44°52′01″N 123°11′54″W / 44.86694°N 123.19833°W
Independence State Airport Independence Airpark | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Oregon Department of Aviation | ||||||||||
Serves | Independence, Oregon | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 180 ft / 55 m | ||||||||||
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Statistics (2019) | |||||||||||
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Independence State Airport (FAA LID: 7S5) 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.[1]
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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Airport information and statistics
Independence State Airport covers an area of 69 acres (28 ha), 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.[1]
The Starduster Cafe at the airport serves breakfast and brunch.
Incidents
On September 19, 2018, a Rutan Long-EZ crashed while landing after the front landing gear collapsed, injuring the pilot.[2]
References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for 7S5 PDF, effective December 28, 2023
- ^ "Pilot injured after crash-landing at airport near Salem". OregonLive.com. The Associated Press. September 20, 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
External links
- Independence State Airport Support Group
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 7S5
- AirNav airport information for 7S5
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 7S5