Oregon's commercial airports - flights and figures (Portland, Eugene: car rental, rental)
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Oregon's commercial airports - flights and figures
I'll try to create a brief sketch of the commercial airports we have in Oregon. Not only for tourists and visitors, but for natives who might not be aware of the current commercial air transit options around the state.
Portland International Airport (PDX) is obviously the biggest and busiest facility in the state, with about 13 million passengers passing through (enplaning or deplaning) in 2009.
The destinations are too numerous to list here. All the same, for an international airport, it isn't particularly well-connected to the rest of the world, with Tokyo-Narita and Amsterdam-Schiphol being the only non-North American or Hawaiian destinations.
It is about 12¼ miles by road from the terminal complex to the core of downtown Portland, assuming you take the freeway, or 11¾ miles from downtown Vancouver, Washington. Downtown Salem is 57½ miles away. It is also served by the MAX light rail red line's "Portland International Airport" station, along with 8 car rental agencies.
It currently has flights to Seattle, Portland, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles-LAX, Las Vegas, and Phoenix-Mesa (IWA). Six car rental agencies have offices at the airport, and two restaurants operate on the premises. The Oregon Air and Space Museum is located nearby, on the airport grounds.
The terminal is about 8½ miles from downtown Eugene, 13½ miles to downtown Springfield, 31¾ miles from downtown Cottage Grove, 34 miles from downtown Corvallis, or 39 miles from downtown Albany.
It offers flights to Portland, Denver, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles-LAX, San Francisco-SFO, and Phoenix-Mesa (IWA). It includes five car rental agencies, a restaurant, and a few aviation-related sightseeing items of interest.
The terminal is about 3½ miles from downtown Medford, 15½ miles from downtown Roseburg, or 27 miles from downtown Grants Pass.
Flights proceed to Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles-LAX, Portland, Phoenix-Mesa (IWA), San Francisco-SFO, Salt Lake City, and Seattle. There are five car rental agencies and a food vendor on-site.
The terminal is about 2¼ miles from downtown Redmond; 16½ miles from downtown Bend; or 18¾ miles from downtown Prineville.
It has flights to Portland and San Francisco-SFO. The terminal houses three car rental agencies and a restaurant.
The terminal is about 5¼ miles from downtown Klamath Falls.
Eastern Oregon Regional Airport/Pendleton (PDT) (http://www.pendleton.or.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={5C9145B8-C149-4D81-ABBA-53BD358F554D} - broken link) provides air service to northeast Oregon. It handles around 15,000 passengers per year.
There is one airline currently operating flights to Portland. There is also one car rental agency at the terminal.
The terminal is about 4 miles from downtown Pendleton.
Astoria Regional Airport (AST) serves Astoria/Warrenton and northwestern Oregon. It handled around 4,000 passengers in 2009.
It has one airline operating flights to Portland.
The terminal is about 2¾ miles from the center of Warrenton, 6 miles to downtown Astoria, or 13½ miles from the center of Seaside.
Newport Municipal Airport serves Newport and the central Oregon coast. It served around 1,200 passengers in 2009.
One airline currently operates flights to Portland. There is a small deli at the terminal.
The terminal is about 5 miles from the center of Newport.
Note that there are also periodic publicly-accessible charter flights of various sorts, such as the charter which runs every few weeks from Portland, Eugene, Medford, and Redmond to Wendover airport on the Utah/Nevada border.
There are also airports such as McNary Field in Salem which have had sporadic passenger air service, and may have service in the future, but are not currently served by any carriers.
And depending on your destination within Oregon, it may make more sense to fly out of Boise Airport (BOI), which is 56½ miles from downtown Ontario; Tri-Cities Airport (PSC), which is 36¼ miles from central Hermiston; or Del Norte County Airport in Crescent City, CA (CEC), which is 27½ miles from central Brookings.
Nicely done! A recent change in Redmond (Roberts Field) is that United is discontinuing (or already has) its flight to Los Angeles and has added an additional flight into SFO. The airport has gone through a huge remodelling and currently there is no restaurant - there's a little vending place outside check-in if you want a bag of potato chips but that's about it. There will be a restaurant and a pub but those are likely several months away
Likewise Klamath Falls - the restaurant closed down year before last, with no plans to open another. Vending machines are pretty much it - also, once you pass TSA screening, there is no bathroom (or vending machine) on that side of the airport.
The airport is currently served by United Express, with one flight to/from Portland (down from 2 daily, effective next month) and two flights to/from San Francisco.
The flights are paying for themselves only via a grant, and the threat is that United, like Alaska before them, will pull out completely if the grants are lifted. Our choice otherwise is Amtrak (there is a stop in Klamath Falls) or driving 75 miles to the Medford airport (which includes a snowy mountain pass in winter). There is also a private, once-daily shuttle from Klamath Falls to Medford ( Klamath Shuttle, Klamath Falls, Oregon )
Thanks for the updated information. Flights certainly do change over time, and unfortunately, the general trend has been for Oregon airports to be losing rather than adding routes. Though for the smaller airports, they probably hit their low points (in terms of commercial flight prospects) after Horizon and Harbor Air both folded up routes across the state in the late 1990's.
Also, I believe that Pendleton's service to Portland is also contingent upon the US Department of Transportation's "Essential Air Service" program, which is reviewed and renewed every couple of years (with the next renewal period coming up after this year).
I also forgot to add that Newport's airport code is "ONP."
Likewise Klamath Falls - the restaurant closed down year before last, with no plans to open another. Vending machines are pretty much it - also, once you pass TSA screening, there is no bathroom (or vending machine) on that side of the airport.
The airport is currently served by United Express, with one flight to/from Portland (down from 2 daily, effective next month) and two flights to/from San Francisco.
The flights are paying for themselves only via a grant, and the threat is that United, like Alaska before them, will pull out completely if the grants are lifted. Our choice otherwise is Amtrak (there is a stop in Klamath Falls) or driving 75 miles to the Medford airport (which includes a snowy mountain pass in winter). There is also a private, once-daily shuttle from Klamath Falls to Medford ( Klamath Shuttle, Klamath Falls, Oregon )
This a particularly inconvenient feature, especially if your outbound flight is delayed due to weather considerations at the destination.
Likewise Klamath Falls - the restaurant closed down year before last, with no plans to open another. Vending machines are pretty much it - also, once you pass TSA screening, there is no bathroom (or vending machine) on that side of the airport.
The airport is currently served by United Express, with one flight to/from Portland (down from 2 daily, effective next month) and two flights to/from San Francisco.
The flights are paying for themselves only via a grant, and the threat is that United, like Alaska before them, will pull out completely if the grants are lifted. Our choice otherwise is Amtrak (there is a stop in Klamath Falls) or driving 75 miles to the Medford airport (which includes a snowy mountain pass in winter). There is also a private, once-daily shuttle from Klamath Falls to Medford ( Klamath Shuttle, Klamath Falls, Oregon )
I went thru your town last week on the Amtrak Coast Starlight. It was a fantastic trip with a lightning and thunder rainstorm going across the mountains from Eugene. I had a flight out of Seattle but after spending a day in my hometown (Portland) & staying with my sister outside of Corvallis I decided Amtrak was a whole lot more convenient. It was ontime getting into Albany & getting into Emeryville.
Sorry this is off topic.
BTW, I love all of the changes taking place in Portland. It's turning into a pretty great city.
OTH (North Bend) now has a gift shop and the food at the little cafe is not bad. Also the mileage would be to downtown since OTH is actually in both Coos bay and North Bend residential areas.
All the same, for an international airport, it isn't particularly well-connected to the rest of the world, with Tokyo-Narita and Amsterdam-Schiphol being the only non-North American or Hawaiian destinations.
Agreed that it's not well connected, but Portland is currently the smallest market in the entire nation with non-stop air service to both Europe and Asia. So we should feel lucky to have the connections we have.
Lots of airports are "international" airports but do not have passenger service anywhere outside the U.S. let alone another continent.
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