Columbia Gorge Regional Airport

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Coordinates: 45°37′07″N 121°10′02″W / 45.61861, -121.16722

Columbia Gorge Regional Airport The Dalles Municipal Airport
IATA: DLS – ICAO: KDLS – FAA: DLS
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of The Dalles, Oregon & Klickitat County, Washington
Serves		The Dalles, Oregon
Location		Dallesport, Washington
Elevation AMSL		247 ft / 75 m
Website		thedallesairport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
7/25	4,647	1,416	Asphalt
12/30	5,097	1,554	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			16,282
Based aircraft			57
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Columbia Gorge Regional Airport (IATA: DLS, ICAO: KDLS, FAA LID: DLS), also referred to as The Dalles Municipal Airport, is a public airport located in Klickitat County in the U.S. state of Washington, two miles (3 km) northeast of the city of The Dalles in the state of Oregon. The airport is jointly owned by the city of The Dalles and Klickitat County.^[1] It is adjacent to the Columbia River, near the east end of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area^[2].

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Columbia Gorge Regional Airport covers an area of 997 acres (403 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 7/25 measuring 4,647 x 100 ft. (1,416 x 30 m) and 12/30 measuring 5,097 x 100 ft. (1,554 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 10, 2007, the airport had 16,282 aircraft operations, an average of 44 per day: 84% general aviation, 11% air taxi and 5% military. At that time there were 57 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, 4% jet and 4% helicopter.^[1]