Rogue Valley Internationalâ€"Medford Airport (IATA: MFR, ICAO: KMFR, FAA LID: MFR) is an international airport three miles north of downtown Medford, in Jackson County, Oregon. Owned and operated by Jackson County's Aviation Authority, the airport serves southwest Oregon. Originally named Medfordâ€"Jackson County Airport, it was renamed to Rogue Valley Internationalâ€"Medford Airport after it became an international airport in 1994.
By commercial passenger boardings, Rogue Valley Internationalâ€"Medford Airport is the third busiest airport in Oregon with 301,742 enplanements in 2011 (behind Eugene and Portland with 393,504 and 6,808,486 enplanements, respectively). The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011â€"2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).
Facilities
United bringing 2 nonstop flights to LAX from Medford Airport -
The airport covers 905 acres (366 ha) at an elevation of 1,335 feet (407 m). Its runway, 14/32, is 8,800 by 150 feet (2,682 x 46 m) asphalt.
The airport has recently undergone renovations which include a new 110,000 sq ft (10,000 m2) terminal building with room for expansion, which was completed in 2009 and designed by CSHQA and The Abell Architectural Group Inc. The new terminal has an observation deck on the second floor, a restaurant for screened and unscreened passengers, and second-story loading bridges. Now that the terminal is complete, there is a main concourse, and two open air concourses. A new control tower was completed in late 2008; the $3.6 million, 100-foot-tall (30 m) tower uses a state-of-the-art geothermal system to heat and cool the building.
Two fixed-based operators (FBOs) provide general aviation services on the field: Jet Center MFR, and Million Air (which recently completed its new three-story corporate terminal).
In 2011 the airport had 42,063 aircraft operations, average 115 per day: 62% general aviation, 25% air taxi, 12% airline, and 1% military. 215 aircraft were then based at this airport: 67% single-engine, 14% jet, 10% multi-engine, 4% glider, and 4% helicopter.
The Medford airport continues to post favorable passenger statistics; following monthly gains in 2015 the facility served 757,971 passengers.
Airline service present and past
Horizon Air operates Bombardier Q400s on all of their flights at Rogue Valley Internationalâ€"Medford Airport, with nonstops to Portland International Airport, Seattleâ€"Tacoma International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport. Nonstops to Denver International Airport and San Francisco International Airport, flown by SkyWest Airlines operating as United Express, use Canadair CRJ-700 and ERJ175 regional jets as well as the Airbus A319 for select San Francisco flights. United Express also operates Canadair CRJ-200 regional jets nonstop to Denver. Delta Connection, operated by SkyWest, flies nonstop to Salt Lake City International Airport with CRJ-200s, CRJ-700s and CRJ-900s. Allegiant Air flies nonstop to Las Vegas and Los Angeles, and seasonally to Phoenixâ€"Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA), with the only "mainline" jet type serving Medford, the MD-80 series and Airbus A319.
Medford was served by United Airlines Boeing 727-200s and 737-200s, by Hughes Airwest (formerly Air West) Douglas DC-9-10s and DC-9-30s, by Pacific Express BAC One-Elevens and by Pacific Southwest Airlines BAe 146-200s. The PSA service was continued by USAir (later renamed US Airways) after it acquired PSA. USAir later ended service to Medford though US Airways Express did serve Medford later with regional jets. The predecessor of Air West and Hughes Airwest, West Coast Airlines, served the airport in the 1960s with Douglas DC-9s and Fairchild F-27s. West Coast merged with Pacific Air Lines and Bonanza Air Lines to form Air West.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
Statistics
Top destinations
Accidents and incidents
On January 7, 2008, a US Airways Express jet arriving from Las Vegas struck a coyote, killing the coyote. No passenger injuries occurred, and possibly no passenger noticed the collision.
References
Notes
External links
- Airport Website [2]
- Businesses at MFR: Million Air Medford, Medford Air Service, Jet Center MFR
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective February 1, 2018
- FAA Terminal Procedures for MFR, effective February 1, 2018
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KMFR
- ASN accident history for MFR
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KMFR
- FAA current MFR delay information