Sunset Air Strip

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Sunset Air Strip Airport
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Landing strip
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OwnerRoth Development
LocationNorth Plains, Oregon
Elevation  AMSL 207 ft / 63 m
Coordinates 45°35′29″N123°00′35″W / 45.59139°N 123.00972°W / 45.59139; -123.00972
Sunset Air Strip
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
06/243,050929Turf

Sunset Air Strip( FAA LID : 1OR3) is a private airport located one mile southwest of North Plains in Washington County, Oregon, United States. It is managed by Roth Development Corp., which is owned by the neighbors. [1] The Oregon Department of Aviation limits the number of aircraft based at the strip to 50; as of 2013 there were 16, with some of the 17 neighbors having hangars on their property. [1]

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History

Sunset Air Strip was built in 1968. [1] Many of the 17 homes around the strip were constructed in the 1970s. [1] In 2003, Washington County created an overlay district covering the strip and adjoining properties that prohibited commercial aviation activities such as flight instruction. [1]

In 2013, it was proposed that an airpark district be created at the landing strip, [2] which would allow for additional homes to be built on adjoining land that could house aircraft. [1] Washington County approved the new district in October 2013, [3] but two groups challenged the decision. [4] [5]

In the decades following the creation of Sunset Airpark, there was considerable aviation growth within the area. Hillsborough Airport (HIO) [6] significantly grew from its main runway to reach 6,600 feet (2,000 m) by 2013, and its annual operations grew by more than a factor of two since 1971. This was due mostly to an increase in flight training activity brought about by Hillsboro Aviation's flight school. [7]

The proliferation of aviation facilities within Washington County since Sunset Airpark came into being has changed the character of the airspace over the area. The addition to Stark's Twin Oaks, Skyport, North Plains Gliderport, and Apple Valley Airstrip have crisscrossed the air over the countryside with an increasingly busy flying environment. This expansion has heightened the safety concerns that the Port authorities first noted in the late 1960s with potential implications for Sunset Airpark and other residential areas near these flight paths. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mistreanu, Simina (October 14, 2013). "Residential airpark overlay district: Proposed Washington County rezoning stirs endorsements, concerns". The Oregonian . Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ Haugen, Stephanie (October 4, 2013). "Residential planes near North Plains?". Hillsboro Tribune . Retrieved October 7, 2013.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ Mistreanu, Simina (October 22, 2013). "Washington County commissioners approve airpark district, postpone rooster ordinance until next year". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  4. ↑ Mistreanu, Simina (November 25, 2013). "Residential airpark overlay district: Washington County groups to appeal rezoning". The Oregonian. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  5. ↑ Redden, Jim (November 25, 2013). "Airstrip expansion could face land-use appeal". Portland Tribune . Retrieved November 28, 2013.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "AirNav: KHIO - Portland-Hillsboro Airport". airnav.com. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Historical Perspective on Sunset Airpark - North Plains, Oregon". oregonaviationwatch.org. Retrieved October 18, 2024.


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