Roberts Field Redmond Municipal Airport
IATA: RDM – ICAO: KRDM
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Redmond
Serves		Central Oregon
Location		Redmond, Oregon
Elevation AMSL		3,080 ft / 939 m
Coordinates		44°15′15.6″N 121°08′59.9″W / 44.254333°N 121.149972°W / 44.254333; -121.149972
Website		www.flyrdm.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
4/22	7,038	2,145	Asphalt
10/28	7,006	2,135	Asphalt

Roberts Field (IATA: RDM, ICAO: KRDM), also known as Redmond Municipal Airport, is a public airport in the city of Redmond, Oregon, United States. Consisting of two runways, the airport is the primary commercial airport serving Central Oregon, offering commercial flights on regional airlines and a low-cost carrier to several hubs in the western US. It is also home of the Lancair factory. It is a base for aerial firefighting in the Pacific Northwest, and hosts private airtanker companies as well as the United States Forest Service Redmond Air Center, which supports regional operations; it provides training and housing for smokejumper teams, along with fuel, water and retardant for assigned airtanker units, at its ramps along the north side of the field.

History

Built in the 1920s, passenger service arrived at the airport in 1940. During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a bomber base. After the war the federal government sold the airport back to the city for $1.

Passenger service

A passenger terminal was first built in 1950, which was replaced in 1981 by a new 6,000 square-foot terminal. From 1992 to 1993 an expansion increased the size of the passenger terminal to 23,000 square feet.

Roberts Field manager Carrie Novick and USFS Redmond Air Center manager Dan Torrence, members of their staff, and Jamin and Jeshua Marshall meet Sen. Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential primary campaign

In 2005, Delta Air Lines began the airport's first jet service with flights to Salt Lake City operated by SkyWest Airlines flying Bombardier Regional Jets. Some flights on United Express and all Horizon Air flights are operated by turboprops, currently the EMB-120 and the Q400 exclusively. Allegiant Air, Roberts Field's newest commercial carrier, operates service to Las Vegas two times a week using McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series mainliners, and has recently announced the addition of twice-weekly service to Phoenix, Arizona's suburban airport Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, beginning in October.

On August 1, 2006, Horizon Air began twice daily non-stop service from Redmond to Los Angeles on 76-seat Bombardier Dash 8 (Q400) turboprop aircraft connecting Central Oregon with Southern California. The frequency of this service was reduced to once daily on June 24, 2008, due to rising fuel prices. Horizon also announced cuts to Seattle and Portland service in June, as it continues to phase out its smaller airliners in favor of fewer, larger flights on Q400's. The airline's capacity out Redmond is therefore expected to remain nearly the same, even considering the frequency reductions.

United Express has upgraded its CRJ200 flights to Denver from weekend to daily service. They will also expand operations to San Francisco from the EMB-120 to the larger and faster CRJ 200. This will provide daily additional capacity of ten seats even considering the reduction from three flights per day to two. Flight time will also be reduced by nearly an hour.

Airport growth

Roberts Field is in the initial stages of a large expansion project directed at commercial passengers.

FAA airport map for KRDM

Along with increased parking, the terminal will more than triple in size, allowing more room for security and traveler services, as well as concessions and gate operations. While the new bi-level facility is capable of supporting jet bridges, the low frequency of full-size jets operating from the terminal, and no indication of tenant airline desire, means that these bridges are not currently included in the plan, according to airport manager Carrie Novick. However it is anticipated that walking distance to and from planes will be reduced upon completion.

In October 2009 most sections of the expanded passenger terminal first opened for public use; the improvements include more numerous check-in counters and bathrooms, along with a two story, windowed departure lounge. Travelers also may now use covered walkways between aircraft and terminal. The development is still incomplete, with the restaurant area and some office spaces unfinished as the building grows to six times its former size. That same month, United Airlines announced it would make its regional jet service to Denver year-round, giving Roberts Field its second full-schedule passenger service to an easterly hub, after Salt Lake City.

While passenger boardings increased in the first half of 2010, Horizon Air announced it would cut direct Redmond-Los Angeles service beginning in late August. Also in 2010, United increased its schedule back to three Redmond-San Francisco jet flights per day beginning in November, following several years where there were only two.

Airlines and destinations

North American Airlines 757-200 at the Redmond airport USFS aerial firefighting ramp

Location & QuickFacts

Owner & Manager

Airport Operations and Facilities

Airport Communications

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 04/22

Runway 10/28

Helipad H1

Radio Navigation Aids

Remarks

• TWY G RESTRICTED TO ACFT 26000 LBS OR LESS.
• TWY B NOT AVBL FOR USE BY ACR ACFT WITH MORE THAN 30 PSGR SEATS.
• OCNL WILDLIFE ON AND INVOF ARPT.
• TERMINAL APRON NOT AVBL FOR GENERAL AVIATION ACFT.
• ACFT IN EXCESS OF SW 28 OR DW 40 PROHIBITED FROM LDG OR TKF RY 10-28 EXCEPT WITH PPR FROM AMGR WHEN RY 4-22 IS UNAVBL.
• ESTABD PRIOR TO 1959.

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General Info
Country	United States
State	OREGON
FAA ID	RDM
Latitude	44-15-14.642N
Longitude	121-08-59.868W
Elevation	3077 feet
Near City	REDMOND

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