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Roberts Field (Redmond Municipal Airport) is in Deschutes County, Oregon a mile southeast of Redmond, which owns it.〔 It is the main commercial airport in Central Oregon, with nonstop regional airline flights to several hubs in the western U.S. The airfield serves Redmond as well as nearby Bend, Oregon. It is also the home of the Lancair factory as well as being a base for aerial firefighting aircraft operated by private airtanker companies. The United States Forest Service (USFS) Redmond Air Center is located on the airport and supports regional firefighting operations with this federal facility providing training and housing for smokejumper teams along with fuel, water and fire retardant for airtanker aircraft at its ramps along the north side of the airfield. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a ''primary commercial service'' airport.〔 〕 Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 235,192 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,〔 〕 221,463 in 2009 and 226,400 in 2010.〔 〕 == History == Built in the 1920s, passenger flights arrived at the airport in 1940.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Airport History Timeline )〕 During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a bomber base. After the war the federal government sold the airport to the city for $1.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roberts Field」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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