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 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 141,175 takeoffs and landings a year. About 45 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KBDN · observed 2:35 pm PDT (21:35 UTC), 7 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (010°) at 9 knots, gusting to 14
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 2,700 feet, overcast at 3,200 feet
- Temperature 45°F (7°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 29.84 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 1:28 pm PDT (20:28 UTC), good until Mon 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Sun 1:00 pm PDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 10 knots, gusting to 18, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 2,500 feet, a broken layer at 3,500 feet and more above MVFR
- From Sun 3:00 pm PDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the north at 10 knots, gusting to 18, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 3,500 feet, a broken layer at 6,000 feet VFR
- From Sun 7:00 pm PDT (02:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBDN 112135Z AUTO 01009G14KT 10SM SCT027 OVC032 07/M01 A2984 RMK AO2
TAF KBDN 112028Z 1120/1218 34010G18KT P6SM BKN025 BKN035 OVC050 FM112200 36010G18KT P6SM SCT035 BKN060 FM120200 VRB03KT 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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
3 warnings in force over this field:
- AIRMET ZULU 2C: moderate icing up to 14,000 ft.
- AIRMET TANGO 5W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 20,000 ft to 41,000 ft.
- AIRMET SIERRA 1E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist).
4 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- E75L at 10,000 ft, 10 nm north, 12:49 pm PDT (19:49 UTC): light icing, a broken layer above 2,600 ft, remarks: during the descent.
as filed, and in English
RDM UA /OV RDM/TM 1949/FL100/TP E75L/SK BKN026/TA UNKN/IC LGT RM 100-60/RM DURD
- Report
- a routine report filed through RDM
- Where
- over RDM
- Time
- 19:49 UTC
- Height
- at 10,000 ft
- Aircraft
- E75L
- Sky
- a broken layer from 2,600 ft
- Temperature
- UNKN
- Icing
- light remarks 100-60
- Remarks
- during the descent
- E545 at 41,000 ft, 16 nm southwest, 1:25 pm PDT (20:25 UTC): light to moderate clear-air turbulence, remarks: zse.
as filed, and in English
RDM UA /OV DSD190020/TM 2025/FL410/TP E545/TB CONS LGT OCNL MOD CAT/RM ZSE
- Report
- a routine report filed through RDM
- Where
- 20 nm south (190°) of DSD
- Time
- 20:25 UTC
- Height
- at 41,000 ft
- Aircraft
- E545
- Turbulence
- continuous light occasional moderate clear-air turbulence
- Remarks
- zse
- C55B at 10,000 ft, 17 nm northeast, 11:57 am PDT (18:57 UTC): remarks: zse.
as filed, and in English
RDM UA /OV S39/TM 1857/FL100/TP C55B/SK TOP 100 BASE 055/RM ZSE
- Report
- a routine report filed through RDM
- Where
- over S39
- Time
- 18:57 UTC
- Height
- at 10,000 ft
- Aircraft
- C55B
- Sky
- top 10,000 ft base 5,500 ft
- Remarks
- zse
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (RDM, 10 nm north), for use 20:00–03:00 UTC: 6,000 ft: 010° at 15 kt, -2 °C; 9,000 ft: 030° at 21 kt, -8 °C; 12,000 ft: 020° at 26 kt, -12 °C; 18,000 ft: 020° at 46 kt, -22 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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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.
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 |
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.
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
401 aircraft are registered to owners in Bend, Oregon: 278 piston singles, 46 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.
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.
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 in Bend, by their names on the register:
- Leading Edge Flight Academy LLC 23 aircraft Leading Edge Aviation is a helicopter operator based in Bend, Oregon that provides charter services, helicopter tours, flight training, and maintenance.
- High Desert Soaring Club INC 2 aircraft
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 that provides charter services, helicopter tours, flight training, and maintenance.
- Leading Edge Aviation, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate Leading Edge Aviation is a helicopter operator based in Bend, Oregon that provides charter services, helicopter 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 that provides 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 based in Southern California that installs and services avionics systems for general aviation aircraft.
- Precise Flight INC
- Second Star Aviation Second Star Aviation is a Part 145 repair station providing aircraft maintenance, inspections, and repairs at four locations on the west coast.
- Sentinel Aircraft Maintenance LLC
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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 · areischauer1@gmail.com
- 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 · codybartondpe@icloud.com
- Gregory Michael Cyr private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; helicopters · Leading Edge Flight Academy · Bend, OR (0 nm) · (541) 699-8489 · gregoire28@gmail.com
- Hayden Ellis Vardaman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Leading Edge Aviation · Bend, OR (0 nm) · (541) 213-4116 · hayden@bendaircraft.com
- Robert William Grubb private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Bend, OR (0 nm) · (541) 520-2793 · awa@airwaterart.com
- Russell Thomas Ward private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Bend, OR (0 nm) · (541) 505-1871 · rtward77@gmail.com
- 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 · blake@segoriaaviation.com
- Brunno Winnubst private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Redmond, OR (10 nm) · (971) 222-5730 · brunnowinn@me.com
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.
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
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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Bend 401 aircraft · 278 piston singles, 46 turboprops, 27 helicopters
- Leading Edge Flight Academy LLC 23 aircraft in town
- Epic Aircraft LLC 19 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
- 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 7,017 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 9, 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.