Orcas Island Airport

Orcas Island Airport
IATA: ESD – ICAO: KORS – FAA LID: ORS
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Port of Orcas
Location		Eastsound, Washington
Elevation AMSL		31 ft / 9 m
Coordinates		48°42′29″N 122°54′38″W / 48.70806°N 122.91056°W / 48.70806; -122.91056
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
16/34	2,900	884	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			61,600
Based aircraft			75
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

For other places with the same name, see Orca (disambiguation).

Orcas Island Airport (IATA: ESD, ICAO: KORS, FAA LID: ORS) is a public airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the central business district of Eastsound on Orcas Island in San Juan County, Washington, United States.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Orcas Island Airport is assigned ORS by the FAA and ESD by the IATA (which assigned ORS to Orpheus Island Resort Waterport in Queensland, Australia). ^{[2] [3]}

Facilities and aircraft

Orcas Island Airport covers an area of 64 acres (26 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (16/34) measuring 2,900 x 60 ft (884 x 18 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 61,600 aircraft operations, an average of 168 per day: 69% general aviation, 20% air taxi and 11% scheduled commercial. There are 75 aircraft based at this airport: 96% single engine and 4% multi-engine.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Kenmore Air	Seattle/Boeing Field
San Juan Airlines	Anacortes, Bellingham, Friday Harbor

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} FAA Airport Master Record for ORS (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KORS / ESD - Eastsound, Washington (Orcas Island Airport)
3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: ORS - Queensland, Australia (Orpheus Island Resort Waterport)

External links

• Orcas Island Airport at WSDOT Aviation
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KORS
  • ASN accident history for ESD
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KORS