EASIER TO FLY IN AND OUTīuck Taft, who manages the airport for the Port of Pasco, said making the top 10 list for busiest small airports highlights how easy it is to fly in and out of the Mid-Columbia. Pasco also offers direct flights to Denver, Las Vegas, Phoenix-Mesa, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Seattle-Tacoma. Paul and is assigning a larger plane to one of its Salt Lake City runs.Īllegiant Air is ramping up its seasonal service for the summer now that school is out. United Airlines launched a daily flight to Los Angeles International Airport this spring.ĭelta Airlines has added a fourth daily flight to Minneapolis-St. Alaska eventually dropped its Portland flight.īoardings are up nearly 15 percent for the first four months of 2019 compared to last year. The airport posted a record 785,164 passengers in 2018 even after Alaska Air Group canceled flights over its high-profile pilot shortage. Pasco’s star is rising thank to a growing population, increased demand from travelers and the addition of new flights and larger planes.
Large airports offer 8.5 million to 12 million seats.īoardings at the Tri-Cities Airport are up nearly 15 percent for the first four months of 2019 compared to last year. Seattle-Tacoma International, with 29.4 million seats, is considered a major airport. Major airports such as Atlanta offer more than 12 million outbound seats. Pasco averages 20 daily flights and 518,000 passenger seats each year.īy comparison, Atlanta is the busiest “major” airport with more than 62 million seats.Īnd Portland, Ore., is the busiest “large” airport, with 11.9 million seats.Īn airport is considered “small” with 510,000 to 554,000 outbound passenger seats in a year. The Tri-Cities Airport is in the top 2 percent of airports in its class, according to North America’s Airport Leaders 2019, released this week. So it’s no surprise the airport is the eighth busiest of 543 small North American airports, according to Official Aviation Guide, an aviation tracking firm. The Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco keeps adding flights and bigger airplanes.
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