Portland-Hillsboro Airport

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Portland-Hillsboro Airport

IATA: HIO - ICAO: KHIO
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		The Port of Portland
Serves		Hillsboro, Oregon
Elevation AMSL		204 ft (62.2 m)
Coordinates		45°32′25.418″N, 122°56′59.373″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
12/30	6,600	2,012	Asphalt
2/20	4,049	1,234	Asphalt

Hillsboro Airport (IATA: HIO, ICAO: KHIO), also known as Portland-Hillsboro Airport, is the name of a corporate, general aviation and flight-training airport serving the city of Hillsboro, in Washington County, Oregon, USA. It is one of four airports in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area owned and operated by the Port of Portland. It is Oregon's second busiest airport at over 200,000 operations annually.

Refueling center at the airport.

Located in Portland's western and Washington County suburbs, Hillsboro Airport is connected to the metropolitan area by TriMet buses and the MAX Blue Line's Fair Complex/Hillsboro Airport station. The transit station is located to the south of the airport, across the Washington County Fairgrounds.

The airport was originally Hillsboro's municipal airport, which the Port of Portland bought in 1966. It has been developed to support all forms of general aviation and is home to four fixed base operator (FBOs). Many people, including celebrities, politicians and sports-stars choose to bypass Portland-International using Hillsboro for the ease and discreetness. The airport is also a hub for many major local corporations, including Nike and Intel.

The annual Oregon Air Show takes place at Hillsboro Airport, attracting large crowds.

Facilities include a 6600 ft (2012 m) runway (Rwy 12/30), a 4049 ft (1234 m) runway (rwy 2/20), and an FAA control tower. Runway 12/30 is ILS and PAPI equipped. Despite being Oregon's second busiest airport, no air traffic controller is on duty from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. local time. The tower recently received terminal radar capability enabling controllers to supplement radio communication and binoculars to locate aircraft in its airspace. The small main terminal includes a rental car company, KUIK AM radio station, airport offices, and a resturant.

Planes and the control tower.

Hillsboro airport is often mentioned as a reliever airport for Portland International Airport. In 1999 Portland City Council member Dan Saltzman suggested expanding the Hillsboro Airport to relieve pressure on the busy Portland International Airport. This was during a time when the Port of Portland was discussing building a new larger airport or possibly adding a third runway to PDX to handle growing demand for air travel and air cargo. Saltzman suggested shifting some commercial flights to Hillsboro, while shifting some cargo flights there had previously been discussed.^[1]