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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Redmond | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Central Oregon | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,080 ft / 939 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°15′15″N 121°08′59″W / 44.25417°N 121.14972°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.FlyRDM.com | ||||||||||||||
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Redmond Municipal Airport (IATA: RDM, ICAO: KRDM, FAA LID: RDM) (Roberts Field) is in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is owned and operated by the city of Redmond, Oregon.[1]
It is the main commercial airport in Central Oregon, with nonstop scheduled passenger airline flights to several hubs in the western U.S. as well as seasonally to Dallas. The airfield serves Redmond and nearby Bend, Oregon. It is the home of the Lancair factory and a base for aerial firefighting aircraft operated by private airtanker companies. The United States Forest Service (USFS) Redmond Air Center is on the airport and supports regional firefighting operations with this federal facility providing training and housing for smokejumper teams along with fuel, water and fire retardant for airtanker aircraft at its ramps along the north side of the field.
Avelo Airlines began new nonstop service between Redmond and the Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) in the Los Angeles area on May 13, 2021, with Boeing 737-800 mainline jetliners.[3]
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a primary commercial service airport.[4] Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 364,921 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2017, up from 306,517 in 2016.[5]
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for RDM PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective September 8, 2022.
- ^ "Redmond Municipal Airport - Roberts Field". official site. Archived from the original on July 19, 2005. Retrieved June 23, 2006.
- ^ "Homepage". Avelo Airlines. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
- ^ "Calendar Year 2017 Final Revenue Enplanements at All Airports" (PDF). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. November 7, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2019.