Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton guide

Eastern Oregon Regional Airport sits about three miles northwest of Pendleton in Umatilla County. The City of Pendleton owns it. The field was a military base early in the Second World War, when the 34th Bomb Squadron flew B-25 bombers on anti-submarine patrols from Pendleton before leaving for South Carolina in February 1942.

Scheduled passenger service runs under the federal Essential Air Service program. Boutique Air flies Pilatus PC-12 aircraft to Portland International Airport, with 21 weekly round trips. The Department of Transportation renewed the contract in May 2026 for the period from June 2026 to May 2030. Boutique Air carried 12,420 passengers between June 2025 and May 2026. United Airlines served the town from the 1930s until 1981, and Horizon Air flew from 1982 to 2008.

Most traffic is not scheduled airline flying. In 2018 the airport recorded 14,881 aircraft movements, about 41 a day. Of these, 60 percent was general aviation, 28 percent air taxi and 12 percent military. FedEx Feeder also flies cargo to La Grande and Spokane. The airport has two asphalt runways, 8/26 at 6,301 feet and 11/29 at 5,581 feet.