Stark’s Twin Oaks Airpark

This is the quintessential small, family-​owned acreage airstrip found in so many locations across the US. The Stark Family own/​run and are very nice to work with. Emily has been fantastic working the front office, as has been Bob (Dad) and Danny (Brother).
I’ve worked with one of their instructors now, Josh, who was very knowledgeable and provided excellent instruction for both a checkout and approach currency on the Sim.
There are some nuances to the runway & operations at Twin Oaks, but you’ll get the chance to fly a lot, rather than taxi and hold a lot at, say, another airport a little North of here…

Stark’s has more of a family feel to it than most airports I’ve been to learn to fly. I’m almost halfway finished with my private pilots license and I’ve had a great time doing it at Twin Oaks. Their prices to rent the planes are definitely fair and their instructors are great.
Not a large airport though they have a number of hangars for pilots to store their planes.
Great place to learn to fly and a great place to take off from for a great view of the rural parts of the Portland/​Hillsboro local cities.

I learned to fly at Twin Oaks (FAA ID 7S3), so I somewhat partial.
It’s a nice little airport; it’s run by the Stark family, who also live on the property. Betty generally mans the office (which is in the house), where you can go to pay for your rental, buy a headset, study materials, or a sectional, or just chat about various flying-​related topics.
In the flight school/​meeting building below the main house, there are a couple of rooms for ground instruction, a room for the simulator on the second floor, and a hangar where the local EAA chapter meets to discuss nefarious schemes involving carbon fiber and epoxy. Or whatever.
Down the hill from the flight school building is the airport surface itself, where the hanger containing the rental fleet and an aircraft lighting company can be found, in addition to the leasable hangers for the airport’s denizens.
One of the things I really enjoy about this airport is how relaxed it is. Bob & Betty keep the place ship-​shape, but don’t force too many rules on people. There aren’t obnoxious «warning» signs all over the place, and people are generally quite relaxed about misunderstandings (for example, inadvertently cutting someone off in the pattern — not that it happens often, of course). I also like how pretty the scenery is. The place is surrounded by orchards and fields. The flocks of birds are pretty too, although they’re definitely something to keep an eye on, especially when departing Runway 20.
The instructors at Twin Oaks are some very nice people. They’re quite relaxed, and each of them is in business for themselves. You can pace your training however you like, there are no hidden fees, and everything is between you and your instructor. Although none of the rental fleet at Twin Oaks have glass cockpits, it’s a great place to get your sport or private pilot certificate.