pangborn airport

Travel to leisure markets in the western U.S. has rapidly picked up in the past three years with areas like Bend, Oregon getting much more airline service.

The Chelan Douglas Port Authority owns the property and approved a lease agreement with CMI at their most recent meeting.

Airlines are offsetting the spike in costs by flying bigger aircraft that have many more seats but aren't much more expensive to operate than regional jets.

Planes into and out of the airport rose from 73% to 77% of seats being occupied by the middle of the year.

Why Have Plans for a Wenatchee-to-SFO Nonstop Flight Stalled? Five years ago, in 2018, it seemed hopeful that a nonstop commercial flight from EAT to SFO (Pangborn to San Francisco) would actually happen. The United States Department of Transportation awarded a grant of $750,000 to match the upswell of community support for just the idea of the Wenatchee Valley connecting to the Bay Area... Read M

The last time it had any rehabilitation work done on it was in 1999, which means it's now being used beyond its 20-year pavement life.

Daytime highs will be quite a bit below normal of about 55 this week.

Alaska/Horizon Airlines has added a second daily flight to the airport, but the airline will charge a $500,000 fee if it's not able to cover its costs.

Select airport employees along with some of the Fire Department crew were completing required annual fire training Wednesday.

The Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority is moving forward to build infrastructure for a taxiway and hanger project at Pangborn Airport.  Port Commissioners signed off Tuesday on a nearly $4.2 million plan to extend the airport's Taxiway B and make site improvements before hangers will be built.  ...