Pullman–Moscow Regional Airport
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{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Pullman–Moscow Regional Airport
| image = PUW Airport new terminal front exterior.jpg
| caption = Terminal exterior in August 2024
| IATA = PUW
| ICAO = KPUW
| FAA = PUW
| type = Public
| owner = Pullman–Moscow Regional Airport Board
| operator =
| city-served = Pullman-Moscow Combined Statistical Area
| location = Pullman, Washington
| opened =
| closed =
| timezone = Pacific Standard
| utc = UTC−8
| summer = Pacific Daylight
| utcs = UTC−7
| elevation-f = 2567
| elevation-m =
| pushpin_map = Washington#USA
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Washington##Location in the United States
| pushpin_label = PUW
| coordinates = {{coord|46.744|N|117.108|W|region:US_type:airport_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| website = {{URL|flypuw.com}}
| r1-number = 5/23
| r1-length-f = 7101
| r1-length-m =
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year =
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (2014)
| stat1-data = 29,350
| stat2-header = Based aircraft (2018)
| stat2-data = 71
| stat3-header = Total passengers {{nowrap|(12 months ending Oct 2017)}}
| stat3-data = 119,000
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=PUW|use=PU|own=PU|site=26372.*A}}, effective January 4, 2018.
}}
Pullman–Moscow Regional Airport {{airport codes|PUW|KPUW|PUW}} is a public airport in the northwest United States, located in Pullman, Washington, {{convert|4|mi|0|spell=in}} west of Moscow, Idaho. The airport is near State Route 270, and has a single {{convert|7101|ft|adj=on|abbr=}} runway, headed northeast–southwest (5/23), which entered service in October 2019.{{Cite news |date=August 29, 2019 |title=Pullman airport closing temporarily to bring new runway online |work=WSU Insider |publisher=Washington State University |agency=Coug Life |url=https://news.wsu.edu/2019/08/29/pullman-airport-closing-temporarily-bring-expanded-new-runway-online/ |access-date=January 13, 2019}}{{Cite web |last=Viydo |first=Taylor |date=October 10, 2019 |title=Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport completes work on new runway |url=https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/pullman-moscow-regional-airport-completes-work-on-new-runway/293-0f6eb926-8260-4a8b-bc96-546f4a964d3c |access-date=January 13, 2020 |publisher=KREM-TV}}{{cite news |url=https://airportimprovement.com/article/new-runway-pullman-moscow-regional-required-perseverance-broad-cooperation |work=Airport Improvement |last=Wysocky |first=Ken |title=New runway at Pullman-Moscow Regional required perseverance & broad cooperation |date=March 2020 |access-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807192945/https://airportimprovement.com/article/new-runway-pullman-moscow-regional-required-perseverance-broad-cooperation |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://meadhunt.com/project/puw/ |publisher=Mead & Hunt |title=Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport realignment program |access-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807192935/https://meadhunt.com/project/puw/ |url-status=live }} The former runway (6/24) was {{convert|6730|ft|0|abbr=}} and aligned with Moscow Mountain ({{convert|4983|ft}}) {{convert|12|mi|round=5|spell=in}} to the northeast, the highest summit in the area.
The rural airport in the Palouse region is the primary air link for its two land-grant universities, Washington State University in Pullman and the University of Idaho in Moscow.{{Cite news |last=Long |first=Ben |date=May 19, 1990 |title=New airport model of cooperation |page=12A |work=Idahonian |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NycuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EdEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6567%2C2559034 |archive-date=October 7, 2023 |access-date=May 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007030321/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NycuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EdEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6567,2559034 |url-status=live }} In addition to scheduled service from Alaska Airlines (through its Horizon Air subsidiary), both universities use the airport for jet charters for their intercollegiate athletic teams.
Seattle air traffic control, {{convert|250|mi|-1}} west, manages commercial traffic for the airport. The nearest major airport is Spokane International, approximately {{convert|90|mi|0|spell=in}} to the north, and Lewiston is about {{convert|25|mi}} south.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized the airport as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.{{Cite web |date=October 21, 2016 |title=List of NPIAS Airports |url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/NPIAS-Report-2017-2021-Appendix-A.pdf |access-date=November 23, 2016 |website=FAA.gov |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |archive-date=May 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503054027/https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/NPIAS-Report-2017-2021-Appendix-A.pdf |url-status=live }}
History
Aviation at the site began in the 1920s as a grass strip, which was later improved by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and Works Progress Administration (WPA); the runway was first paved in 1946, and lengthened to {{convert|6800|ft|-1}} in 1968 with an {{convert|1800|ft|-1|adj=on}} extension to the west.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_b5eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OTEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5864%2C3658404 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Responsibility for new airport runway sought by resolution |date=November 20, 1968 |page=10}}
Horizon Air (marketed and sold as Alaska Airlines) is the sole commercial airline serving the airport, flying Embraer 175 jet aircraft. Its limited service to Pullman–Moscow began {{Years or months ago|1981|5}} in December 1981 with Fairchild F-27 aircraft (Friday & Sunday),{{Cite news |date=December 5, 1981 |title=Horizon Air makes initial flight to Moscow-Pullman Airport |page=9C |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hpxfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3878%2C2076358 |archive-date=October 7, 2023 |access-date=January 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007030323/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hpxfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3878,2076358 |url-status=live }} and daily service (along with Lewiston) in March 1983, on F-27 and Metroliner aircraft.{{Cite news |date=February 5, 1983 |title=Horizon to add region stops |page=9 |work=Spokesman-Review |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hPlLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0u4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1887,1957507 |archive-date=November 23, 2015 |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065050/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hPlLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0u4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1887,1957507 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=February 5, 1983 |title=Horizon plans three flights to Quad Cities |page=5B |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P5xfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ojEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4953,1276464 |archive-date=November 23, 2015 |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065750/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P5xfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ojEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4953,1276464 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=March 16, 1983 |title=Horizon begins operations at Lewiston, Pullman |page=3B |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gqFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3262%2C63916 |archive-date=November 23, 2015 |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065350/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gqFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3262%2C63916 |url-status=live }} Service to Portland, Spokane, and Boise was ended in 1997.{{Cite news |last=Raquet |first=Murf |date=August 20, 1997 |title=Horizon Air bails on Boise |page=1A |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rcEjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CdEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2629%2C1947411 |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |access-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029214145/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rcEjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CdEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2629,1947411 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=August 21, 1997 |title=Horizon Air will be cutting flights |page=1C |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |agency=Associated Press, staff reports |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=drVeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MjAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4442%2C1358971}}{{Cite news |last=McClure |first=Steve |date=September 2, 1997 |title=Horizon's defection hits home |page=1B |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0b4jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yNAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3587%2C85089 |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |access-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029214144/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0b4jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yNAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3587,85089 |url-status=live }}
Horizon (later folded into the Alaska brand) now offers four to five daily scheduled flights to Seattle–Tacoma. Historically, flight schedules had sometimes included a stop at Lewiston, but currently all scheduled flights to Seattle are non-stop. Flights to Boise returned August 2021 with service five times a week; it was suspended in May 2024 and is scheduled to return in August due to a lack of demand outside of the school year. Alaska moved to all-jet service to Pullman–Moscow in November 2022, replacing Q400 turboprops with Embraer 175 jets.{{cite news |url=https://www.lmtribune.com/northwest/pullman-moscow-regional-airport-moves-to-full-jet-service/article_2c2e290e-aae8-5427-82fa-4865221697aa.html |work=Lewiston Tribune |last=Pearce |first=Emily |title=Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport moves to full jet service |date=November 1, 2022 |access-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807192935/https://www.lmtribune.com/northwest/pullman-moscow-regional-airport-moves-to-full-jet-service/article_2c2e290e-aae8-5427-82fa-4865221697aa.html |url-status=live }}
Prior to Horizon, Cascade Airways (1969–1986) was the main carrier at the airport,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nbBeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nC8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4855%2C4442082 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Cascade's 48-passenger planes will fly from Pullman Tuesday |date=January 27, 1982 |page=1B |archive-date=July 18, 2023 |access-date=July 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718004932/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nbBeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nC8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4855,4442082 |url-status=live }} starting Palouse service in late 1971,{{Cite news |last=Harrell |first=Sylvia |date=April 5, 1973 |title=Cascade Airways plans flights into Lewiston |page=20 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P5hfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2206%2C971126 |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |access-date=June 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101100256/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P5hfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2206%2C971126 |url-status=live }} and had over 16,500 boardings at Pullman–Moscow in 1977.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mIRfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4DAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5213%2C7869920 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |last=Harrell |first=Sylvia |title=Airlines report passenger increase at region's airports |date=January 29, 1978 |page=12A |archive-date=August 7, 2023 |access-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807154026/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mIRfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4DAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5213,7869920 |url-status=live }} Hughes Airwest supplied service in the early 1970s,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m71eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ETEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5781%2C7885796 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |agency=Associated Press, staff |title=Airwest moves to end Moscow-Pullman flights |date=May 31, 1974 |page=20 |archive-date=August 5, 2024 |access-date=August 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805150959/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m71eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ETEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5781,7885796 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-KlfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5739%2C1027450 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |last=Rasmussen |first=Linda |title=Pullman reaction mixed to departure of Airwest |date=June 5, 1974 |page=13 |archive-date=August 5, 2024 |access-date=August 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805151000/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-KlfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5739,1027450 |url-status=live }} and United Express for over two years, from May 1988 to September 1990.{{Cite news |last=Harriman |first=Peter |date=September 14, 1990 |title=United Express says goodbye |page=1A |work=Idahonian |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iJMrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=udAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5990%2C1695045 |archive-date=October 7, 2023 |access-date=April 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007030328/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iJMrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=udAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5990,1695045 |url-status=live }}
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Facilities and aircraft
Pullman–Moscow Regional Airport covers an area of {{convert|467|acre|km2}} at an elevation of {{convert|2567|ft|abbr=}} above sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 5/23, which opened in October 2019 and measures {{convert|7101|x|100|ft|0}}.
The airport was annexed by the City of Pullman in August 1988,{{Cite news |last=Fisher |first=David |date=August 17, 1988 |title=Pullman annexes airport |page=1A |work=Idahonian |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EpUrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AdEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4820,1664636 |archive-date=May 27, 2016 |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527040536/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EpUrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AdEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4820,1664636 |url-status=live }} and ground was broken in April 1989 to replace the small, outdated passenger terminal of 1957.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ypJfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-TAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3031%2C1798268 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |last=Darrow |first=Laurel |title=One-horse airport doesn't help Palouse's image, says manager |date=April 22, 1989 |page=8A |archive-date=August 10, 2023 |access-date=August 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810225137/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ypJfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-TAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3031,1798268 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U5UrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ldAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1971%2C1139784|work=Idahonian|last=McCann|first=Sheila R.|title=The end of a 'podunk' image?|date=April 22, 1989|page=7A|archive-date=August 7, 2023|access-date=August 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807222226/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U5UrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ldAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1971,1139784|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WZUrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ldAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5639%2C853006 |work=Idahonian |last=Semerad |first=Tony |title=Cooperation praised at airport groundbreaking |date=April 24, 1989 |page=1A |archive-date=August 7, 2023 |access-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807222226/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WZUrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ldAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5639,853006 |url-status=live }} Constructed in under ten months, the {{convert|8000|sqft|adj=on}} terminal opened in February 1990 at a cost of $2.7 million,{{Cite news |last=Semerad |first=Tony |date=February 15, 1990 |title=Weather foils plans for first day |page=1A |work=Idahonian |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JpUrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5649%2C1944754 |archive-date=May 3, 2016 |access-date=September 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503205450/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JpUrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5649,1944754 |url-status=live }} with a formal dedication and airshow in May.{{Cite news |date=May 21, 1990 |title=Palouse's 'front door' opens |page=1A |work=Idahonian |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OCcuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EdEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4551%2C2834483 |archive-date=October 7, 2023 |access-date=May 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007030321/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OCcuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EdEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4551,2834483 |url-status=live }} It was a single large room, divided between pre- and post-security areas by a single security checkpoint and glass walls. The waiting area occupied all space beyond the checkpoint but was not commonly used for waiting, as most passengers passed through the security checkpoint immediately before boarding. Both passenger gates were ground-level doors to the tarmac; passengers boarded via the fold-down aircraft-door stairs, or airstairs (for larger charter aircraft). Gate 1 on the east side of the terminal was used by Horizon Air.{{cn|date=June 2024}}
A vending machine in the terminal area sells canned local Cougar Gold cheese made by the nearby Washington State University.{{Cite news |last=Chung |first=Christine |date=2024-01-26 |title=Cupcake A.T.M.s and Fire Pits: What You Love at the Airport |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/travel/airport-amenities.html |access-date=2024-01-31 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131070535/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/travel/airport-amenities.html |url-status=live }}
To the west, a significantly larger passenger terminal opened on May 22, 2024, at a cost of $92 million to construct. The terminal building is {{convert|47000|sqft}} and includes three jet bridges, a new baggage carousel, new restaurant and outdoor spaces, as well as a separate space for university charters. It was developed alongside runway adjustments that had taken seven years to plan; an expansion with an additional {{convert|5000|sqft}} opened on August 15, 2024.{{cite news |last=Clouser |first=Tim |date=May 23, 2024 |title=Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport opens new $92 million terminal free of debt |url=https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2024/may/23/pullman-moscow-regional-airport-opens-new-92-million-terminal-free-of-debt/ |work=Columbia Basin Herald |agency=The Center Square |accessdate=June 10, 2024 |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611030945/https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2024/may/23/pullman-moscow-regional-airport-opens-new-92-million-terminal-free-of-debt/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Pearce |first=Emily |date=August 16, 2024 |title=Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport celebrates its vaster space |url=https://dnews.com/local/pullman-moscow-regional-airport-celebrates-its-vaster-space/article_a538aaa3-c617-591e-acf2-dd61158d723c.html |access-date=August 18, 2024 |website=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |language=en |archive-date=August 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818174728/https://dnews.com/local/pullman-moscow-regional-airport-celebrates-its-vaster-space/article_a538aaa3-c617-591e-acf2-dd61158d723c.html |url-status=live }} Construction of the new terminal began in August 2022 and was completed in December 2023.{{Cite news |last=Kuipers |first=Anthony |date=December 1, 2023 |title=Pullman airport rolls out new terminal |url=https://www.lmtribune.com/northwest/pullman-airport-rolls-out-new-terminal/article_0f20d5cc-1160-5dbf-8e44-56a5ad26fc05.html |access-date=2024-04-10 |work=The Lewiston Tribune |language=en}}{{cite news |url=https://news.wsu.edu/news/2022/08/11/pullman-moscow-regional-airport-breaks-ground-on-new-terminal-project/ |work=WSU Insider |agency=(Washington State University) |last=Wolcott |first=R.J. |title=Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport breaks ground on new terminal project |date=August 11, 2022 |access-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-date=August 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807180054/https://news.wsu.edu/news/2022/08/11/pullman-moscow-regional-airport-breaks-ground-on-new-terminal-project/ |url-status=live }} The security area has a larger queueing area, a TSA PreCheck entrance, and additional screening equipment.{{cite press release |date=May 22, 2024 |title=TSA highlights features of new security checkpoint at Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport |url=https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2024/05/22/tsa-highlights-features-new-security-checkpoint-pullman-moscow |publisher=Transportation Security Administration |accessdate=June 10, 2024}}
The public airport shares the runway with a fixed-base operator, Interstate Aviation, which conducts chartered air service and flight school. Local engineering firm Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories owns and operates private hangars at the airport.
For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2014, the airport had 29,350 aircraft operations, an average of 80 per day: 85% general aviation, 14% scheduled commercial, 1% air taxi, and <1% military. Occasionally, the airport has accepted Boeing 737 aircraft on Alaska Airlines charter flights.{{cn|date=June 2024}} In January 2018, there were 71 aircraft based at this airport: 60 single-engine, 7 multi-engine, 3 jet, and 1 glider.
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Airline and destinations
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| Alaska Airlines | Boise,{{cite news |last=Fixler |first=Kevin |date=March 13, 2024 |title=Boise flights to Moscow hit pause for summer. It returns better than before by fall |url=https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/traffic/article286587545.html |work=Idaho Statesman |url-access=subscription |accessdate=June 10, 2024}} Seattle/Tacoma |
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|caption=Destinations from Pullman–Moscow Regional Airport |places= {{Location map~ |USA_West |lat=46.744 |long=-117.108 |position=right |label= Pullman/Moscow |caption=|mark=Airplane silhouette.svg|marksize=15 }}
{{Location map~ |USA_West |lat=47.450165|long=-122.309176 |position=under |label=Seattle/Tacoma|label_size=100 |marksize=7 }} {{Location map~ |mark = Red pog.svg |USA_West |lat=43.5658|long=-116.2223|position=right|label=Boise|label_size=100 |marksize=7 }} }} |
= Top destinations =
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|+ Busiest domestic routes out of PUW ! Rank ! City ! Passengers ! Carriers |
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| align=left|Seattle–Tacoma, Washington | 54,330 | Alaska |
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| align=left|Boise, Idaho | 11,540 | Alaska |
Accidents and incidents
- On December 28, 1981, a twin-engine Cessna 402 crashed {{convert|1.5|mi|round=0.5}} north of the airport during a morning snowstorm, killing its pilot, Richard R. Flanagan, the sole occupant. A cargo flight from Spokane to Lewiston, it had diverted to Pullman due to a weather closure at Lewiston.{{Cite news |date=December 29, 1981 |title=Spokane pilot killed at crash in Pullman |page=5 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aEJYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VvkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2418%2C3786130 |archive-date=October 7, 2023 |access-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007030321/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aEJYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VvkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2418,3786130 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=December 29, 1981 |title=Pilot dies when plane goes down |page=1B |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |agency=Associated Press |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JcxeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1954%2C5495871 |archive-date=October 7, 2023 |access-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007030322/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JcxeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1954,5495871 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=December 30, 1981 |title=Federal investigator begins inquiry into fatal plane crash |page=3B |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JsxeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2357%2C5907036 |archive-date=October 7, 2023 |access-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007030327/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JsxeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2357,5907036 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wFUaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WicEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4437%2C2282064 |work=Spokane Chronicle |last=Wanamaker |first=Ralph |title=Pilot error indicated in fatal Pullman crash |date=January 26, 1982 |page=5 |archive-date=July 18, 2023 |access-date=July 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718004057/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wFUaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WicEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4437,2282064 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nbBeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nC8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3305%2C4501564 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Pilot who crashed may have been trying to find runway |date=January 27, 1982 |page=8B |archive-date=July 18, 2023 |access-date=July 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718004057/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nbBeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nC8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3305,4501564 |url-status=live }}
- On August 8, 2024, a Cessna 182, operating a flight originating from Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport, crashed near Augusta, Montana, killing three.{{Cite web |title=Three people dead after plane originating from Moscow/Pullman Regional Airport crashes in Montana |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/three-people-dead-after-plane-originating-from-moscowpullman-regional-airport-crashes-in-montana/ar-AA1oxz1q?ocid=BingNewsVerp |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=www.msn.com |archive-date=January 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120110611/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/three-people-dead-after-plane-originating-from-moscowpullman-regional-airport-crashes-in-montana/ar-AA1oxz1q?ocid=BingNewsVerp |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=phil.drake@helenair.com |first=PHIL DRAKE |date=2024-08-10 |title=3 die in plane crash in Scapegoat Wilderness near Augusta |url=https://helenair.com/news/local/3-die-in-plane-crash-in-scapegoat-wilderness-near-augusta/article_32d97090-5741-11ef-99a8-4701f644ec4b.html |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=The Independent Record |language=en |archive-date=August 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818174728/https://helenair.com/news/local/3-die-in-plane-crash-in-scapegoat-wilderness-near-augusta/article_32d97090-5741-11ef-99a8-4701f644ec4b.html |url-status=live }}
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See also
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