Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport

Pullman–Moscow Regional Airport located in the northwest United States, can be found in Whitman County, Washington, four miles (6 km) west of Moscow, Idaho and about two miles (3 kilometers) east of Pullman. The property can be accessed by spurs from State Route 270 and includes a single 7,101-foot (2,164 m) runway, that is headed northeast/southwest (5/23), which entered service in October 2019. The previous runway (6/24) was 6,730 feet (2,051 m) and aligned with Moscow Mountain (4,983 feet (1,519 m)) approximately twelve miles (20 km) to the northeast, the highest summit in the area.

Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport

Airport Location and Runway

Pullman–Moscow Regional Airport located in the northwest United States, can be found in Whitman County, Washington, four miles (6 km) west of Moscow, Idaho and about two miles (3 kilometers) east of Pullman. The property can be accessed by spurs from State Route 270 and includes a single 7,101-foot (2,164 m) runway, that is headed northeast/southwest (5/23), which entered service in October 2019. The previous runway (6/24) was 6,730 feet (2,051 m) and aligned with Moscow Mountain (4,983 feet (1,519 m)) approximately twelve miles (20 km) to the northeast, the highest summit in the area.

Airlines

The airport situated in the Palouse region is the primary air link for its two land-grant universities, the University of Idaho in Moscow and the Washington State University in Pullman. Both universities use the facility for jet charters from Frontier Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and Allegiant Air for their athletic teams. Horizon Air, which (marketed and sold as Alaska Airlines) represents the only commercial airline that serves the property, by operating with Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft. It started limited service to Pullman–Moscow 38 years ago in 1981 with Fairchild F-27 aircraft (Friday & Sunday), and daily service (along with Lewiston) in 1983, on F-27 and Metroliner aircraft. Horizon Air offers four to five daily scheduled flights to Seattle/Tacoma. Previously, flight schedules have sometimes included a stop in Lewiston, but currently, all scheduled flights at PUW are operating nonstop to/from Seattle. Before Horizon, Cascade Airways (1969–1986) was the main carrier at the airport. Seattle air traffic control, located about 250 miles (400 km) west, is in charge of managing commercial traffic for PUW. The closest major airport is Spokane International, which can be found ninety miles (145 km) north. The FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems categorized PUW as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.

Facility and Aircraft

Pullman–Moscow Regional Airport covers an area of approximately 467 acres (1.89 km2) and is situated at an elevation of 2,567 feet (782 m) above sea level. The property includes one 7,101 by 100 feet (2,164 m × 30 m) size asphalt paved runway designated 5/23. The City of Pullman annexed the facility in August 1988, and the present terminal opened in February 1990 at the cost of $2.7 million. A new, significantly larger terminal is expected in the early 2020s.

The public facility shares the runway with a fixed-base operator, Interstate Aviation, which conducts flight school and chartered air service. Local engineering firm Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. operates and owns private hangars at the airport.

Capacity

For the one year ending 2014, PUW had 29,350 aircraft operations, which equals an average of 80 per day: 14% scheduled commercial, 85% general aviation, 1% air taxi, and less than one percent of military aviation. The property has accepted Boeing 737 aircraft on Alaska Airlines charter flights a few times. In 2018, there were 71 aircraft based at PUW: 60 of them were single-engine, seven multi-engine, three jet, and one glider.