Bend Municipal
BDN · KBDN · Bend, Oregon · Deschutes County · map
Bend Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Bend, 5 miles northeast of Bend, Oregon, 3,459 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,201 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBDN · observed 2:15 pm PDT (21:15 UTC), 6 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 23°F (-5°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:39 am PDT (17:39 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm PDT (05:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBDN 062115Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/M05 A3010 RMK AO2
TAF KBDN 061739Z 0618/0718 VRB05KT P6SM SKC FM070500 25005KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BDN · ICAO KBDN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Bend
- Elevation
- 3,459 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- weekends, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1942
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,201 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 18 ft high 542 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 52 ft high 1,496 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Redmond and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.15 | |
| Bdn and aWOS-3 | 134.425 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 541-382-1477.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Bend from the FAA register
399 aircraft are registered to owners in Bend, Oregon: 278 piston singles, 44 turboprops, 27 helicopters, 20 piston twins, 13 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Oregon.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 19 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Both taxiways parallel to runway 17/35 marked by reflectors.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 35; PAPI runway 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Glider operates on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Segmented crc located at northeast end of airport.
- Calm wind runway 17.
- Be aware, intense helicopter training continually in progress.
- Extensive geese activity reported on and near airport year around. Deer and other wildlife may be present.
- Apron areas may be heavily congested at times with service vehicles, pedestrian and automobile traffic.
- Taxilanes and apron are non-standard. Aircraft may require wing walkers, parking guidance and/or tugging at pilot discretion to insure aircraft clearance from obstacles.
- To avoid property damage exercise judgement and courtesy during RUN-UP in vicinity of hangars.
- RP fixed wing to rmn west of runway using RP runway 17 and LP runway 35. Rotor wing to rmn east of runway and use RP 35 and LP 17. Fixed wing ACFT-NO turns bfr end of runway.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.