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Oregon Airports
The following airports in Oregon provide commercial passenger and/or general aviation services:
The Oregon Department of Aviation has basic information about and links to airports in Oregon.
Time Zones: All of the airports listed above, except for Ontario, are in the North American Pacific Time Zone. Pacific Standard Time (PST) is eight hours behind Greenwich Mean Time/Universal Coordinated Time (GMT/UTC). The Pacific Time Zone is three hours behind the Eastern Time Zone (Boston, New York, Atlanta, Miami). Beginning in 2007, clocks will be advanced at 2:00 am on the second Sunday of March to go on Pacific Daylight Saving Time (PDT) which is seven hours behind GMT/UTC. Clocks return to standard time on the first Sunday of November.
A small section of Oregon adjacent to Idaho, including Ontario Municipal Airport, is in the Mountain Time Zone which is one hour ahead of the Pacific Time Zone.
The web site maintained by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U. S. Naval Observatory (USNO) displays the official times for zones in North America and American Territories. This site also provides information about these times zones and others around the world. The National Atlas has a very good map showing time zones in the United States.
Road Conditions: The TripCheck web site published by Oregon's Department of Transportation is an excellent source for highway conditions and planning a trip by car. This web site also provides links to web sites for the transportation departments in Washington, Idaho and California if information is required for these adjoining states.
Weather: For weather conditions and forecasts for these airports and other parts of the United States refer to the web site published by the National Weather Service.
Travelers should be aware that in late fall, winter and early spring crossing passes in mountain ranges in Oregon is subject to heavy snow and ice conditions, so it is important to check weather and road conditions at this time. Consideration should also be given to flying to an airport that will preclude a need to cross the Cascades by road. This mountain range runs north and south through Oregon and Washington to the east of Portland, Salem, Eugene and Medford in Oregon and to the east of Seattle, Olympia and Vancouver in Washington state.
Maps: The Oregon Department of Transportation Maps and Transportation Library has a collection of city, county and statewide maps that will be helpful for creating driving directions.
Google maps and Yahoo maps provide a great deal of detail and can be very helpful with planning travel and driving directions. Wikimapia is an excellent supplement to these on-line and other maps giving more precise and realistic satellite views. Unfortunately, Wikimapia has very little in highway numbers or names to routes, but it can be very helpful in locating points of interest.
The National Geographic web site and its Map Machine have excellent maps for this state and other locations around the world. The Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas has on-line maps for this and other states. The National Atlas has useful maps showing states, counties, geographical features and other interesting data for the United States and Puerto Rico. The best options are for "Printable Maps" (use PDF format) and "Dynamic Maps." The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration also has a useful map showing major highways in the state.