Hello community members as you may know on the ATC schedule this week on Sunday is ATC choice from any destinations of the event in Orlando 16AUG20 / 2000Z - Sun n' Fun Summer Flyout In Orlando! Recreating A Live Airport! @KMCO as you may know KPDX is one of the listed destinations as such, I am pleased to announce i will be open at KPDX!
ABOUT KPDX
Portland International Airport (IATA: PDX , ICAO: KPDX , FAA LID: PDX ) is a joint civil–military airport and the largest airport in the U.S. state of Oregon that accounts for 90% of passenger air travel and more than 95% of air cargo of the state.[3] It is within Portland’s city limits just south of the Columbia River in Multnomah County, 6 miles (10 kilometers) by air and 12 mi (19 km) by highway northeast of downtown Portland. Portland International Airport is often referred to by its IATA airport code, PDX. The airport covers 3,000 acres (1,214 ha) of land.[1]
source:Portland International Airport - Wikipedia
KPDX is most famously know for its unique carpet designs shown below
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In 2013 travel + leisure magazine rated KPDX as the best airport in the US based on its on-time record, shopping, dining and mass transportation in the main parts of the city. It held the record for 6 years running until this year where it came 2nd
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2020-08-16T07:00:00Z → 2020-08-16T08:00:00Z
2020-08-16T19:30:00Z → 2020-08-16T23:30:00Z
2020-08-17T03:30:00Z → 2020-08-17T06:00:00Z
Personal recommendation
Personally I recommend flying VFR eastbound from KPDX or KTTD flying through the columbia river gorge to KDLS.
see you all there tomorrow everyone happy flying!!