Independence State Airport

44°52′01″N 123°11′54″W

Independence State Airport Independence Airpark
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 7S5
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Oregon Department of Aviation
Serves	Independence, Oregon
Elevation AMSL	180 ft / 55 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 3,002 915 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft operations (year ending 10/22/2019) 33,658 Based aircraft 164
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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.

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

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for 7S5 PDF, effective December 28, 2023
2. "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