
- Katie Erin Leonard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Gorge Winds Aviation · Troutdale, OR (13 nm) · (971) 258-1048 · [email protected]
- Rainer Gades private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Hillsboro Aero Academy · Troutdale, OR (13 nm) · (503) 459-2344 · [email protected]
- Abdelrahman E Abdelrahman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hillsboro, OR (17 nm) · (772) 888-6545 · [email protected]
- Brunno Winnubst private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hillsboro, OR (17 nm) · (971) 222-5730 · [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 · 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. 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 Vancouver 201 aircraft · 185 piston singles, 4 business jets, 3 piston twins
- Aero Maintenance INC 15 aircraft in town
- Wittco Aero LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Haldeman Enterprises LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Aviolease LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Haldeman Hangars LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Plane Fun Flying Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- N58518 Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Tabooma Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Aero Maintenance INC · repair station
- Northwest Dynamics INC · repair station
- Onboard Systems International · repair station
- Boeing Fld/King County International (BFI) 2 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Clarence E Page Municipal (RCE) 2 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Astoria Regional (AST) 1 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Seattle Paine Field International (PAE) 1 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Tacoma Narrows (TIW) 1 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- Port Townsend (TWD) 1 flights in twelve months · Kenmore Air Harbor
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Washington 2,713 since 1982 · 362 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Washington 130 landing places
- Washington 10,568 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VUO.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.