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) and about 226 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 2 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 141,175 takeoffs and landings a year. About 45 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Bend Municipal?
Its FAA code is BDN, and its ICAO code is KBDN.
Where is Bend Municipal?
It is 5 miles northeast of Bend, Oregon, 3,459 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Bend Municipal?
Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,201 feet long, asphalt.
Does Bend Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Bend Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Bend Municipal?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Leading Edge Flight Academy LLC and High Desert Soaring Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Bend Municipal?
9 pilot examiners and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Bend Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, gliders, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, glider towing
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Roberts Fld/Redmond Municipal (10 nm north), Sunriver Airport (17 nm southwest), Prineville Airport (17 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Oregon · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 172 |
| multi-engine | 15 |
| jets | 8 |
| helicopters | 22 |
| other | 9 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 141,175, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 69,737 |
| general aviation, local | 70,338 |
| military | 100 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bend from the FAA register
402 aircraft are registered to owners in Bend, Oregon: 276 piston singles, 49 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Oregon.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Bend, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Leading Edge Flight Academy LLC 23 aircraft · Bend Leading Edge Aviation is a helicopter operator based in Bend, Oregon, offering charter services, helicopter tours, flight training, and maintenance.
- High Desert Soaring Club INC 2 aircraft · Bend
Charter operators and airlines based in Bend:
- Leading Edge Aviation INC 12 aircraft on the certificate Leading Edge Aviation is a helicopter operator based in Bend, Oregon, offering charter services, tours, flight training, and maintenance.
- M A A, Inc. 10 aircraft on the certificate
- Leading Edge Aviation, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate Leading Edge Aviation is a helicopter operator based in Bend, Oregon, offering charter services, tours, flight training, and maintenance.
- Leading Edge Aviation, LLC. 2 aircraft on the certificate Leading Edge Aviation is a helicopter operator based in Bend, Oregon, offering charter services, helicopter tours, flight training, and maintenance.
Repair stations in Bend:
- Bend Aircraft Mechanics LLC
- Epic Lt Kits LLC Epic Flight Support is an FAA Part 145 Repair Station located at Epic Aircraft's factory headquarters in Bend, Oregon.
- Leading Edge Aviation INC Leading Edge Avionics is an FAA Part 145 repair station that installs and services avionics systems for general aviation aircraft.
- Precise Flight INC
- Second Star Aviation
- Sentinel Aircraft Maintenance LLC
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 5 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 4 for helicopters. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 training center examiner.
- Andrew Reischauer private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, ground instructor; airplanes · Chief Aviation Consulting, LLC · Bend, OR (0 nm) · (619) 370-1921 · [email protected]
- Cody Lyle Barton private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency; helicopters · Leading Edge Flight Academy · Bend, OR (0 nm) · (503) 881-9835 · [email protected]
- Gregory Michael Cyr private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; helicopters · Leading Edge Flight Academy · Bend, OR (0 nm) · (541) 699-8489 · [email protected]
- Hayden Ellis Vardaman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Leading Edge Aviation · Bend, OR (0 nm) · (541) 213-4116 · [email protected]
- Robert William Grubb private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Bend, OR (0 nm) · (541) 520-2793 · [email protected]
- Russell Thomas Ward private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Bend, OR (0 nm) · (541) 505-1871 · [email protected]
- Blake Thomas Segoria private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Redmond Airport · Redmond, OR (10 nm) · (503) 975-6667 · [email protected]
- Brunno Winnubst private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Redmond, OR (10 nm) · (971) 222-5730 · [email protected]
All 18 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Bend 402 aircraft · 276 piston singles, 49 turboprops, 27 helicopters
- Leading Edge Flight Academy LLC 23 aircraft in town
- Epic Aircraft LLC 22 aircraft in town
- Leading Edge Aviation INC 10 aircraft in town
- Bend Aircraft Mechanics LLC 10 aircraft in town
- Central Oregon Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Leading Edge Aviation INC 12 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- M A A, Inc. 10 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Leading Edge Aviation, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Leading Edge Aviation, LLC. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Leading Edge Flight Academy LLC 23 aircraft · flight school
- High Desert Soaring Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Bend Aircraft Mechanics LLC · repair station
- Epic Lt Kits LLC · repair station
- Leading Edge Aviation INC · repair station
- Precise Flight INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 19 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Oregon 1,862 since 1982 · 277 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Oregon 103 landing places
- Oregon 7,020 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BDN.json.
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 23, 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.