Redmond Airport Staff Details Expansion Plans

REDMOND — Discussion of growth and future expansion at Redmond Municipal Airport highlighted a presentation by Redmond officials recently.

Zachary Bass

The airport had 1 million passengers in 2019, or 100% growth over five years, officials said. That number that is expected to increase this year because of additional Alaska Airlines flights to San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The fourth busiest airport in the state, RDM is in position to pass Eugene, which had around 1.1 million passengers, and Medford, which had around 1.05 million.

“With the additional Alaska flights, we’re expected to get that 1.1 million this year, or close to it,” airport director Zachary Bass told a Jan. 23 Rotary Club of Redmond luncheon, where Mayor George Endicott and Chuck Arnold, economic development and urban renewal director for the city, also spoke. “So within the next two years, we’re hoping that instead of No. 4, we’re No. 2 (behind only Portland).”

Read more about Redmond expansion plans in this Bulletin article