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BEND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT

Located on approximately 415 acres five miles northeast of the

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City of Bend, Oregon, the Bend Municipal Airport traces its history back to 1942. The country was at war and there was an immediate need across the western states for training sites for aviators for the war effort. To this purpose, a group of patriotic Bend citizens banded together to deed a small piece of farmland to the City of Bend for the express purpose that a municipally owned and operated landing strip be established. The site was developed and used for pilot training throughout World War II. Following the war, the airstrip was maintained by the City of Bend for general use, where it experienced slow growth throughout the 1950's and 1960's.

By the 1970's, it was clear that the Bend Municipal Airport was becoming a part of the transportation network for Central Oregon and development of a comprehensive Airport Master Plan was undertaken in 1979. This plan established much of the direction for development at the airport and forecasted significant growth in activity at the Bend Airport in coming years. This early Master Plan, however, was completed while General Aviation was booming across the country. A downturn in the general economy affected General Aviation in the 1980's and through the early 1990's, and as a result, the forecast growth in demand at the airport did not materialize. That all changed by the late 1990's, though, and General Aviation began a significant resurgence that continues today, along with tremendously increased business and corporate aviation travel into and out of Bend. Today, in 2005, the Bend Municipal Airport stands poised to serve as the General Aviation and Corporate Aviation gateway to Central Oregon, for now and into the future.

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Airport include a single runway, 5200 feet in length, and a corresponding full parallel taxiway. The Bend Municipal Airport is identified as a Category 2, High Activity Business and General Aviation airport by the Oregon Department of Aviation, and there are over 200 aircraft based at the airport, with over 42,000 estimated annual operations. Today, more than eighteen aviation related businesses are located on the airport employing more than 1000 people, making the Bend Municipal Airport one of the largest concentrations of family-wage jobs in the metropolitan Bend area.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND OBJECTIVES:

There have been significant accomplishments at the Airport over the past few years. With increased activity at the Airport and an increasing number of businesses located on the Airport, major safety and Capital Improvement Projects are programmed over the next few years. For more information on these recent accomplishments and planned improvements to the Bend Municipal Airport, please refer to the sidebar links to the Airport Manager's Updates. Below are useful aviation related internet links and Central Oregon visitor links, as well as links to the eighteen businesses located on the Airport. Welcome to the Bend Airport and to the Bend area. Please enjoy your stay!

BEND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ADDRESS
Physical Address: 63136 Powell Butte Hwy, Bend, Oregon 97701
Mailing Address: PO Box 431, Bend, Oregon 97709

Click here for driving directions to the Bend Airport from downtown Bend.

For commercial flights to and from the Central Oregon area, please contact the Redmond Airport at www.flyrdm.com or at (541) 504-3498.

Bend Airport Automated Weather System (AWOS)
AWOS Website

Pilots can also obtain the Bend AWOS information by telephone at (541) 382-1477, frequency 134.425, or on the monitor located in the pilot's planning area at Pro Air

During the interim while there is no Airport Manager, please
leave a message at (541) 389-0258 and someone will return your call.
If you have a question regarding your lease, please call Gina Kadow at 693-2162 or leave a message at the 389-0258 number.

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Aerial view of the Bend Airport from the South

AVIATION PLANNING:	CENTRAL OREGON AIRPORTS:
Airnav Oregon Airports	Bend Municipal Airport (BDN)
Aviation Flight Planning	AWOS Website
ODOT Aviation Tripcheck	Roberts Field, Redmond, OR (RDM)
DUAT Flight Planning	Sunriver, OR (S21)
National Weather Service Forecast for Bend	Sunriver Webcam
Aviation Weather	Prineville, OR (S39)
Terminal Procedure Publications	Madras, OR (S33)
KTVZ Channel 21 Weather	Sisters, OR (6K5)
FlightAware	Terra Server Satellite Photo of Bend Airport (you will need to type in the town and state and follow instructions from there)
AVIATION ORGANIZATIONS:
Federal Aviation Admin Air Traffic Control System Command Ctr
Oregon Dept of Aviation	BEND TOURISM LINKS:
Oregon Pilot's Association	Bend Chamber of Commerce
Central Oregon Pilots Association	Bend Visitor & Convention Bureau
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association	Central Oregon Visitors Association
EAA Central Oregon Chapter 1345	Economic Development for Central Oregon
Experimental Aircraft Association	The Bend Bulletin
FAA, NW Mountain Region	The Source Weekly
FAA Safety Program	Cascade Business News
High Desert Soaring	The Bend Weekly
Central Oregon Chapter of the 99s	Downtown Bend

AVIATION NEWS/DATABASES:
Avweb
Aero News
Landings.com-Aviation Information Databases

Professional Air Services http://www.proairservices.com/	Cessna http://www.cessna.com	Aerial Images http://www.vernbartley.com/
Precise Flight http://www.preciseflight.com/	Epic Aircraft http://www.epicaircraft.com/	Cafe 3456 http://www.cafe3456.com/
Electronics International http://www.buy-ei.com/index.html	Windward Performance http://www.windward-performance.com/	Airlife of Oregon http://www.airlife.org/
Snowline Manufacturing http://www.snowlinemfg.com/	Leading Edge Aviation www.leadingedgeavn.com	Advanced Aviation http://www.advancedaviationinc.com/
Aero-Cam Imagery http://www.aerocamimagery.com/	COCC Aviation Department http://aviation.cocc.edu	AeroFacilities http://www.aerofacilities.com/

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Aerial view of the Bend Airport from the Southeast