The Bend Municipal Airport is located on 415 acres situated five miles east of the city limits of Bend. Owned by the City of Bend, the airport is located in Deschutes County and is currently outside the Bend Urban Growth Boundary. Airport facilities consist of a single instrument capable runway, 5005 feet in length, a full parallel taxiway, more than 60 hangar and industrial buildings, and parking facilities for aircraft and vehicles. The Bend Municipal Airport is identified by the Oregon Department of Aviation as a Category 2, High Activity Business/General Aviation airport, with approximately 200 based aircraft and an estimated 42,000 operations in 2005.

Over the past few years, demand at the Bend Airport has increased significantly. Continued business expansion by the existing tenants, the addition of Epic Aircraft in 2005, and continued growth and demand has wrought a dramatic increase in activity at the Airport. The corresponding demand for new services and facilities provides challenges to current funding levels.

Current improvements to the Airport infrastructure include the relocation of the single runway at the Airport to meet federal design standards and provide an adequate surface for the existing aircraft fleet mix. This project, beginning in 2007, is scheduled for completion in 2008. Following the runway relocation project, development of an eastside parallel taxiway will be planned for construction in 2009, with completion scheduled for the same year. At this time, it is anticipated that a new Airport Master Plan to clarify the future direction of the Airport and to meet future user needs will be initiated.