The Oregon Pilots Association (OPA) is designed to support and advance general aviation across the State of Oregon. Our chapters are where that mission comes to life — at local airports, in hangars, and around dinner tables across Oregon. 

The strongest chapters keep a healthy mix of what matters most: 

• Fun Flying & Good Times – building friendships and enjoying aviation together. 
• Sharing Aviation with the Community – opening the doors so neighbors, students, and the public can discover aviation. 
• Learning & Flying Safer – staying sharp with education, training, and safety programs. 
• Speaking Up for Aviation – making sure the pilot’s voice is heard in local and statewide decisions. 

Each chapter develops its own unique combination of activities, traditions, projects and schedules of events.

Above all, chapters provide a local social fabric for OPA members to socialize, support each other, and, most importantly, to get out and fly!

Local chapters take on the flavor of their membership and monitor local issues of importance. Meetings may be breakfasts, pot-luck dinners in hangars or dinner out at a restaurant. Guest speakers are a common part of many chapter meetings. Some chapters have dues, others do not and instead have fundraising events to cover chapter expenses. Members need only have an interest in aviation to join, and the rest is determined by the chapters themselves.

You must be a member of the State OPA to be a member of a local chapter.

If you are interested in starting a new chapter, please contact the Director of OPA Chapters, at chapters@oregonpilot.org