Independence State Airport


Independence State Airport is a public-use airport located one mile 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.

Facilities and aircraft

Independence State Airport covers an area of which contains one runway designated 16/34 with a 2,935 x 60 ft asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending October 18, 1999, the airport had 31,658 aircraft operations, an average of 86 per day: 96% general aviation and 4% air taxi. At that time there were 142 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine, 2% multi-engine and 4% ultralight. The Starduster Cafe on 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.