![]() In 1999, Portland City Council member Dan Saltzman suggested expanding the Hillsboro Airport to relieve pressure on the busy Portland International Airport. Hillsboro Airport is often mentioned as a reliever airport for Portland International Airport. ![]() ![]() After advance notice, customs inspectors from Portland would be sent to the airport to process the passengers. In 1989, customs call out service was added to allow international business flights at the airport after lobbying by Congressman Les AuCoin and business leaders. The airport received scheduled regular airline service during the late 1970s, on Farwest Airlines to Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, as well as to Medford and North Bend/Coos Bay airports. In April 1975 the current main terminal that includes offices and a restaurant opened, followed by the opening of the new 6,300-foot (1,900 m) runway on September 1, 1976. On August 28, 1966, an air traffic control tower was opened after construction costs of $400,000 with staffing by the FAA. The facility had deteriorated due to inadequate funding, and the Port agreed to take over ownership after some legal wrangling in 1965 In 1964, the Hillsboro City Council made an official request to the Port of Portland to take over ownership of the airport. In early 1960 several companies were located at the airport, including Tektron Instruments and Georgia Pacific. The field was also considered as a possible naval air station in 1946 and again in 1955, but was eventually rejected by the Navy. This was the flooding that wiped out the city of Vanport, and due to that disaster relief supplies were flown into the Portland area by the United States Air Force using the Hillsboro Airport. The three commercial carriers at Hillsboro were Coastal Airways, Columbia Air Cargo, and General Air Cargo. Äuring and after flooding along the Columbia River in 1948, the Hillsboro facility was used by some commercial operators due to the closure of then Portland-Columbia Airport (now Portland International), which lies along the river. With the outbreak of World War II in 1941, the city received federal money again, and the city approved local financing to improve the airport again, with the costs of the improvements totaling around $600,000. In July 1936, Richard Evelyn Byrd's "Stars And Stripes" Fairchild FC-2 aircraft used to explore the South Pole was displayed at the airport. They built two runways, one 3,000 feet (910 m) long and the other 2,800 feet (850 m). In the early 1930s, after Smith died, the city purchased the airport for $7,500 and received a federal grant to improve the facilities. ![]() Smith purchased 100 acres (40 ha) of land near the town to use as an airport, as he owned the first airplane in town. Hillsboro Airport is also a port of entry, with a single-person U.S. The airport includes a Federal Aviation Administration control tower, three paved runways, hangars, fueling facilities, and a small passenger terminal. Located in the north-central area of Hillsboro, and west of Portland, it hosts the annual Oregon International Air Show. Established in 1928, it is Oregon's second busiest airport (in terms of total aircraft operations) at over 200,000 operations annually. It is one of three airports in the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area owned and operated by the Port of Portland. Hillsboro Airport ( IATA: HIO, ICAO: KHIO), also known as Portland–Hillsboro Airport, is a corporate, general aviation and flight-training airport serving the city of Hillsboro, in Washington County, Oregon, United States.
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