Portland International Airport

Portland's first airport was the Swan Island Municipal Airport,{{cite web |title=Swan Island Airport, 1935 |author=City of Portland Archives |url=http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/swan-island-airport-1935/ |work=Vintage Portland |date=February 1, 2012 |access-date=November 4, 2012 |quote=Portland's main airport on Swan Island was only open a few years before it became obvious that the site offered little expansion room. The year after this 1935 photo, land was purchased along the Columbia River for a new airport. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522125520/http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/swan-island-airport-1935/ |archive-date=May 22, 2014 |url-status=live }} northwest of downtown Portland on the Willamette River. The Port of Portland purchased {{convert|256|acre}} and construction began in 1926. Charles Lindbergh flew in and dedicated the new airfield in 1927.

By 1935 it was becoming apparent to the Port of Portland that the airport was becoming obsolete. The small airfield couldn't easily be expanded, nor could it accommodate the larger aircraft and passenger loads expected to become common to Portland. Plans immediately were conceived to relocate the outdated airfield to a larger site. The Swan Island area is now used by the Port of Portland as an industrial park.{{cite web| title=Airport History| first1=Hien| last1=Bui| first2=Michelle| last2=Kain| url=http://www.ccrh.org/comm/slough/airport1.htm| publisher=Center for Columbia River History| date=February 14, 2011| access-date=October 21, 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519133521/http://www.ccrh.org/comm/slough/airport1.htm| archive-date=May 19, 2006| url-status=live}}

The Portland City Council purchased the present PDX site in 1936. It was {{convert|700|acre}} bordered by the Columbia River in the north and the Columbia Slough in the south. The city council issued US$300,000 and asked the Port of Portland to sponsor a US$1.3 million Works Progress Administration (WPA) grant to develop the site into a "super airport". The project provided badly needed Great Depression-era jobs.{{cite web|title=Subtopic : Oregon in Depression and War, 1925–1945: The Most Visible of Relief Agencies|first=William|last=Robbins G.|url=http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/narratives/subtopic.cfm?subtopic_ID=106|work=The Oregon History Project|publisher=Oregon Historical Society|year=2002|access-date=August 29, 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907171205/http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/narratives/subtopic.cfm?subtopic_ID=106|archive-date=September 7, 2012|url-status=live}} Construction of the airport steadily employed over 1,000 men, and was described by historian Neil Barker as "Portland's most significant public works improvement during the New Deal era".{{cite journal |author=Neil Barker |title=Portland's Works Progress Administration |journal=Oregon Historical Quarterly |date=Winter 2000 |volume=101 |issue=4 |pages=420–21 |jstor=20615092}} The WPA and Port of Portland faced difficulties in preparing the site for construction because the low-lying area was frequently covered by flood waters from the Columbia River. Workers covered the area with over {{convert|4|e6cuyd|m3}} of sand to help drain it of water, and constructed a series of dikes to control flooding. Two runways capable of serving the modern aircraft of the time were operational by 1941. The airport was designated "Portland–Columbia Airport" to distinguish it from then-operating Swan Island Airport. During World War II, the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces.

The "super airport" had a terminal on the north side, off Marine Drive, and five runways (NE-SW, NW-SE, and an E-W runway forming an asterisk). This configuration was adequate until a new terminal and a longer, {{convert|8800|ft|adj=on}} east–west runway were constructed in 1952.View airport diagrams: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/12530375@N08/8089879563/sizes/h 1955] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118204041/https://www.flickr.com/photos/12530375@N08/8089879563/sizes/h |date=November 18, 2016 }} and [https://www.flickr.com/photos/12530375@N08/8089804313/sizes/h 1965]{{better source needed|date=December 2024}}

In 1948 the entire airport grounds were flooded during the Vanport Flood, forcing scheduled airline services to reroute to nearby Troutdale Airport. The grounds were under water for several months.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

Portland's first jets were Pan Am 707-321s about October 1959.{{cn|date=August 2023}} A new terminal opened in 1959, which for the most part serves as the present facility. The new terminal is located to the east of the original runways, and north of the then-new {{convert|8,800|ft|m|abbr=on}} runway. Construction of a second east–west runway to the north made this a midfield terminal. At this point, all but the NE-SW (3/21) runway in the original "X" were abandoned and turned into taxiways. 3/21 was extended for use as a cross-wind runway. "International" was added to the airport's official designation after the 1950s-era improvements.

File:N4522W B737-247 Western A-l PDX 17MAR73 (6157950967).jpg

The first international nonstop was Western's 720B to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1967.{{cn|date=August 2023}} Plans made in 1968 to add a third runway by means of filling in parts of the Columbia River were met with vocal public opposition and scrapped. The airport switched from screening passengers at individual gates to screening all visitors at concourse entrances in 1973 as new FAA regulations went into effect.{{cite news| title=Portland Airport's Security Screening Procedures to Shift| newspaper=The Oregonian| location=Portland| date=January 4, 1973| page=24}} By 1974, the airport was served by Braniff, Cascade, Continental, Eastern, Hughes Airwest, Northwest Orient, Pan Am, United and Western, and the Seattle route was served by seven airlines with aircraft as large as Boeing 747s.{{cite web| title=Airlines and Aircraft Serving Portland, Oregon Effective April 1, 1974| url=http://www.departedflights.com/PDX74intro.html| publisher=departedflights.com| access-date=September 8, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131045913/http://www.departedflights.com/PDX74intro.html| archive-date=January 31, 2016| url-status=live}} In 1974, the south runway was extended to {{convert|11000|ft}} to service the newest jumbo jets. The terminal building was renovated and expanded in 1977.

United was the dominant carrier at PDX during the regulated era and through the 1980s.{{cite web |last1=Bhaskara |first1=Vinay |title=A Detailed Look at Delta Air Lines History in Portland – Guest Blog |date=October 27, 2011 |url=http://www.airlinereporter.com/2011/10/a-detailed-look-at-delta-air-lines-history-in-portland-guest-blog/ |publisher=Airline Reporter |access-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005072212/http://www.airlinereporter.com/2011/10/a-detailed-look-at-delta-air-lines-history-in-portland-guest-blog/ |archive-date=October 5, 2015 |url-status=live }} Air Oregon started short-haul service from Portland following deregulation in 1978, and by 1979 had routes to seven other cities in Oregon.{{cite web| title=Airlines and Aircraft Serving Portland, Oregon Effective November 15, 1979| url=http://www.departedflights.com/PDX79intro.html| publisher=departedflights.com| access-date=September 8, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131080609/http://www.departedflights.com/PDX79intro.html| archive-date=January 31, 2016| url-status=live}} In April 1983, United Airlines began a flight from Chicago to Tokyo's Narita Airport that stopped in Seattle–Tacoma six days a week and in Portland once a week. The company operated the service with Boeing 747s.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/statesman-journal/130679730/ | title=UAL offers Portland-Tokyo flights | work=Statesman Journal | date=February 11, 1983 | agency=Associated Press | access-date=August 26, 2023 | location=Salem, OR | archive-date=August 26, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826141932/https://www.newspapers.com/article/statesman-journal/130679730/ | url-status=live }}{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbian/130679785/ | title=Tokyo service | work=The Columbian | date=May 1, 1983 | access-date=August 26, 2023 | location=Vancouver, WA | archive-date=August 26, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826141934/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbian/130679785/ | url-status=live }} Meanwhile, Delta Air Lines wanted to add Tokyo to its network, but it lacked aircraft that could fly there nonstop from its Atlanta base. Consequently, the company established a "Pacific gateway" in Portland, a small hub for routes to Asia.{{cite news | title=Port lobbyist shows how to pull the right strings | work=The Business Journal | date=April 27, 1987 | author=Wilkerson, Jan | location=Portland, OR}}{{cite press release | title=Delta to discontinue Portland, Ore., service to Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan | publisher=Delta Air Lines | date=September 7, 2000 | id={{ProQuest|445970663}}}}{{cite news | access-date=January 1, 2007 | archive-date=November 10, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110185801/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/31/us/besmirched-deportland-wrestles-with-the-ins.html | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/31/us/besmirched-deportland-wrestles-with-the-ins.html | title=Besmirched 'Deportland' Wrestles With the I.N.S. | date=August 31, 2000 | last=Howe-Verhovek | first=Sam | newspaper=The New York Times | url-status=live}} Delta began service from Portland to Tokyo in March 1987.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/statesman-journal/130680994/ | title=United will transfer Tokyo flight service | work=Statesman Journal | date=January 28, 1987 | agency=Associated Press | access-date=August 26, 2023 | location=Salem, OR | archive-date=August 26, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826144840/https://www.newspapers.com/article/statesman-journal/130680994/ | url-status=live }}

By the 1980s, the terminal building began an extensive renovation in order to update PDX to meet future needs. The ticketing and baggage claim areas were renovated and expanded, and a new Concourse D for Alaska Airlines was added in 1986.{{cite news |title=Airport Construction |first=Judy |last=Rooks |newspaper=The Oregonian |location=Portland |date=May 27, 1986}} Concourse E was first to be reconstructed in 1992, and featured PDX's first moving sidewalks.{{cite news |title=Portland International Airport Timeline |url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2003/06/30/portland-international-airport-timeline/ |newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce |location=Portland |date=June 30, 2003 |access-date=June 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901131909/http://djcoregon.com/news/2003/06/30/portland-international-airport-timeline/ |archive-date=September 1, 2014 |url-status=live }} The Oregon Marketplace, a small shopping mall, was added in the former waiting areas behind the ticket counters.{{cn|date=August 2023}} The early 1990s saw a food court and extension added to Concourse C, and the opening of the new Concourse D in 1994. This marked the first concessions inside secured areas, allowing passengers to purchase items without having to be re-screened.{{cn|date=August 2023}} An expanded parking garage, new control tower, and canopy over the curbside were finished in the late 1990s. Although hailed by architectural critics, the canopy blocked views of Mount Hood from the curbside. On July 31, 1997, during construction, the garage addition collapsed due to inadequate bolts holding girders together and inadequate securing of structural members, killing three steelworkers.{{cite web| url=http://www.nwlaborpress.org/2002/4-19-02OSHA.html| title=OR-OSHA reaches $1 million settlement on 1997 airport garage collapse| publisher=NW Labor Press| access-date=August 27, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914065211/http://www.nwlaborpress.org/2002/4-19-02OSHA.html| archive-date=September 14, 2016| url-status=live}}

Delta added domestic flights to Portland to feed the Asia routes.{{cite journal | title=Northwest Spoke: PDX Uses Innovative Tactics To Secure Air Service | author=Unnikrishnan, Madhu | journal=Aviation Week & Space Technology | volume=172 | issue=33 | date=September 6, 2010 | id={{EBSCOhost|501674534}}}} In 1995, the carrier offered nonstop service to Tokyo, Seoul, Nagoya, and Taipei, with the Taipei flight continuing on to Bangkok.{{cite news | title=Delta plans to reduce its flights to Taipei | work=The Oregonian | date=August 4, 1995 | author=Barnett, Jim}} It also flew to eight domestic cities, such as Atlanta, New York, and San Francisco.{{cite web | url=http://www.departedflights.com/PDX95intro.html | title=Airlines and Aircraft Serving Portland, Oregon | work=Official Airline Guide: North American Edition | date=April 2, 1995 | access-date=August 26, 2023 | archive-date=August 26, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826190603/http://www.departedflights.com/PDX95intro.html | url-status=live }} However, Delta faced obstacles to the success of its operation in Portland. These included the 1997 Asian financial crisis and complaints about the treatment of Asian passengers at the immigration facility in Portland, which led to the nickname "Deportland."{{cite news | title=Delta to review Portland-Japan flights | work=The Columbian | date=May 4, 2000 | author=Rogoway, Mike | location=Vancouver, WA | id={{ProQuest|253063483}}}} Moreover, airlines were introducing more flights from the United States to Asia, allowing travelers to bypass the Portland hub. Delta reduced the number of Asian destinations to two, Tokyo and Nagoya. It finally closed the hub in March 2001 due to financial losses. The move left the airport without transpacific air service.{{cite news| title=Delta Cuts Portland Service| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2000/09/04/daily16.html| newspaper=Portland Business Journal| date=September 4, 2000| access-date=October 21, 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060207224813/http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2000/09/04/daily16.html| archive-date=February 7, 2006| url-status=live}}{{cite news | title=PDX loses Asia flights | work=The Oregonian | date=September 7, 2000 | author=Hill, Gail Kinsey}}File:Portland International Airport PDX check in counters (Quintin Soloviev).jpgThe present H-shape of the PDX terminal, designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership,{{cite web |title=Portland International Airport |first=Sheri |last=Olson |url=http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/transportation/portland/overview.asp |work=Architectural Record |date=January 1, 2002 |access-date=February 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910023642/http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/transportation/portland/overview.asp |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |url-status=live }} was completed on September 10, 2001, when the new A, B and C concourses, as well as the light rail line, were finished. Probably the most stunning portion of PDX's interior, the new concourses reflect a Northwest theme, focusing heavily on the nearby Columbia River. A huge celebration was to be held the following weekend, but the September 11 attacks interceded. The new concourses, designed to be public spaces, were closed to non-passengers.

Lufthansa started direct flights to Frankfurt in March 2003. The route was operated by Airbus A340s.{{cite news |title=Lufthansa to Add Portland Service |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2002/10/21/daily35.html |newspaper=Portland Business Journal |date=October 21, 2002 |access-date=October 21, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040916204049/http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2002/10/21/daily35.html |archive-date=September 16, 2004 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|title=Lufthansa Will End Portland-Frankfurt Flight|first=Richard|last=Read|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/lufthansa_to_end_portlandfrank.html|newspaper=The Oregonian|location=Portland|date=July 6, 2009|access-date=July 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708000737/http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/lufthansa_to_end_portlandfrank.html|archive-date=July 8, 2009|url-status=live}} In June 2004, Northwest Airlines introduced nonstop service to its hub at Tokyo-Narita aboard a McDonnell Douglas DC-10. In order to funnel passengers from other American cities onto the flight, Northwest made use of its partnerships with four other carriers instead of adding its own domestic routes to Portland. This strategy was less costly than Delta's.{{cite press release| title=Northwest To Fly Portland – Tokyo Nonstop| url=http://www.odysseymediagroup.com/apn/Editorial-Airlines-And-Airports.asp?reportid=73738| publisher=Northwest Airlines| date=January 7, 2004| access-date=October 21, 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522123343/http://www.odysseymediagroup.com/apn/Editorial-Airlines-And-Airports.asp?reportid=73738| archive-date=May 22, 2014| url-status=live}}{{cite news | title=Northwest flight revives PDX connection to Asia | work=The Oregonian | date=June 11, 2004 | author=Rivera, Dylan}}

In August 2005, the concourse connector was opened.{{cite web |title=Portland International Airport—Connecting People, Places and Now Concourses with New Concourse Connector |url=http://www.portofportland.com/pdxaminer/pdxaminer_curr.aspx?contentFile=/Issue_2005_08/Content/Page1.ascx |work=pdxaminer |date=August 2005 |access-date=February 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924080202/http://www.portofportland.com/pdxaminer/pdxaminer_curr.aspx?contentFile=%2FIssue_2005_08%2FContent%2FPage1.ascx |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }} This is a long hallway on the secure side of the airport that connects the A, B and C concourses to the D and E concourses on the other side of the airport. If there is a long line at the checkpoint at one end of the airport, passengers may use the other checkpoint and walk through the connector to their desired concourse.{{cite news |title=Holiday Travel Tips to Survive PDX |first=Jack |last=Penning |url=http://www.beloblog.com/KGW_Blogs/travel/archives/2005/12/ |work=KGW News |date=December 20, 2005 |access-date=February 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804192355/http://www.beloblog.com/KGW_Blogs/travel/archives/2005/12/ |archive-date=August 4, 2011 |url-status=dead}} The connector closed permanently on January 5, 2021, to make room for terminal expansion.{{cite web |title=PDX To Close Concourse Connector |url=https://z100portland.iheart.com/featured/portland-local-news/content/2021-01-04-pdx-to-close-concourse-connector/ |website=Z100 Portland |access-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121043310/https://z100portland.iheart.com/featured/portland-local-news/content/2021-01-04-pdx-to-close-concourse-connector/ |url-status=live }}

The airport's carpet, installed in 1987, was designed to stylize the criss-crossing north and south runways. Beginning in 2014, a new design replaced the original pattern. In response, many residents created products to celebrate the carpet as a local icon.{{cite news| last1=Barney| first1=Alicia| title=In Portland, It's Curtains for an Airport Carpet| url=http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/16/in-portland-its-curtains-for-an-airport-carpet/?_r=0| access-date=December 31, 2014| work=The New York Times| date=December 16, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231071059/http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/16/in-portland-its-curtains-for-an-airport-carpet/?_r=0| archive-date=December 31, 2014| url-status=live}}{{cite news| last1=Johnson| first1=Cari| title=A Brief History of the PDX Airport Carpet| url=http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/travel-and-outdoors/tripster/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-pdx-carpet-december-2013| access-date=December 31, 2014| work=Portland Monthly| date=December 20, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231070623/http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/travel-and-outdoors/tripster/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-pdx-carpet-december-2013| archive-date=December 31, 2014| url-status=live}}

In December 2016, the Port of Portland renovated the security checkpoints and immigration facilities as part of its PDXNext project. This included the relocation and widening of the exit lanes by the security checkpoints and upgraded security on both sides of the terminal.{{cite web|url=https://www2.portofportland.com/PDXnext|website=Portland International Airport|title=PDXNext|access-date=December 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204102022/https://www2.portofportland.com/PDXnext|archive-date=December 4, 2018|url-status=live}}

File:Portland International Airport main terminal - trees and roof (2024).jpg

In the latter half of 2016, the Port of Portland and several airlines at PDX approved a project intended to balance the use of the terminal and concourses at Portland International Airport. The subsequent project extended Concourse E by {{convert|750|ft}} and added 6 new gates to the facility. After the project, Southwest Airlines relocated its operations from Concourse C to the newly expanded Concourse E, alongside United Airlines. With the relocation of Southwest Airlines to Concourse E, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines and JetBlue Airways became the primary users of Concourses B and C. Construction on this project began in the spring of 2017 and opened to passengers on July 15, 2020.{{cite news| title=Airlines Approve Terminal Balancing Project and Concourse E Extension| url=http://cdn.portofportland.com/pdfs/PDXaminer_9_2016.pdf| page=3| work=Pdxaminer| publisher=Port of Portland| date=September 2016| access-date=September 4, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916132751/http://cdn.portofportland.com/pdfs/PDXaminer_9_2016.pdf| archive-date=September 16, 2016| url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.portofportland.com/PDXnext |website=PDXNext |access-date=July 30, 2019 |title=Port of Portland - PDX Next |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731022224/https://www.portofportland.com/PDXnext |archive-date=July 31, 2019 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Portland airport hit with airline layoffs, hopes for revival of air travel |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2020/07/portland-airport-hit-with-airline-layoffs-hopes-for-revival-of-air-travel.html |website=Oregonlive |date=July 10, 2020 |access-date=July 13, 2020 |archive-date=July 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715222847/https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2020/07/portland-airport-hit-with-airline-layoffs-hopes-for-revival-of-air-travel.html |url-status=live }}

Concourse A was demolished in November 2019 due to the age and space of the structure and was replaced by an expanded Concourse B. The extension featured 4 jet bridges, 6 ground loading zones, and improved concession stands. All Horizon operations that operated out of Concourse A was temporarily moved to Concourse C until the expanded Concourse B was completed. The new concourse opened on December 8, 2021.{{cite web |title=Portland in mourning over loss of 'classic' PDX airport carpet |url=https://komonews.com/news/local/portland-in-mourning-over-loss-of-classic-pdx-airport-carpet |website=Komo News |date=November 14, 2019 |access-date=November 14, 2019 |archive-date=November 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114224452/https://komonews.com/news/local/portland-in-mourning-over-loss-of-classic-pdx-airport-carpet |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=TCORE - Concourse B Renovation Public Notice|date=January 23, 2019|url=https://popcdn.azureedge.net/pdfs/PDX%20CAC%20TCORE%20-%20CCB%20Notice%20of%20Proposed%20Development%20January%202019.pdf|access-date=October 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709114128/https://popcdn.azureedge.net/pdfs/PDX%20CAC%20TCORE%20-%20CCB%20Notice%20of%20Proposed%20Development%20January%202019.pdf|archive-date=July 9, 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Concourse B debuts at Portland International Airport |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/pdx-airport-concourse-b/283-de1991b1-5e52-496f-b93e-b88367f99fa5 |website=KGW8 |date=December 8, 2021 |access-date=December 8, 2021 |archive-date=December 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208005105/https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/pdx-airport-concourse-b/283-de1991b1-5e52-496f-b93e-b88367f99fa5 |url-status=live }}

In March 2020, the main terminal began a five-year expansion process to generate more open space in the pre-security area and an expansion of 150 feet toward the west. The concourse connector was closed in January 2021 and the Clocktower Plaza closed three months later to make room for the expansion. During construction, the remains of the concourse connector was reused for passengers to bypass the construction zone to get to concourses C and D. Construction of phase one of the new main terminal was expected to be complete by May 2024.{{cite web |title=PDX construction 101: What's happening at your local airport, explained |url=https://www.pdxnext.com/Stories/Details/pdx-construction-guide |website=PDXNext |access-date=June 9, 2021}}{{cite web |title=Photos of PDX's New Terminal Are Here, and It's Glorious |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/travel-and-outdoors/2023/08/pdx-airport-photos-renovated-main-terminal |website=PDX Monthly |access-date=August 23, 2023 |archive-date=August 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824005221/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/travel-and-outdoors/2023/08/pdx-airport-photos-renovated-main-terminal |url-status=live }} One month before its scheduled opening, however, the opening date for the new terminal was delayed by three months due to construction incidents on site.{{cite web |title=Portland International Airport sets main terminal opening date for August 2024 after delays |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/money/business/portland-international-airport-main-terminal-opening-date-august-2024/283-3fffec15-d236-499a-9647-2f70d0716da4 |website=KGW |date=April 4, 2024 |access-date=April 8, 2024}} Phase one of the new terminal opened to the public on August 14, 2024.{{cite web |title=New PDX main terminal opens, 'greets visitors the Oregon way' |url=https://www.koin.com/news/portland/pdx-airport-new-main-terminal-open/ |website=KOIN 6 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814133037/https://www.koin.com/news/portland/pdx-airport-new-main-terminal-open/ |url-status=live }} As of September 2024, total construction is expected to wrap up in early 2026.

Alaska Airlines began shifting connecting flights from Seattle to Portland in May 2025 as part of a strategy to use the latter as a reliever for overcrowding at Seattle–Tacoma.{{cite news |last=Rosenblatt |first=Lauren |date=April 29, 2025 |title=Why Alaska Air wants Portland to be its Sea-Tac 'relief valve' |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/why-alaska-air-wants-portland-to-be-its-sea-tac-relief-valve/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=April 29, 2025}}

File:PDXNewTerminal-CheckIn.jpg

The airport has one passenger terminal composed of four concourses, which are designated B, C, D, and E. There are 60 gates in total.{{cite web |title=FlyPDX - Map |url=https://www.flypdx.com/Map |publisher=Port of Portland |access-date=July 20, 2020 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807084209/https://flypdx.com/Map |url-status=live }} The international section of Concourse D was renamed the Governor Victor G. Atiyeh International Concourse to honor the former Oregon governor, who was also known as "Trader Vic" for launching international tourism and trade initiatives during his gubernatorial term.

The Port of Portland requires all airport shops and restaurants to practice fair retail pricing—businesses are not allowed to charge more than at off-airport locations.{{cite web |title=PDX Shop Dine Fly |url=http://www.portofportland.com/Shops_Home.aspx |publisher=Port of Portland |access-date=February 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129220254/http://www.portofportland.com/Shops_Home.aspx |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |url-status=dead }} Unique amenities include a microcinema run by the Hollywood Theatre; it shows free short films by Portland-based filmmakers that are primarily focused on the culture of the Pacific Northwest.{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2015/12/30/pdx-movie-theater/78067904/| title=Mini-movie theater to open at Portland International Airport| first=Harriet| last=Baskas| date=December 30, 2015| work=USA Today| access-date=December 3, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807120854/https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2015/12/30/pdx-movie-theater/78067904/| archive-date=August 7, 2017| url-status=live}}{{cite web| url=https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/money/business/2015/12/29/mini-movie-theater-coming-portland-international-airport/78021768/| title=Mini movie theater coming to Portland International Airport| work=Statesman Journal}} {{cite web| url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/3863916-151/a-mini-movie-theater-is-coming-to-portland#| title=A mini movie theater is coming to Portland airport| work=The Bulletin| location=Bend, Oregon| date=December 30, 2015| agency=Associated Press| access-date=December 31, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063029/http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/3863916-151/a-mini-movie-theater-is-coming-to-portland| archive-date=March 4, 2016| url-status=live}}{{cite web| url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2017/4/17/the-portland-airport-opened-a-mini-movie-theater-and-it-s-packing-houses#| title=The Portland Airport Opened a Mini Movie Theater and it's Packing Houses| work=Portland Monthly| access-date=April 25, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426062351/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2017/4/17/the-portland-airport-opened-a-mini-movie-theater-and-it-s-packing-houses| archive-date=April 26, 2017| url-status=live}} The terminal also houses a distillery.{{cite press release| url=https://www.bevnet.com/news/spirits/2016/house-spirits-distillery-announces-plans-for-worlds-first-ever-airport-tasting-room-at-pdx/| title=House Spirits Distillery Announces Plans for World's First-Ever Airport Tasting Room at PDX| date=January 14, 2016| publisher=BevNET| access-date=January 14, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328185220/http://www.bevnet.com/news/spirits/2016/house-spirits-distillery-announces-plans-for-worlds-first-ever-airport-tasting-room-at-pdx/| archive-date=March 28, 2016| url-status=live}}{{cite web| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2016/01/kenny-zukes-distillery-tasting-room-highlight-11.html| title=Kenny & Zukes, distillery tasting room highlight 11 new Portland airport shops and restaurants| first=Mason| last=Walker| date=January 13, 2016| work=Portland Business Journal| access-date=January 14, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806140858/https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2016/01/kenny-zukes-distillery-tasting-room-highlight-11.html| archive-date=August 6, 2017| url-status=live}} In the pre-security area, there are several local food carts.{{cite news| last1=Bakall| first1=Samantha| title=Pok Pok and Koi Fusion food carts open at Portland International Airport| url=http://www.oregonlive.com/dining/index.ssf/2014/10/pok_pok_and_koi_fusion_food_ca.html| access-date=September 30, 2015| work=The Oregonian| date=October 10, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002193808/http://www.oregonlive.com/dining/index.ssf/2014/10/pok_pok_and_koi_fusion_food_ca.html| archive-date=October 2, 2015| url-status=live}} In addition, the lower terminal roadway near the TriMet MAX Red Line station has a work station and assembly for repairing bicycles. The Oregon Welcome Center also has a "Tool check-out".{{cite web| url=https://www2.portofportland.com/PDX/BicycleResources| title=Portland International Airport - Bicycle Resources| publisher=Port of Portland| access-date=December 31, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128181915/http://www2.portofportland.com/PDX/BicycleResources| archive-date=January 28, 2016| url-status=live}}{{cite web| url=http://www.portofportland.com/Notices/PDX_Bike_Assmbly_01_BLT.htm| title=New PDX Bike Assembly Station Helps Cyclists Get Rolling| publisher=Port of Portland| access-date=December 31, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806140244/https://www.portofportland.com/Notices/PDX_Bike_Assmbly_01_BLT.htm| archive-date=August 6, 2017| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}

Jet fuel is supplied via the Portland Jet Line, an {{convert|8|in|mm}} Kinder Morgan fuel pipeline running from the Northwest Industrial area of Portland's Willbridge Terminal to the airport. Willbridge contains 40 tanks, connected to the {{convert|14|inch|mm}} Olympic pipeline and {{convert|8|in|mm}} Eugene pipeline, BNSF rail, truck, and ships.{{Cite web |title=KINDER MORGAN PORTLAND JET LINE LLC TRANSPORTATION POLICY |author= |work=kindermorgan.com |date=July 1, 2022 |access-date=February 15, 2023 |url=https://www.kindermorgan.com/item/Tariff/Portland_Airport_Pipeline/59 |quote=Kinder Morgan Portland Jet Line LLC (“Carrier”) owns and operates an intrastate pipeline originating at Kinder Morgan’s Willbridge Terminal in Multnomah County, Oregon to Portland International Airport in Multnomah County, Oregon. |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215190723/https://www.kindermorgan.com/item/Tariff/Portland_Airport_Pipeline/59 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=Pacific Operations |author= |work=kindermorgan.com |date= |access-date=February 15, 2023 |url=https://www.kindermorgan.com/WWWKM/media/Documents/2019-March-Pacific-Ops-brochure.pdf |quote=Willbridge Direct pumping into 8” Portland Airport line |archive-date=February 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211195436/https://www.kindermorgan.com/WWWKM/media/Documents/2019-March-Pacific-Ops-brochure.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Guild's Lake Industrial Sanctuary Plan |author= |work=portlandoregon.gov |date=2001 |access-date=February 15, 2023 |url=https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/59602 |quote=Three underground petroleum pipelines exist in the GLIS. The 14-inch Olympic pipeline originates from Puget Sound area oil refineries and terminates at bulk fuel terminals in Linnton and the GLIS. The Olympic pipeline is a primary supplier of gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel for the Portland metropolitan area and moves the equivalent of 1,800 tanker trucks of fuel per day between the Seattle and Portland areas. The 8-inch Kinder Morgan pipeline originates in the GLIS and supplies petroleum products to the Eugene area. An additional pipeline runs from the GLIS to Portland International Airport, supplying it with aviation fuel. These pipelines are examples of major private investments in industrial infrastructure within the GLIS that serve the regional economy. |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215190725/https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/59602 |url-status=live }}

{{Airport destination list | 3rdcoltitle = Refs | 3rdcolunsortable=yes

| Air Canada Express | Vancouver | {{cite web|url=https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/home/book/routes-and-partners/flight-schedules.html|title=Flight Schedules|publisher=Air Canada|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323072516/https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/home/book/routes-and-partners/flight-schedules.html|archive-date=March 23, 2018|url-status=live}}

| Alaska Airlines | Albuquerque, Anchorage, Atlanta,{{cite web|title=Alaska Airlines adds nonstop service between Portland and Atlanta this fall|url=https://news.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlines/alaska-airlines-adds-nonstop-service-between-portland-and-atlanta-this-fall/|access-date=February 23, 2024|website=Alaska Airlines|date=February 23, 2024|archive-date=February 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223130012/https://news.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlines/alaska-airlines-adds-nonstop-service-between-portland-and-atlanta-this-fall/|url-status=live}} Austin, Billings, Boise, Boston, Bozeman,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Burbank, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Eugene,{{cite web |title=Alaska Airlines Expands Oregon Nonstop Service |url=https://www.airwaysmag.com/new-post/alaska-airlines-expands-oregon |website=Airways Mag |access-date=14 January 2025 |archive-date=January 14, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114185452/https://www.airwaysmag.com/new-post/alaska-airlines-expands-oregon |url-status=live }} Fresno, Glacier Park/Kalispell,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Honolulu (ends June 12, 2025),{{cite web |title=Alaska / Hawaiian NS25 US West Coast – Hawaii Network Changes – 20DEC24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241221-ashans25 |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=21 December 2024 |archive-date=December 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221155645/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241221-ashans25 |url-status=live }} Houston–Intercontinental, Kahului, Kailua-Kona, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Medford, Missoula, Nashville,{{cite web|title=Rose City meets Music City. Alaska Airlines adds new Portland-Nashville nonstop|url=https://news.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlines/alaska-airlines-adds-new-portland-nashville-nonstop-route/|access-date=November 9, 2023|website=Alaska Airlines|date=November 9, 2023|archive-date=November 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109130138/https://news.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlines/alaska-airlines-adds-new-portland-nashville-nonstop-route/|url-status=live}} Newark, New York–JFK, Oakland, Ontario, Orange County, Orlando, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Redmond/Bend,{{Cite web|title=Fly Year-Round Between Redmond Municipal Airport and Portland International Airport. |url=https://flyrdm.com/2024/11/21/alaska-airlines-strengthens-commitment-to-smaller-communities-with-year-round-service-between-redmond-municipal-airport-and-portland-international-airport/|website=Redmond Airport News & Media|date=November 21, 2024|access-date=December 4, 2024}} Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Seattle/Tacoma, Spokane, Tucson, Washington–National
Seasonal: Cancún,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Fairbanks,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Fort Lauderdale,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Lihue{{cn|date=April 2025}}, Miami,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Minneapolis/St. Paul,{{cn|date=April 2025}} New Orleans,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Palm Springs,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Puerto Vallarta,{{cn|date=April 2025}} San José del Cabo,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Tampa,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Vancouver{{cn|date=April 2025}} | {{cite web |title=Route map |url=https://www.alaskaair.com/route-map/ |website=alaskaair.com |publisher=Alaska Airlines |access-date=June 8, 2022 |archive-date=April 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407011139/https://www.alaskaair.com/route-map/ |url-status=live }}

| Allegiant Air | Cincinnati,{{Cite press release |title=Allegiant Ties Record for Largest Expansion in Company History with 44 New Nonstop Routes, plus 3 New Cities |date=November 19, 2024 |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/allegiant-ties-record-for-largest-expansion-in-company-history-with-44-new-nonstop-routes-plus-3-new-cities-302309357.html |language=en |via=PR Newswire |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=Allegiant Air |archive-date=November 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241119123419/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/allegiant-ties-record-for-largest-expansion-in-company-history-with-44-new-nonstop-routes-plus-3-new-cities-302309357.html |url-status=live }} Flint, Fresno, Indianapolis, Phoenix/Mesa, Provo
Seasonal: Appleton,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Des Moines,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Grand Rapids,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Idaho Falls{{cn|date=April 2025}} | {{cite web|url=https://www.flypdx.com/NonstopDestinations|title=Nonstop Destinations|date=2024|website=flypdx|publisher=Port of Portland|access-date=17 August 2024|archive-date=August 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814182540/https://flypdx.com/NonstopDestinations|url-status=live}}

| American Airlines | Charlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth, Phoenix–Sky Harbor
Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Miami, Philadelphia{{cn|date=April 2025}} |

| American Eagle | Los Angeles | {{cite web|title=Flight schedules and notifications|url=https://www.aa.com/travelInformation/flights/schedule|access-date=October 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202010611/https://www.aa.com/travelInformation/flights/schedule|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live}}

| Boutique Air | Pendleton | {{cite web|title=Route Map and Schedule|url=https://www.boutiqueair.com/p/schedule|access-date=September 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908210835/https://www.boutiqueair.com/p/schedule|archive-date=September 8, 2021|url-status=live}}

| British Airways | London–Heathrow | {{cite web|url=https://www.britishairways.com/travel/schedules/public/en_gb|title=Timetables|website=British Airways|access-date=December 13, 2021|archive-date=March 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330083400/https://www.britishairways.com/travel/schedules/public/en_gb|url-status=live}}

| Condor | Seasonal: Frankfurt{{cn|date=April 2025}} | {{cite web|title=Timetable|url=https://www.condor.com/eu/book-plan/flight/timetable.jsp|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606183547/https://www.condor.com/eu/book-plan/flight/timetable.jsp|archive-date=June 6, 2017|url-status=live}}

| Delta Air Lines | Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York–JFK, Salt Lake City, Seattle/Tacoma | {{cite web|title=FLIGHT SCHEDULES|url=https://www.delta.com/flightinfo/viewFlightSchedulesSetup.action|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621123636/http://www.delta.com/flightinfo/viewFlightSchedulesSetup.action|archive-date=June 21, 2015|url-status=live}}

| Delta Connection | Seattle/Tacoma | {{cite web | url=https://www.delta.com/flight-status/schedule/PDX/SEA/2021-08-01 | title=Flight Status | access-date=July 6, 2021 | archive-date=April 8, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408033612/https://www.delta.com/flight-status/schedule/PDX/SEA/2021-08-01 | url-status=live }}

| Frontier Airlines | Dallas–Fort Worth, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles,{{cite web | url=https://news.flyfrontier.com/frontier-airlines-announces-22-new-routes-launching-in-december/ | title=Frontier Airlines Announces 22 New Routes Launching in December}} Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Salt Lake City, San Francisco | {{Cite web|url=https://www.flyfrontier.com/travel/my-trips/route-map/|title=Route Map|website=flyfrontier|date=2024|publisher=Frontier Airlines|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809190614/https://www.flyfrontier.com/travel/my-trips/route-map/|archive-date=9 August 2024|access-date=19 August 2024}}

| Hawaiian Airlines | Honolulu, Kahului (ends June 12, 2025) | {{cite web|title=Destinations|url=https://www.hawaiianairlines.com/destinations|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129192310/https://www.hawaiianairlines.com/destinations|archive-date=January 29, 2018|url-status=live}}

| Icelandair | Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík{{cn|date=April 2025}} | {{cite web|url=http://www.icelandair.ca/information/travel-guide/timetable/|title=Flight Schedule|publisher=Icelandair|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-date=November 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116064841/http://www.icelandair.ca/information/travel-guide/timetable/|url-status=live}}

| JetBlue | Seasonal: Boston{{cn|date=April 2025}} | {{cite web|title=JetBlue Airlines Timetable|url=https://b6.innosked.com/(S(ke2am3wxgiegj0zs1pxotirq))/default.aspx|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713064749/http://b6.innosked.com/(S(52udsaj2thvywnmtihsndo55))/default.aspx|archive-date=July 13, 2013|url-status=live}}

| KLM | Amsterdam | {{cite web | url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2024/06/klm-royal-dutch-airlines-will-replace-deltas-portland-amsterdam-route-offer-fewer-flights.html | title=KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will replace Delta's Portland-Amsterdam route, offer fewer flights | date=June 26, 2024 | access-date=June 26, 2024 | archive-date=June 26, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626211111/https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2024/06/klm-royal-dutch-airlines-will-replace-deltas-portland-amsterdam-route-offer-fewer-flights.html | url-status=live }}

| SeaPort Airlines | Seattle–Boeing{{cite web |title=New SeaPort Airlines shuttle to fly every 45 minutes between Portland and Seattle |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/money/business/seaport-airlines-portland-seattle-flights/283-cce46930-e5eb-4d97-9467-c95a901a8575 |website=KGW |access-date=17 May 2025}} |

| Southwest Airlines | Baltimore (resumes June 5, 2025),{{Cite web|first=Jim|last=Liu|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241105-wnjun25add|title=Southwest Airlines June 2025 Network Additions|website=Aeroroutes|date=November 5, 2024|access-date=November 5, 2024|archive-date=November 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106091146/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241105-wnjun25add|url-status=live}} Chicago–Midway, Denver, Las Vegas, Oakland, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Sacramento, San Jose (CA)
Seasonal: Burbank,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Dallas–Love,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Kansas City,{{cn|date=April 2025}} Nashville (begins June 7, 2025),{{cite web|title=Nashville airport announces Southwest’s ‘largest ever summer schedule’|website=WSMV|url=https://www.wsmv.com/2024/11/01/nashville-airport-announces-southwests-largest-ever-summer-schedule/|date=November 1, 2024|access-date=November 1, 2024|archive-date=November 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241107151416/https://www.wsmv.com/2024/11/01/nashville-airport-announces-southwests-largest-ever-summer-schedule/|url-status=live}} Ontario,{{cn|date=April 2025}} San Diego,{{cn|date=April 2025}} St. Louis{{cn|date=April 2025}} | {{cite web|title=Check Flight Schedules|url=https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-schedules/index.html|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202053931/https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-schedules/index.html|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live}}

| Spirit Airlines | Las Vegas | {{cite web| title=Where We Fly| url=https://www.spirit.com/RouteMaps.aspx| publisher=Spirit Airlines| access-date=April 7, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223042503/https://www.spirit.com/routemaps.aspx| archive-date=December 23, 2017| url-status=live}}

| {{nowrap|Sun Country Airlines}} | Minneapolis/St. Paul | {{cite web |title=Route Map & Flight Schedule |url=https://www.suncountry.com/Explore/Route-Map.html |access-date=December 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815090927/https://www.suncountry.com/Explore/Route-Map.html |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |url-status=live }}

| United Airlines | Chicago–O'Hare, Denver, Houston–Intercontinental, Newark, San Francisco, Washington–Dulles | {{cite web|title=Timetable|url=https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/travel/timetable/default.aspx|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128165254/https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/travel/timetable/default.aspx|archive-date=January 28, 2017|url-status=live}}

| United Express | San Francisco | {{cite web|title=Timetable|url=https://www.united.com/en/us/flightstatus/details/5687/2024-06-16/PDX/DEN/UA|access-date=June 16, 2024}}

| Volaris | Guadalajara | {{cite web|title=Volaris Flight Schedule|url=http://cms.volaris.com/en/travel-with-volaris/flight-information/complete-timetable-of-our-flights/|access-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227151536/http://cms.volaris.com/en/travel-with-volaris/flight-information/complete-timetable-of-our-flights/|archive-date=February 27, 2017|url-status=live}}

| WestJet | Seasonal: Calgary{{cn|date=April 2025}} | {{cite web|url=https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/travel-info/flight-schedules|title=Flight schedule, flight schedules, when we fly|website=www.westjet.com|access-date=August 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104172556/https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/travel-info/flight-schedules|archive-date=January 4, 2019|url-status=live}}

}}

{{Airport destination list

| AirNet Express | Denver–Centennial, Oakland

| AirPac Airlines{{cite web|url=http://airpacairlines.com/|title=AIRPAC Airlines|website=airpacairlines.com|access-date=May 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513224032/https://airpacairlines.com/|archive-date=May 13, 2018|url-status=live}} | Redmond/Bend, Seattle–Boeing

| Amazon Air | Baltimore, Chicago/Rockford, Cincinnati, Fairbanks, Fort Worth/Alliance, Hartford, Houston–Intercontinental, Lakeland, Ontario, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Stockton, Tampa, Wilmington (OH)

| Ameriflight | Brookings, Corvallis, Crescent City, Eugene, Florence, Grants Pass, Hermiston, Klamath Falls, La Grande, Medford, Newport, North Bend/Coos Bay, Portland/Hillsboro, Redmond/Bend, Salem

| {{nowrap|Cathay Cargo{{cite press release| title=Cathay Pacific expands cargo presence in the Americas with new freighter service to Portland| date=July 14, 2016| url=http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_HK/about-us/press-room/press-release/2016/cathay-pacific-expands-cargo-presence-in-the-americas-with-new-freighter-service-to-portland.html| publisher=Cathay Pacific| access-date=August 5, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817132704/http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_HK/about-us/press-room/press-release/2016/cathay-pacific-expands-cargo-presence-in-the-americas-with-new-freighter-service-to-portland.html| archive-date=August 17, 2016| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}}} | Anchorage, Chicago–O'Hare, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, New York–JFK

| DHL Aviation | Los Angeles, Seattle/Tacoma, Vancouver

| FedEx Express | Austin, Boise, Fort Worth/Alliance, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, Newark, Oakland, Ontario, Orange County, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Seattle/Tacoma

| FedEx Feeder | Corvallis, Eugene, Klamath Falls, Medford, Newport, North Bend/Coos Bay, Redmond/Bend, Roseburg, Salem

| Kalitta Air | Los Angeles, Seattle/Tacoma, Vancouver

| Martinaire | Eugene

| UPS Airlines | Albuquerque, Anchorage, Boston, Billings, Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, Chicago–O'Hare, Chicago/Rockford, Dallas/Fort Worth, Des Moines, Fargo, Fresno, Harrisburg, Hartford, Kansas City, Little Rock, Louisville, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Oakland, Omaha, Ontario, Orange County, Philadelphia, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento–Mather, Salt Lake City, San Bernardino, Seattle–Boeing, Spokane, St. Louis, Vancouver, Wichita

| Western Air Express | Boise, Salt Lake City, Seattle–Boeing, Spokane

| {{nowrap|Western Global Airlines}} | Chicago–O'Hare, Tokyo–Narita

}}

{{Airport-Statistics|faa=PDX}}

File:Portland Airport MAX station May 2024.jpg light-rail train at Portland Airport station]]

Public transit service to the airport is provided by TriMet, the metropolitan area's primary transit agency, with its MAX Red Line light rail service. The 1986-opened MAX Light Rail system was extended to the airport in 2001.{{cite news| title=MAX trains begin airport service| newspaper=Portland Business Journal| date=September 10, 2001| url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2001/09/10/daily3.html| access-date=November 1, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050121014119/http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2001/09/10/daily3.html| archive-date=January 21, 2005| url-status=live}} The Red Line originally provided service as far as downtown Portland only, but in 2003 it was extended west to Beaverton.Leeson, Fred (August 27, 2003). "MAX fares increase, direct service from Beaverton to PDX starts". The Oregonian, p. D2. The light rail station is located only about {{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}} from the airport's baggage claim area. Prior to 2001, TriMet service to the airport consisted of bus route 72-82nd Avenue from 1970{{cite news| title=Tri-Met Expands Bus Service, Including Trips To Airport| newspaper=The Oregonian| date=October 23, 1970| page=25}} to 1986, and route 12-Sandy Blvd. from 1986{{cite news| title=Changes set in schedules, bus routes| newspaper=The Oregonian| date=September 4, 1986| page=ME8}} to 2001.{{cite news| last1=Stewart| first1=Bill| title=Most Tri-Met fares rise Saturday, while route switches start Sept. 9| work=The Oregonian| date=August 31, 2001|page=B1}} Pacific Crest Lines also offers daily service to Union Station, Salem and Bend.

C-Tran route 67 bus connects the airport to Fisher's Landing Transit Center in east Vancouver, Washington.

By road, the terminal is accessible from exit 24 on Interstate 205.

• On October 1, 1966, West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashed in a desolate section of the Mount Hood National Forest during descent into Portland International Airport. Of the 18 passengers and crew, there were no survivors. The probable cause of the accident was "the descent of the aircraft below its clearance limit and below that of surrounding obstructing terrain, but the Board was unable to determine the cause of such descent." The accident was the first loss of a Douglas DC-9.
• On December 28, 1978, United Airlines Flight 173 was en route to Portland International Airport from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado. On approach to Portland International Airport, the crew lowered the landing gear which caused a loud thump, abnormal vibration, unusual yaw, and the landing gear indicator lights failed to light. The plane circled Portland while the crew investigated the problem. After about an hour, the plane exhausted its fuel supply and crashed into the suburban neighborhood of East Burnside Street and NE 158th Ave. Of the 189 passengers and crew on board, ten died and 24 more were injured. An investigation revealed that the crash was caused by "the failure of the captain to properly monitor the aircraft's fuel state". This accident's investigation led to substantially improved aviation safety by widespread adoption of crew resource management which emphasizes crew teamwork and communication instead of a command hierarchy.{{cite web| url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/g73/10-airplane-crashes-that-changed-aviation/| title=10 Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation| first=David| last=Noland| date=August 28, 2007| access-date=November 1, 2015| work=Popular Mechanics| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105051228/http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/g73/10-airplane-crashes-that-changed-aviation/| archive-date=November 5, 2015| url-status=live}}
• On January 20, 1983, Northwest Airlines Flight 608, a Boeing 727 with 41 passengers and crew enroute from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to PDX was hijacked by a male hijacker. He informed a flight attendant that he had a bomb in a box and wanted to be flown to Afghanistan. The hijacker agreed to land at PDX to refuel and shortly after, negotiations began. When the hijacker was engaged, federal agents boarded the aircraft through a cockpit window. When the hijacker was confronted, he threw the box at the agents and one of the agents fired one shot and killed the hijacker. It was later discovered the box contained no explosives.{{cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/327721|title=Hijacking description for Northwest Airlines Flight 608 at Aviation Safety Network|website=aviationsafetynetwork.org|accessdate= September 27, 2024}}
• On February 16, 2008, visibility of 1/8 mile was a possible factor in the fatal accident that took the life of the pilot, Oregon doctor Richard Otoski, a Klamath Falls dermatologist flying his Columbia 400. The accident took place just short of runway 10R at Portland International Airport. Otoski was the only person on board the aircraft, manufactured by the former Lancair Company. "Damn it... we're gonna crash" were the last words PDX controllers heard from N621ER.{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rHFOT17rTM| title=Lancair crash at KPDX. One dead.| website=YouTube| date=March 13, 2014| access-date=March 13, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207222554/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rHFOT17rTM| archive-date=February 7, 2017| url-status=live}} The aircraft was apparently in the process of making another missed approach in poor visibility following the ILS when it clipped an airport perimeter fence, crashed, and soon caught fire. The aircraft had departed from Klamath Falls 90 minutes earlier.{{cite web| url=http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=5b332a01-63eb-4372-acbf-5834a1e44bdf| title=Columbia 400 Down In IFR Accident| first=Jim| last=Campbell| date=February 18, 2008| work=Aero-News Network| access-date=March 13, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308073219/http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=5b332a01-63eb-4372-acbf-5834a1e44bdf| archive-date=March 8, 2016| url-status=live}}
• On January 5, 2024, Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, a 3 month-old Boeing 737 MAX 9 was en route to Ontario, California from Portland when a door plug (a structure installed to replace an optional emergency exit door located in the rear mid-cabin just behind the wings) tore off mid-flight. The flight experienced uncontrolled decompression and was forced to turn around and perform an emergency landing at PDX, resulting in three minor injuries. The incident caused Boeing to temporary ground nearly all 737 MAX 9's to investigate the maintenance of the door plug.{{cite web |title=Alaska Airlines flight forced to make emergency landing at Portland airport after panel on side of plane blows out |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/alaska-airlines-flight-emergency-landing-portland-international-airport/283-3510ca7b-26ae-43fa-9b2f-03f387dc06b9 |website=KGW 8 |date=January 5, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2024 |archive-date=January 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106090017/https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/alaska-airlines-flight-emergency-landing-portland-international-airport/283-3510ca7b-26ae-43fa-9b2f-03f387dc06b9 |url-status=live }}
• On March 18, 2024, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 arriving from Washington, D.C., suffered a cracked windshield while landing. The plane landed safely with no one among the 165 people on board being injured. The airline repaired the aircraft.{{cite web | url=https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/alaska-airlines-flight-lands-portland-safely-after-small-windshield-crack/283-81b8aa25-8afe-43b0-9857-8ccd1acba295 | title=Windshield cracks on Boeing plane during Alaska Airlines flight landing in Portland | date=March 18, 2024 }}

• Oregon World War II Army Airfields
• Pearson Field
• Portland-Mulino Airport
• Tourism in Portland, Oregon
• Western Air Defense Force

{{Reflist}}

• {{Official|url=https://www.flypdx.com/}}
• [http://www.airportwayfinder.com/wayfinders/pdx/ Airport Wayfinder: Interactive video guide and detailed information about Portland International Airport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109133604/http://airportwayfinder.com/wayfinders/pdx/ |date=January 9, 2010 }}
• {{FAA-diagram|00330}}
• {{FAA-procedures|PDX}}

{{US-airport|PDX}}

{{Airports in Oregon}}

{{Subject bar

|portal1=Aviation

|portal2=Oregon

|auto=y

|d=y

}}

Category:1936 establishments in Oregon

Category:Airports established in 1936

Category:Airports in Multnomah County, Oregon

Category:Airports in Portland, Oregon

Category:Buildings and structures in Northeast Portland, Oregon

Category:Port of Portland (Oregon)

Category:Works Progress Administration in Portland, Oregon