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Lynk Air
Lynk Air is an American airline that operates scheduled and charter passenger flights in Washington and Oregon. Based in Oak Harbor, Washington, it offers various commuter flights between Seattle–Tacoma International Airport and surrounding regional airports. History Lynk Air was founded in 2018 in Oak Harbor by retired United States Navy pilot Chris Taylor and his wife, Helen, with the goal of shortening the three hour driving commute from Whidbey Island to Seattle to a short 20-minute flight. They also offer charter services to various destinations in Washington and Oregon, including for weddings and wine tours. Destinations Lynk Air currently operates scheduled and charter to the following 19 destinations " Lynk Air Destination Info. Retrieved August 14th, 2019 * |
Oak Harbor, Washington
Oak Harbor is a city located on Whidbey Island in Island County, Washington, United States. The population was 24,622 at the 2020 census. Oak Harbor was incorporated on May 14, 1915. History The Lower Skagit people have inhabited Oak Harbor () and the nearby Crescent Harbor () since time immemorial. There were several villages in the vicinity, and the modern settlement of Oak Harbor was built over one such village. In the early 1850s, two settlers staked claims where the city now stands— Zakarias Martin Toftezen, a shoemaker from Norway; C.W. Sumner from New England. Irish and Dutch immigrants also arrived and settled in the area. Oak Harbor was named for the area's Garry Oak trees and was incorporated in 1915 with a population of 401. Houses and businesses sprouted up along the shores of Oak Harbor as the pioneers relied entirely on water transportation until the 1900s. For the next 30 years, steamers and freighters carried passengers and freight from the Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pullman, Washington
Pullman is the most populous city in Whitman County, located in southeastern Washington within the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. The population was 32,901 at the 2020 census, and estimated to be 32,508 in 2022. Originally founded as Three Forks, the city was renamed after industrialist George Pullman in 1884. Pullman is noted as a fertile agricultural area known for its many miles of rolling hills and the production of wheat and legumes. It is home to Washington State University, a public research land-grant university, and the international headquarters of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. Pullman is from Moscow, Idaho, home to the University of Idaho, and is served by the Pullman–Moscow Regional Airport. History In 1876, about five years after European-American settlers established Whitman County on November 29, 1871, Bolin Farr arrived in Pullman. He camped at the confluence of Dry Flat Creek and Missouri Flat Creek on the bank of the Palouse River. Wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldwell Industrial Airport
Caldwell Executive Airport (formerly Treasure Valley Executive Airport at Caldwell) is a city-owned public airport three miles (5 km) southeast of Caldwell, in Canyon County, Idaho, United States. The airport opened in 1976, replacing a smaller facility in downtown Caldwell. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Caldwell Executive Airport is assigned EUL by the FAA and has no IATA code. Facilities and aircraft Caldwell Executive Airport covers and has one asphalt runway (12/30), 5,500 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m). In the year ending March 30, 2024 the airport had 147,325 aircraft operations, average 403 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. 533 aircraft were then based at this airport: 473 single-engine, 25 multi-engine, 1 , 2 glider, 26 |
Eastern Oregon Regional Airport
Eastern Oregon Regional Airport (Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton) is a public airport three miles northwest of Pendleton, in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. Commercial service is provided by Boutique Air to Portland, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the airport had 7,217 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 3,828 in 2009, 4,898 in 2010 and 4,305 in 2015. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a ''non-primary commercial service'' airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year). History World War II - Pendleton Field Army Air Corps Base Beginning in June 1941 the 34th Bomb Squadron, flying North American B-25 Mitchell bombers, was based at Pendleton. It began flying anti-submarine patrols after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, and continued to do so until it moved to South Carolina in February 1942. One of the 34th' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pendleton, Oregon
Pendleton is a city in and the county seat of Umatilla County, Oregon, Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. The population was 17,107 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, which includes approximately 1,600 people who are incarcerated at Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution. Pendleton is the smaller of the two principal cities of the Hermiston-Pendleton Micropolitan Statistical Area, Hermiston–Pendleton Micropolitan Statistical Area. This United States micropolitan area, micropolitan area covers Morrow County, Oregon, Morrow and Umatilla counties and had a combined population of 92,261 at the 2020 census. History A European-American commercial center began to develop here in 1851, when William Cameron McKay, William C. McKay established a trading post at the mouth of McKay Creek. A United States Post Office named Marshall (for the owner, and sometime gambler, of another local store) was established April 21, 1865, and later renamed Pendleton, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandon State Airport
Bandon State Airport , is a public airport located two miles (3.2 km) southeast of the city of Bandon in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It has one asphalt runway, 16/34 that is long by wide and medium intensity runway edge lights. The airport has a fixed-base operator, Bandon Aviation, LLC, that sells aviation gasoline Avgas (aviation gasoline, also known as aviation spirit in the UK) is an aviation fuel used in aircraft with spark-ignited internal combustion engines. ''Avgas'' is distinguished from conventional gasoline (petrol) used in motor vehicles, wh ... and can provide major airframe and engine repairs. The airport began operations in 1958, and had an average of 136 airport operations per week in the 12 months ending August 25, 2021. References Airports in Coos County, Oregon 1958 establishments in Oregon {{Oregon-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandon, Oregon
Bandon () is a city in Coos County, Oregon, Coos County, Oregon, United States, on the south side of the mouth of the Coquille River (Oregon), Coquille River. It was named by George Bennet, an Republic of Ireland, Irish peer, who settled nearby in 1873 and named the town after Bandon, County Cork, Bandon in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, his hometown. The population was 3,066 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census and by the 2020 United States census, 2020 census it was 3,321. History Before 1850, the Coquille (tribe), Coquille Indians lived in the area. Then in 1851, gold was discovered at nearby Randolph, Oregon, Whiskey Run Beach by French Canadian Animal trapping, trappers, though the gold rush did not have much of an impact on the area. In 1852, Henry Baldwin, from County Cork, Ireland, was shipwrecked on the Coos Bay List of nautical terms#A-B, bar and walked into this area. The first permanent European settlers came in 1853 and established the present town site. In 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakima Air Terminal
McAllister Field (known for the Yakima Air Terminal) is a public airport three miles south of Yakima, Washington, Yakima, in Yakima County, Washington. Owned by the City of Yakima, it is used for general aviation and commercial air service. Yakima is served by one scheduled passenger air carrier (Alaska Airlines with service to Seattle/Tacoma International Airport) and two non-scheduled carriers (Sun Country Airlines and Xtra Airways). Sun Country Airlines operates charter flights to Laughlin, NV and Xtra Airways operates charter flights to Wendover, NV. This airport is in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which FAA airport categories, called it as a ''primary commercial service'' airport. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 36,383 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2022, 57,076 in 2014, 60,028 in 2009 and 53,832 in 2010. History The airfield first officially operated in 1926 (Goodman’s pasture had been i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakima, Washington
Yakima ( or ) is a city in and the county seat of Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the state's 11th most populous city. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 96,968 and a metropolitan population of 256,728. The unincorporated suburban areas of West Valley and Terrace Heights are considered a part of greater Yakima. Yakima is about southeast of Mount Rainier in Washington. It is situated in the Yakima Valley, a productive agricultural region noted for apple, wine, and hop production. As of 2011, the Yakima Valley produces 77% of all hops grown in the United States. The name Yakima originates from the Yakama Nation Native American tribe, whose reservation is located south of the city. History The Yakama people were the first known inhabitants of the Yakima Valley. In 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition came to the area and encountered abundant wildlife and rich soil, prompting the settlement of homesteaders. A Catholic Mission was estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walla Walla Regional Airport
Walla Walla Regional Airport is a public airport in Walla Walla County, Washington, in the western United States. It is northeast of central business district, central Walla Walla, Washington, Walla Walla, and is owned by the Port of Walla Walla. History World War II The airport was the location of the United States Army Air Forces, U.S. Army Air Forces' Walla Walla Army Air Base in World War II. The United States Department of War, War Department announced it would be spending more than United States dollar, $7.5 million to construct an Army Air Corps training airfield adjacent to the existing airfield at Walla Walla. With the old municipal airport as a nucleus, it commenced development of the Walla Walla Army Air Base, which ultimately comprised of land. Over 300 buildings were constructed and equipped to house, feed, and train approximately 6,000 personnel. Many of the wartime bomber hangars are still in use as of 2023. The 91st Bombardment Group, 91st Bomb Group was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walla Walla, Washington
Walla Walla ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. It had a population of 34,060 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, estimated to have decreased to 33,339 as of 2023. The combined population of the city and its two suburbs, the town of College Place, Washington, College Place and unincorporated Walla Walla East, Washington, Walla Walla East, is about 45,000. Walla Walla is in the southeastern region of Washington, approximately four hours away from Portland, Oregon, and four and a half hours from Seattle. It is located only north of the Oregon border. History Native history and early settlement Walla Walla's history starts in 1806 when the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Lewis and Clark expedition encountered the Walla Walla people, Walawalałáma (Walla Walla people) near the mouth of Walla Walla River. Other inhabitants of the valley included the Cayuse people, Liksiyu (Cayuse), Umatilla people, Imatalamłáma (Umatil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal City, Washington
Royal City is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,776 at the 2020 census. History Royal City was founded in 1956 and officially incorporated on February 14, 1962. The townsite was previously named Royal Flats, and the entire area Royal Slope, thus the name Royal City. During the 1960s, there was a Titan I ICBM silo located near the town. The Royal Slope was named Washington state's 15th designated wine growing region (AVA - American Viticultural Area) on September 2, 2020. Today, this small farming community is most known for producing a wide variety of crops, thanks to a long growing season. Apples, cherries, peaches, timothy and alfalfa hay, melons, potatoes, onions, wine grapes, pears, mint and corn are grown in this area. The Royal Slope area is a popular place for birders, hunters, and golfers as well. The Royal Knights (Royal High School) have won division 1A state football titles in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
