Independence State Airport | |
Nativename: | Independence Airpark |
Faa: | 7S5 |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | Oregon Department of Aviation |
City-Served: | Independence, Oregon |
Elevation-F: | 180 |
Elevation-M: | 55 |
R1-Number: | 16/34 |
R1-Length-F: | 3,002 |
R1-Length-M: | 915 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2019 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 10/22/2019) |
Stat1-Data: | 33,658 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 164 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Independence State Airport is a public-use airport located one mile (1.6 km) northwest of the central business district of Independence, a city in Polk County, Oregon, United States. It is owned by the Oregon Department of Aviation.
Serving as a general aviation airport, Independence also hosts a large residential airpark. This facility is Oregon's only public-use airport hosting an airpark.
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Independence State Airport covers an area of 69acres, which contains one runway designated 16/34 with a 3,002 x 60 ft (915 x 18 m) asphalt pavement.
For the 12-month period ending October 22, 2019, the airport had 33,658 aircraft operations, an average of 92 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% air taxi. At that time there were 164 aircraft based at this airport: 155 single-engine, 4 multi-engine and 5 glider.
The Starduster Cafe at the airport serves breakfast and brunch.
On September 19, 2018, a Rutan Long-EZ crashed while landing after the front landing gear collapsed, injuring the pilot.[2]