Independence State Airport

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Coordinates: 44°52′01″N 123°11′54″W / 44.86694, -123.19833

Independence State Airport Independence Airpark
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA: 7S5
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Oregon Department of Aviation
Serves		Independence, Oregon
Elevation AMSL		180 ft / 55 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
16/34	2,935	895	Asphalt
Statistics (1999)
Aircraft operations			31,658
Based aircraft			142
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 has two claims to fame as Oregon's only Public Use airport hosting an airpark in addition to the only state owned airpark.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Independence State Airport covers an area of 69 acres (28 ha) which contains one runway designated 16/34 with a 2,935 x 60 ft. (895 x 18 m) 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.^[1] The Starduster Cafe on the airport serves breakfast and lunch.