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Ken Jernstedt Airfield

45.67260°N
-121.53600°W
ARR / DAY
12
▼ 49.1%
DEP / DAY
16
▼ 53.5%

Ken Jernstedt Airfield (K4S2) is a small general aviation airport located in Hood River, OR, 45 mi east of Gresham. It features 1 runway measuring 3,040 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 12 arrivals and 16 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

just now
Temp
88°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR K4S2 312355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/01 A2974 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

3,040 FT MAX
07/25
3,040 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

25
61% of ops
279 land · 427 TO
07
39% of ops
177 land · 81 TO
Runway 25 carries 61% of operations (279 landings, 427 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 07 at 39%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

25 279 landings
UA 25%
07 177 landings
UA 23%
Approaches to 25 show a 25% unstable-approach rate (70 UA events from 279 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
27.8
flights/day · 835 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 8pm · 9pm
Day vs night
50%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–9pm local, averaging 27.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (36.1 vs 26.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

81 · 15%
68 · 13%
49 · 9%
33 · 6%
32 · 6%
28 · 5%
Activity is led by (15% of 531 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 134.375 —
HOOD RIV 122.300 —
OTHER 122.300 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZSE
Elevation:
638 ft
Mag var:
19° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Todtc
9/8/2008
Museum
Want to talk about an awesome museum?! This place has the WAAAM that houses a huge collection of early model FLYING aircraft and running automobiles. Everything is in perfect condition, even a Curtiss-Jenny with serial #1! As a bonus, you get to fly the Columbia Gorge to get there.
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