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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
17 ft / 5 m

4/22
  
5,321

Elevation
  
5 m

Location
  
North Bend, Oregon

Code
  
OTH

Phone
  
+1 541-756-8531

Southwest Oregon Regional Airport

Operator
  
Coos County Airport District

Address
  
1100 Airport Ln, North Bend, OR 97459, USA

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Southwest Oregon Regional Airport (IATA: OTH, ICAO: KOTH, FAA LID: OTH), formerly North Bend Municipal Airport, is a public airport in North Bend, Coos County, Oregon. It is operated by the Coos County Airport District.

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The airport changed its name in April 2006 to avoid confusion with Bend, in central Oregon.

It is the only commercial airport on the Oregon Coast and is served by United Express (SkyWest) and PenAir. SkyWest flies non-stop to San Francisco International Airport (since July 2008) and ended its long-running service to Portland International Airport on February 16, 2012.

In January 2012 regional air carrier SeaPort Airlines began daily flights to Portland; by early 2016 SeaPort announced that they would be ending their service to North Bend/Coos Bay. On the heels of the announcement by SeaPort, PenAir announced they would begin non-stop service between Portland and North Bend beginning March 21, 2016 using the 30 passenger Saab 340. SeaPort ceased operations at North Bend on March 20, 2016.

The airport had been served by Horizon Air, which flew to Portland International Airport from 1982 until October 11, 2008.

The airport is seeing more private jets carrying golfers to Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, a 20-minute drive from the airport. The airport opened a new terminal in July 2008; in February 2009 a new Air Traffic Control Tower opened.

With the introduction of PenAir service to Portland on the 30 passenger Saab 340 aircraft, United Express service to San Francisco on a 50-passenger regional jet and seasonal United Express service to Denver on a 70-passenger regional jet, yearly passenger traffic at North Bend is expected to increase.

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History

The North Bend/Coos Bay Airport opened in 1932.

The U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station, North Bend was started in 1936 and commissioned on May 10, 1943.

The Airport was transferred to the City of North Bend in 1947 as military surplus property.

The City of North Bend transferred management of the Airport to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay in July 1999.

The Coos County Airport District was formed by general election on December 4, 2002 with ownership and management of the Airport transferred to the District in December 2003.

References

Southwest Oregon Regional Airport Wikipedia