Daily flights are now offered year-round between Redmond Municipal Airport (RDM) and Portland International Airport (PDX).
The news comes after an Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air seasonal route restarted between November 2023 and April 2024 between central Oregon and the state’s largest city after a hiatus during the pandemic.
The change “reflects strong business demand and airlines’ commitment to smaller communities like Redmond, ensuring vital air service for residents and businesses in central Oregon,” according to an RDM news release announcing the flight.
Here’s what you need to know about the daily flights between Redmond and Portland.
How much are flights from Redmond to Portland?
According to the Alaska Airlines website, daily one-way flights from RDM to PDX are available starting at $79 between now and New Year’s. Weekday flights seem cheaper, and flights on weekends and closer to the holidays are slightly more expensive.
Saver, Main, Premium and First Class tickets are offered for each flight and price class.
How much are flights from Portland to Redmond?
Daily one-way flights from PDX to RDM between now and New Year’s are available from just $69, with weekday flights looking cheaper than flights on weekends and closer to the holidays.
Saver, Main, Premium and First Class tickets are offered for each flight and price class.
What time are flights offered from Redmond to Portland?
The earliest time offered by Alaska Airlines from Redmond to Portland between now and New Year’s departs at 6:09 AM and has an estimated flight time of 55 minutes, arriving in PDX at 7:04 AM
The last round trip from PDX departs at 9:59 PM with an estimated flight time of 46 minutes, arriving at RDM at 10:45 PM
What time are flights offered from Portland to Redmond?
The earliest time offered by Alaska Airlines from Portland to Redmond between now and New Year’s departs at 11:28 AM and has an estimated flight time of 42 minutes, arriving at RDM at 12:10 PM
The last round trip from RDM departs at 1:05 PM with an estimated flight time of 59 minutes, arriving at PDX at 2:04 PM
How many flights are offered daily between Redmond and Portland?
Alaska Airlines’ new flight schedule will feature at least one nonstop flight per day between RDM and PDX year-round, with second flights added at the height of the travel season.
Flights from RDM to PDX will be offered primarily in the morning and afternoon, and flights from PDX to RDM will be offered primarily from noon until the end of the day.
Ginnie Sandoval is the Oregon Connect reporter for the Statesman Journal. Sandoval can be reached at GSandoval@gannett.com or press X to @Ginny Sandoval.
This article originally appeared in Salem Statesman Journal: Alaska Airlines offers daily flights from Portland to central Oregon