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KS39 · Prineville Airport

ICAO · US · 20 NTSB events

ID KS39 FAA S39 Elev 3,250 ft Lat 44° 17.22' N Lon 120° 54.24' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

4 runway ends on file. Longest: 5,405 ft. Max gradient: 0.31%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
11 120° 5,405 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 0.18%
29 300° 5,405 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 0.18%
15 172° 4,031 ft 40 ft ASP Yes —
33 352° 4,031 ft 40 ft ASP Yes —

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 2 frequencies

  • CNTR SEATTLE CNTR 128.150
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.700

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KS39 on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 2 matched · 3 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL RWY 11/29; PAPI RWY 29 & LIRL RWY 16/34. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL RWY 11/29; PAPI RWY 29 & LIRL RWY 16/34. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (2)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL RWY 11/29; PAPI RWY 29 & LIRL RWY 16/34. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    ACTVT MIRL RWY 11/29; PAPI RWY 29 & LIRL RWY 16/34 - CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    DEER ON & INVOF ARPT.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (3 sentences)
  • ·FOR CD CTC SEATTLE ARTCC AT 253-351-3694.
  • ·CALM WIND RWY 29 NMRS AREAS OF UNSEALED LONGL AND TRANSVERSE CRACKING THRUT FULL LEN.
  • ·LIMITED BY ARPT OPERATOR TO 5000 LBS MAX WEIGHT. 24 HR CARD LOCK SELF-SVC FUEL AVBL.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

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NTSB events

20 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

16

since 1982

Fatal

4

25.0% of total

Last 5 years

2

≈ 0.4/yr

Last 10 years

3

≈ 0.3/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 11,424 ops in 2009

2024 total

10,400

10-yr total

104,360

2024 mix

AC/AT 3% · GA 96% · Mil 1%

Events / million ops

28.7

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

7.19

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=5

  • Loss of control 3
  • Other 1
  • Ground collision 1

All time · n=20

  • Loss of control 5
  • Stall / spin 3
  • Engine failure / power loss 2
  • Ground collision 2
  • Gear-up landing 2
  • Hard landing 2
  • Other 2
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2026-05-02 COSMOS PHASE II · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2025-05-17 DB AEROCOPTER LTD AK1-3 · Ground collision · day →
2022-05-23 FRAZIER ROBERT L RV-6A · Other · day →
2018-08-25 Cessna 170 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2015-01-11 BRUCT J MYERS RV-9A · Stall / spin · day →
2013-09-08 CANTRELL LW CHALLENGER II SP · CFIT · VMC · day →
2010-04-15 Cessna 150L · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2007-04-27 Piper PA-18 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
2005-12-09 Piper PA-18-150 · Loss of control · day →
2003-10-27 Garnett-Robert Barnett J4B · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2003-10-19 Tracy Kolb Mark III · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2002-09-15 Eells Air Command 503 · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2002-07-04 Welborn Pulsar XP · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2000-12-10 Kaman K-1200 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
1988-05-11 Hughes 269C · Ground collision · VMC · day →
1984-08-18 Cessna 182E · Engine failure · VMC · day →
1982-09-09 Cessna 172 · Other · day →
2024-04-08 Cessna 195B · Loss of control · day →
2015-12-19 Stinson 108 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2015-07-26 NORTON CLAUDE C TAILWIND W8 · Stall / spin · day →

Designees in OR

CFI Flight Instructors 995 A&P Mechanics 2,693 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 25 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 5 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 1 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 5 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 4 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 15 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 13 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 58 APD Aircrew Program Designees (APD) 6 Schools Flight Schools 42 FBO Fixed Base Operators 44 Clubs Flying Clubs 19 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 9 EAA EAA Chapters 16

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Blake Thomas Segoria Redmond OR 12 nm
Karl Dean Cotton Redmond OR 12 nm
Randy Whitson Steel Redmond OR 12 nm
Andrew Reischauer Bend OR 22 nm
Gregory Michael Cyr Bend OR 22 nm
Hayden Ellis Vardaman Bend OR 22 nm
Robert William Grubb Bend OR 22 nm
Russell Thomas Ward Bend OR 22 nm
Douglas Scott Holzman Hood River OR 89 nm
Stacy Jean Grabb Hood River OR 89 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Ronald Lee Carpinella Prineville OR 2 nm
Mary Eulberg Verry Prineville OR 2 nm
Ellis Charles Bouvier Prineville OR 2 nm
Eric Earl Waldow Prineville OR 2 nm
Timothy Jay Wilson Prineville OR 2 nm
Brian Edward Borkoski Prineville OR 2 nm
Austin Ova Stafford Prineville OR 2 nm
Billy Joe Lane Ii Prineville OR 2 nm
Levi Allen Rogers Prineville OR 2 nm
Francis Edgar Deroest Jr Powell Butte OR 5 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Ronald Lee Carpinella Prineville OR 2 nm
Eldon Duane Nimmo Prineville OR 2 nm
James Stanhope Mcneill Prineville OR 2 nm
Timothy Jay Wilson Prineville OR 2 nm
Jack Edward Daniels Prineville OR 2 nm
Michael Lawrence Dehate Prineville OR 2 nm
Gary Wayne Hunt Prineville OR 2 nm
Michael Stephen Lamb Prineville OR 2 nm
Nick Charles Maithonis Prineville OR 2 nm
Brian Douglas Tom Prineville OR 2 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Western Aircraft Propeller Service Inc.
Sandy, OR
 88 nm
Pacific Coast Avionics
Aurora, OR
 98 nm
Val Avionics, Ltd.
Salem, OR
 98 nm
Columbia Helicopters, Inc.
Aurora, OR
 99 nm
Twin Oaks Aircraft Maintenance
Hillsboro, OR
 111 nm
Northwest Aircraft Maintenance, Inc.
Hillsboro, OR
 115 nm
McCormick Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Yakima, WA
 138 nm
JLC Avionics, LLC
Ashland, OR
 148 nm
Chief Avionics, Inc.
Grants Pass, OR
 152 nm
Baker Avionics, LLC
Grants Pass, OR
 152 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.