The Oregon Department of Aviation (ODAV) is an agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon chiefly responsible for matters relating to the continuing development of aviation as part of the state's transportation system, and the safety of its airways.

[4] In the 1940s Aeronautics was given the responsibility to establish and maintain a program of Air Search and Rescue - Air SAR - following a private plane accident that killed Governor Earl Snell, Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr. and Senate President Marshall E. Cornett.

In 1994, the responsibility of Air SAR was transferred to the Oregon State Police and the Office of Emergency Management.

These airports have non-standard lengths or require special pilot knowledge prior to flying in.

The department encourages all aviators to contact them to receive a briefing on the airport's status prior to flying to these fields.