Eastern Oregon Regional Airport

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Eastern Oregon Regional Airport
Pendleton Army Airfield
USGS 2006 orthophoto
IATA: PDT – ICAO: KPDT – FAA LID: PDT
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Pendleton
Serves Pendleton, Oregon
Elevation AMSL 1,497 ft / 456 m
Coordinates 45°41′42″N 118°50′29″W / 45.69500°N 118.84139°W / 45.69500; -118.84139Coordinates: 45°41′42″N 118°50′29″W / 45.69500°N 118.84139°W / 45.69500; -118.84139
Website {5C9145B8-C149-4D81-ABBA-53BD358F554D} www.pendleton.or.us/...
Map
PDT
Location of airport in Oregon
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 6,301 1,921 Asphalt
11/29 5,581 1,701 Asphalt
16/34 4,341 1,323 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 19,885
Based aircraft 46
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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.[1] It is used for general aviation and by one airline subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the airport had 7,217 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008,[2] 3,828 in 2009 and 4,898 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Eastern Oregon Regional Airport
FAA airport diagram for PDT

Eastern Oregon Regional Airport covers 2,273 acres (920 ha) at an elevation of 1,497 feet (456 m) above mean sea level. 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).[1]

In 2010 the airport had 19,885 aircraft operations, an average of 54 per day: 77% general aviation, 17% air taxi, and 6% military. At that time there were 46 aircraft based at this airport: 46% single-engine, 2% multi-engine, 22% helicopter, 7% glider, 9% ultralight, and 15% military.[1]

The airport had United Airlines flights until 1981. Boeing 727s and 737s flew nonstop to Portland and Boise and direct to Salt Lake and Denver; some flights continued to Chicago and New York/Newark. In the 1960s United Douglas DC-6Bs and DC-7s stopped at Pendleton. Horizon Air later had flights to Portland on De Havilland Canada DHC-8 "Dash 8" turboprops before dropping Pendleton too.

Airlines and destinations

Scheduled flights:

Airlines Destinations
SeaPort Airlines Portland (OR)

Cargo carriers

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for PDT (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009. 
  3. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011. 
  4. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. 

Other sources

  •  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-2004-19934) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2005-3-35 (March 25, 2005): selects Horizon Air Industries, Inc., d/b/a Horizon Air to provide subsidized essential air Service (EAS) at Pendleton, Oregon for a two-year period, and establishes a subsidy rate of $649,974 per year for service consisting of three weekday and four weekend nonstop or one-stop round trips between Pendleton and Portland with 37-seat Bombardier Q200 aircraft.
    • Order 2007-2-19 (February 16, 2007): re-selecting Horizon Air Industries, Inc., d/b/a Horizon Air, operating as Alaska Airlines, Continental Airlines and Northwest Airlines code-share partners, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Pendleton, Oregon, for an annual subsidy rate of $748,440, for the period from April 3, 2007, through April 30, 2009.
    • Order 2008-10-25 (October 21, 2008): selecting Alaska Juneau Aeronautics, Inc., d/b/a SeaPort Airlines, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Pendleton, Oregon, for the two-year period beginning when the carrier inaugurates full service, for a first year subsidy rate of $1,566,729 and $1,608,394 for the second.
    • Order 2010-10-18 (October 26, 2010): re-selecting Alaska Juneau Aeronautics, Inc., d/b/a SeaPort Airlines, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Pendleton, Oregon, for the two-year period from January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2012, for a first-year subsidy rate of $1,463.681 and $1,502.521 for the second.

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