Columbia Gorge Regional Airport

Columbia Gorge Regional Airport (KDLS) is a medium airport in Dallesport / The Dalles, OR. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KDLS or IATA code DLS. It sits in North America.

Columbia Gorge Regional Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 5,097-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.

The longest runway measures 5,097 ft (1,554 m), a light-jet-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Phenom 300, Citation CJ4, and Learjet 75. In practice this limits operations to light jets, turboprops, and short-field-capable aircraft.

Columbia Gorge Regional Airport sits near sea level at 247 ft.

Local operations run on America/Los_Angeles. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess currently tracks 169 departing and 32 arriving private-jet legs at KDLS across the next six months of operator inventory. 5 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KDLS are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Columbia Gorge Regional Airport, also referred to as The Dalles Municipal Airport, is a public use airport in Klickitat County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located near Dallesport, Washington and two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the city of The Dalles in the state of Oregon. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.