McAllister Field (known for the Yakima Air Terminal) is a public airport three miles south of

Yakima 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 ...

, in

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. Owned by the City of Yakima, it is used for

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and commercial air service. Yakima is served by one scheduled passenger air carrier (

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with service to Seattle/Tacoma International Airport) and two non-scheduled carriers (

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and

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). Sun Country Airlines operates charter flights to

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and Xtra Airways operates charter flights to Wendover, NV. This airport is in the

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for 2011–2015, which called it as a ''primary commercial service'' airport.

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records say the airport had 36,383 passenger boardings (enplanements) in

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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 in use unofficially before 1928) in an 80 acre field cleared from sagebrush with a runway added in 1932. During

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the airfield was used by the

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Historical airline service

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was serving the airport in 1939 with a daily roundtrip

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- Yakima -

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flight operated with a

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. By the early and mid 1960s, Northwest was operating daily, no change of plane

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propjet service from Yakima to the U.S. east coast via a number of intermediate stops as well as nonstop Electra service to Seattle/Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Portland (PDX) and Spokane (GEG).Digital Archive, Timetables, Northwest Airlines system timetables
/ref> In early 1962, Northwest was operating a daily eastbound

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- Yakima - Spokane - Great Falls, MT -

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- Minneapolis/St. Paul -

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(via

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) flight with an Electra. By late 1965, Northwest was operating a daily eastbound Seattle - Yakima - Spokane -

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- Helena, MT - Butte, MT -

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- Billings -

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- Minneapolis/St. Paul -

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National Airport flight also with an Electra. Northwest was continuing to serve the airport in early 1966 with daily nonstop Electra propjet service to Seattle/Tacoma, Portland, OR and Spokane as well as direct, no change of plane Electra service to Billings, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Washington, D.C. and other destinations; however, the airline was no longer serving Yakima by late 1966.

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was serving Yakima in 1954 with nine daily

departures from the airport with flights to Seattle

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(BFI),

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, Ontario, OR,

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and

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. By the spring of 1968, West Coast was operating

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jet service nonstop from the airport to Seattle Boeing Field, Portland and Pasco as well as direct, no change of plane DC-9 jet flights to

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(

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), Spokane,

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and Medford in addition to flying

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turboprop service to a number of regional destinations. West Coast Airlines then merged with

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and

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to form Air West which was subsequently renamed

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. In the summer of 1968, Air West was operating

and

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jet service from the airport nonstop to Portland, OR and Pasco as well as direct DC-9 service to San Francisco (SFO), Spokane, Eugene, Medford,

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and

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in addition to nonstop

turboprop flights to Seattle Boeing Field (BFI) with nonstop and direct F-27 service to other regional destinations. In 1975, Hughes Airwest was operating all of its flights from the airport with Douglas DC-9-10 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jets with nonstop service to Seattle/Tacoma International Airport (SEA) and Pasco in addition to direct, no change of plane DC-9 jet flights to

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(

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), Orange County Airport near Santa Ana, CA,

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, Phoenix,

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, Portland, OR, Santa Maria, CA and Eugene and was also operating direct, no change of plane DC-9 service to two international destinations:

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and Mazatlan, Mexico. Also in 1975,

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, a commuter air carrier, was operating nonstop

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turboprop flights to Yakima from Seattle/Tacoma, Portland, OR, Spokane, Pullman, WA and

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. Hughes Airwest was then acquired by and merged into

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in 1980. In late 1980, Republic was operating

jet service from the airport nonstop to Seattle/Tacoma and Pasco as well as direct, no change of plane DC-9-30 jet flights to San Francisco, Los Angeles,

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and Eugene. However, by the summer of 1982 Republic was no longer serving Yakima.

Horizon Air Horizon Air is an American regional airline headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle metropolitan area. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Alaska Air Group and it is paid by fellow group member Alaska Airlines to staff, ope ...

began serving the airport on September 1, 1981, as a new independent regional air carrier with nonstop

turboprop service to Seattle/Tacoma (SEA) with Yakima being the first destination served by Horizon. By early 1985 Horizon Air was operating F-27 turboprops as well as smaller

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propjets into the airport with nonstop flights from Seattle/Tacoma, Portland, OR, Pasco and Pullman while

was operating its flights with

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and larger

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turboprops with nonstop service from Seattle/Tacoma, Portland, OR, Spokane, Lewiston, ID, Moses Lake, WA, Pasco, Pullman, WA and Walla Walla, WA. According to the

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( OAG), Cascade and Horizon were operating a combined total of thirteen nonstop flights a day on weekdays from Seattle/Tacoma to Yakima in February 1985. Horizon Air was then acquired by

in November 1986 as a wholly owned subsidiary and continues to currently serve Yakima with Alaska Airlines branded service. Jet service had returned to Yakima by early 1988 when

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(PSA) was operating twice daily direct service to San Francisco with both flights making an intermediate stop in Pasco with one of these flights then continuing on from

to Orange County Airport in southern California. That same year, PSA was acquired by and merged into

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which in late 1988 was operating

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jetliners twice a day nonstop from Seattle/Tacoma with both of these flights originating in San Francisco with twice daily jet service from

to Yakima thus being flown on a direct one stop basis.Dec. 1, 1988 OAG Pocket Flight Guide, North American Edition, Yakima flight schedules At this same time, both Horizon Air (operating

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service on behalf of

) and

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(operated by

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on a code sharing basis on behalf of

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) were also operating nonstop flights from Seattle/Tacoma to the airport, Horizon Air with

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and Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner propjets, and United Express with

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propjets with both air carriers also operating nonstop service from Portland, OR to Yakima at this time. According to the OAG, Horizon Air, United Express and USAir were operating a combined total of 19 nonstop flights every weekday from Seattle/Tacoma to Yakima in late 1988. However, USAir was no longer operating jet service into Yakima by the summer of 1989. During the early and mid 1990s, both Horizon Air (on behalf of

) and United Express (operated by

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on behalf of

) continued to serve Yakima primarily with nonstop flights operated with twin turboprop aircraft from Seattle/Tacoma with Horizon operating nonstop turboprop service from Portland, OR as well. In the spring of 1995, Horizon Air was operating all of its nonstop flights from Seattle/Tacoma to Yakima with

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propjets while United Express was operating all of its flights from SEA to the airport with

propjets. By June 1999, Horizon Air was operating all of its flights to Seattle/Tacoma (SEA) with

turboprops while United Express (operated by

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on behalf of United Airlines) was operating all of its flights to SEA with

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turboprops with a combined total of 16 daily nonstop flights operated by the two air carriers from the airport to Seattle/Tacoma at this time. , the airport has two daily passenger flights to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport operated by

by their affiliate Horizon Air. The airport has entered discussions with

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and

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to establish a flight to

in the future.

Facilities and aircraft

McAllister Field covers 825

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s (334 ha) at an

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of 1,099 feet (335 m) above

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. It has two asphalt runways: 9/27 is 7,604 by 150 feet (2,318 x 46 m) and 4/22 is 3,835 by 150 feet (1,169 x 46 m). The Yakima Air Terminal is equipped with a contract Air Traffic Control Tower, operated by SERCO under a contract with the FAA. The tower operates daily from 0600 to 2200. In the year ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 35,588 aircraft operations, average 97 per day, 80%

, 10% military, 7% air taxi and 3% airline. 133 aircraft were then based at this airport, 106 single-engine, 15 multi-engine, 5 jet, 6

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s and 1 glider. The airport is home to

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, a manufacturer of light sport and light utility aircraft. The airport has one full-service fixed-base operator (FBO), McCormick Air Center, which provides hangar leasing, aircraft rental, flight instruction, and fuel. The airport has one aviation museum known as McAllister Air Museum. Yakima Air Terminal is designated as the primary diversion site for flights unable to reach

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. In December 2023, an

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on an international

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flight from

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landed at Yakima due to heavy fog in the Seattle area. It was the largest commercial airliner to land at the airport; due to the lack of customs facilities, passengers were processed by officials who arrived from Western Washington by car. Yakima has been proposed as a potential

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for the Seattle area by local officials.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

References

External links

Yakima Air Terminal - McAllister Field
official site

at

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from

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