Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 1,497 ft / 456 m Code PDT Phone +1 541-276-7754 | Owner City of Pendleton 7/25 6,301 Elevation 456 m | |
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Serves Pendleton, Oregon, United States Address 2016 Airport Rd, Pendleton, OR 97801, USA Similar Pendleton Woolen Mill & Ret, Hermiston Municipal Airport, Eastern Oregon Correctio, Wildhorse Resort & Casino, Hertz Profiles | ||
Eastern Oregon Regional Airport (IATA: PDT, ICAO: KPDT, FAA LID: PDT) (Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton) is a city-owned public airport three miles northwest of Pendleton, in Umatilla County, Oregon. It is used for general aviation and by one airline subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
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The Federal Aviation Administration says the airport had 7,217 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 3,828 in 2009, 4,898 in 2010 and 4,305 in 2015. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).
Facilities
Eastern Oregon Regional Airport covers 2,273 acres (920 ha) at an elevation of 1,497 feet (456 m). It has three asphalt runways: 7/25 is 6,301 by 150 feet (1,921 x 46 m); 11/29 is 5,581 by 100 feet (1,701 x 30 m); 16/34 is 4,341 by 60 feet (1,323 x 18 m).
In 2010 the airport had 19,885 aircraft operations, average 54 per day: 77% general aviation, 17% air taxi, and 6% military. 46 aircraft were then based at the airport: 46% single-engine, 2% multi-engine, 22% helicopter, 7% glider, 9% ultralight, and 15% military.
Historical airline service
United Airlines served Pendleton from the 1930s until 1981. Jets appeared in 1968; United Boeing 727-100s, 727-200s and 737-200s flew nonstop to Portland and Boise. During the late 1960s and into the 1970s, United's eastward 727 flew direct to Salt Lake City, Chicago, and Newark (EWR) or Washington (DCA). Earlier in the 1960s United Douglas DC-6Bs and DC-7s flew to Pendleton. Later Horizon Air, a subsidiary of Alaska Airlines, flew de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8s to Portland before ending all service to Pendleton. The airport was also served by Portland-based Air Oregon with Fairchild Swearingen Metroliners during the late 1970s and early 1980s with flights to Portland and other cities before this commuter airline was acquired by Horizon Air.
Airlines and destinations
On October 21, 2008, SeaPort Airlines was awarded a two-year grant under the Essential Air Service (EAS) program to provide commercial service from Portland to Pendleton beginning December 1, 2008, replacing the previous subsidized service by Horizon Air. SeaPort service continued to operate utilizing the Cessna 208 Caravan turboprop aircraft, six days a week until September 20, 2016 when the airline ceased all service due to bankruptcy. Boutique Air was awarded a contract for 21 round-trips a week between Pendleton and Portland using Pilatus PC-12 aircraft, with the option to operate one service a day to Seattle/Tacoma instead of Portland, from October 1, 2016. The contract is worth US$2.3 million and goes until the end of 2018. Boutique Air has the option to operate trips from Pendleton to Boise in Idaho, but these will not be subsidised under the EAS.