Eastern Oregon Regional Airport

Coordinates: 45°41′42″N 118°50′29″W / 45.69500°N 118.84139°W / 45.69500; -118.84139
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Eastern Oregon Regional Airport

Pendleton Army Airfield
AMSL
1,497 ft / 456 m
Coordinates45°41′42″N 118°50′29″W / 45.69500°N 118.84139°W / 45.69500; -118.84139
Website[1]
Map
PDT is located in Oregon
PDT
PDT
PDT is located in the United States
PDT
PDT
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 6,301 1,921 Asphalt
11/29 5,581 1,701 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations14,881
Based aircraft69

Eastern Oregon Regional Airport (IATA: PDT, ICAO: KPDT, FAA LID: PDT) (Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton) is a public airport three miles northwest of Pendleton, in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.[1] Commercial service is provided by Boutique Air to Portland, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the airport had 7,217 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008,[2] 3,828 in 2009, 4,898 in 2010 and 4,305 in 2015.[3] 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).[4]

Facilities

Eastern Oregon Regional Airport covers 2,273 acres (920 ha) at an elevation of 1,497 feet (456 m). It has two asphalt runways: 8/26 is 6,301 by 150 feet (1,921 x 46 m); 11/29 is 5,582 by 100 feet (1,701 x 30 m).[1]

In 2018 the airport had 14,881 aircraft operations, average 41 per day: 60% general aviation, 28% air taxi, and 12% military. 69 aircraft were then based at the airport: 32 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, 28 helicopter, and 7 military.[1]

Historical airline service

Providence, RI - Chicago O'Hare Airport - Salt Lake City - Pendleton - Portland - San Francisco (SFO).[6] All United mainline jet service ended on May 22, 1981.[7]

Earlier in the 1960s United

Spokane DC-6 service.[9]

The airport was also served by two commuter airlines, the first being

Piper Navajo prop aircraft.[10] In 1981, Air Oregon was operating up to four nonstop flights a day to Portland with Metroliner aircraft before being acquired by Horizon Air later that same year.[11]

Beginning in 1982, regional air carrier

Pasco, WA.[13]

Just prior to ending service in 2008, Horizon changed their schedule to two flights per day to Seattle with one stop at Walla Walla, WA using Dash-8-Q400

aircraft.

Recent and current airline service

Cessna 208 of SeaPort Airlines
on the apron

On October 21, 2008, SeaPort Airlines was awarded a two-year grant under the federal Essential Air Service (EAS) program to provide commercial service from Portland to Pendleton beginning December 1, 2008, replacing the previous subsidized service operated by Horizon Air.[14] 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.[15]

Boutique Air was then awarded a contract for 21 round-trips a week between Pendleton and Portland using Pilatus PC-12 turboprop 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 per year and goes until the end of 2022. Boutique Air has the option to operate trips from Pendleton to Boise, Idaho, but these will not be subsidized under the EAS program.[16] Boutique Air is currently operating scheduled passenger service only to Portland from the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Boutique Air Portland (OR)[17]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
FedEx Feeder
La Grande, Spokane

Statistics

Top destinations

Top domestic routes from PDT
(April 2021 - March 2022)[18]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Portland, (OR) 3,730 Boutique Air

Airline market share

Largest airlines at PDT (April 2021 - March 2022)[19]
Rank Airline Passengers Share
1 Boutique Air 7,300 100.00%

See also

References

  1. ^
    PDF
    . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 13, 2023.
  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). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
  5. ^ April 27, 1969 United timetable
  6. ^ April 1, 1981 Official Airline Guide (OAG), North American edition, Pendleton flight schedules & OAG Flight Itineraries section, routings for United (UA) flight numbers 375 & 450
  7. ^ April 1, 1981 Official Airline Guide
  8. ^ June 1, 1961 United timetable
  9. ^ April 24, 1966 United timetable
  10. ^ Aug. 5, 1979 Air Oregon timetable
  11. ^ April 1, 1981 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Portland flight schedules
  12. ^ July 1, 1983 & Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide (OAG) editions, Portland flight schedules
  13. ^ June 1, 1999 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Portland flight schedules
  14. ^ "2008-10-25 Order Reselecting Carrier and Setting Final Subsidy Rates". U.S. Department of Transportation. October 24, 2008.
  15. ^ Mutzabaugh, Ben (September 21, 2016). "SeaPort Airlines shuts down, faces liquidation". USA Today. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  16. ^ "Boutique Air awarded Pendleton EAS contract". ch-aviation. September 30, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  17. ^ "Boutique Air to start Portland-Pendleton service Dec. 19 | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  18. ^ "RITA - BTS - Transtats". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Pendleton, OR: Eastern Oregon Regional at Pendleton (PDT)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

Other sources

  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from 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.

External links

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