Redmond Airport expecting busy holiday season to close record 2022, offers tips to ease air travel

Arrive 2 hours earlier than departure time, anticipate tight parking, traces – and depart the pot dwelling

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Redmond Airport has skilled a report variety of passengers once more in 2022 and expects the pattern to proceed over the upcoming vacation journey season. The elevated passenger quantity might result in restricted parking availability and elevated ready time in safety screening traces, officers mentioned Tuesday.

Vacationers are inspired to verify RDM’s web site at www.flyrdm.com for parking availability, positioned on the message scroll on the prime of the web page, earlier than arriving on the airport.

To assist RDM passengers ‘know earlier than they go,’ the airport web site will probably be up to date each half-hour with present parking availability. If restricted areas present accessible, please think about using alternate journey ride-share choices throughout this vacation season.

“It will be important for vacationers to grasp we might attain our parking capability plenty of instances all through the vacations,” states Zachary Bass, airport director. “Passengers are suggested to reach two hours previous to flight departure to verify baggage and clear safety, particularly for flights departing between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and seven:00 a.m.”

The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) requires all vacationers from RDM to position all electronics bigger than a mobile phone individually in bins individually from different gadgets for X-ray screening. Gadgets should adjust to TSA’s 3-1-1 liquids rule. Strong meals gadgets are acceptable. Containers of jams, jellies, and nut-butters aren’t allowed in carry-on baggage. If touring with items, please depart them unwrapped.

Whereas state legislation permits marijuana possession, air service is regulated by federal legislation, which prohibits marijuana possession. Extra details about touring with allowed/prohibited gadgets is accessible at www.tsa.gov.

• Airport parking charges are $1.00 for the primary half-hour, after 31 minutes the $2.00 hourly price is efficient. Money, credit score, and debit playing cards are accepted types of fee. The utmost day by day parking price is $15.00
• RDM has not too long ago opened a brand new credit score card-only car parking zone, positioned on the southwest aspect of the Airport close to the principle entrance (first lot entrance on the right-hand aspect).
• The “cellphone ready” space is free and positioned throughout the road from the Airport on Salmon Avenue.
• The curb on the terminal is for energetic loading and unloading solely, no parking or ready is allowed, as a result of Federal laws. (Parking citations are $50.00)
• Be ready to depart or arrive in winter climate that will current slippery or hazardous circumstances. Put on correct footwear and permit additional time for driving and strolling safely.

The airport terminal is open 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. Boarding lounge facilities embrace a kids’s play space, Nursing Room, a free e-book change, a espresso/present store, a family-friendly restaurant, and a full-service bar (positioned post-security) that opens day by day at 10:00 A.M. 

Extra hyperlinks to TSA, Airport facilities, Air Service, and flight info might be discovered on-line at www.flyrdm.com.