r/Bend • u/AngelButterfly- • 1d ago

They are building a 115 ft building

https://www.bendoregon.gov/government/departments/transportation-mobility/bend-municipal-airport/air-traffic-control-tower
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u/Maleficent_Night_335 1d ago

They are building (have built) a 115 ft building that is extremely crucial to the safety and security of air traffic control and not anywhere near the inside of the city, bruv

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u/bendfarmgirl 1d ago

Thank God. Long, long needed. It’s a small miracle there have been no crashes at the Bend airport. A state of the art control tower is critical. No commercial flights now or in future but a ton of corporate jets, private flights and TWO flight schools operate there.

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u/Beneficial_Tiger_952 1d ago

It’s an air traffic control tower homie… it’s gotta be tall

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u/Firefighter_RN 1d ago

It's literally built already. They have been working on the exterior framing but the metal structure is all in place. It's just East of the runway

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u/developershins 1d ago

Turns out air traffic control bunkers weren't a hit.

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u/bearjew666 1d ago

This has been in the works for awhile, maybe unknown to the general public. the airport is growing this is probably the first of many new buildings.

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u/scrandis 1d ago

Is this supposed to come off as a bad thing?

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u/hedgemon 1d ago

“Bend Municipal Airport is the third busiest airport in Oregon with more than 140,000 annual takeoffs and landings.” This surprised me!

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u/CraigLake 1d ago

Plz tell me Alaska airlines is going to start flying in and out of here.

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u/HMWT 1d ago

Nope.

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u/CraigLake 1d ago

Darn. Are they building that massive tower just for the rich locals?

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u/quackquack54321 1d ago

It’s a very busy airport for flight training, charters, and privately owned aircraft. Don’t know who’s gonna staff it though since they can’t even keep RDM staffed.