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<p>Redmond Municipal Airport (<a href="/facts/IATA_airport_code/ogq7w5UQ">IATA</a>: RDM, <a href="/facts/ICAO_airport_code/KAU1V4MX">ICAO</a>: KRDM, <a href="/facts/Federal_Aviation_Administration/PYsXt3YT">FAA</a> <a href="/facts/Location_identifier/fj2bnvhY">LID</a>: RDM) (Roberts Field) is in <a href="/facts/Deschutes_County,_Oregon/fApDWeW1">Deschutes County, Oregon</a>, United States. It is owned and operated by the city of <a href="/facts/Redmond,_Oregon/3MEnI4wG">Redmond, Oregon</a>. </p><p>It is the main commercial airport in <a href="/facts/Central_Oregon/dBly2Asr">Central Oregon</a>, with nonstop scheduled passenger airline flights to several <a href="/facts/Airline_hub/stLrrtXj">hubs</a> in the western U.S. as well as seasonally to Dallas. The airfield serves Redmond and nearby <a href="/facts/Bend,_Oregon/aGRY2TTR">Bend, Oregon</a>. It is the home of the <a href="/facts/Lancair/o6gEfmqy">Lancair</a> factory and a base for <a href="/facts/Aerial_firefighting/4R9nv5Qm">aerial firefighting</a> aircraft operated by private airtanker companies. The <a href="/facts/United_States_Forest_Service/NRzYYHhc">United States Forest Service</a> (<a href="/facts/USFS/NRzYYHhc">USFS</a>) Redmond Air Center is on the airport and supports regional firefighting operations with this federal facility providing training and housing for <a href="/facts/Smokejumper/G95y3WLG">smokejumper</a> teams along with fuel, water and fire retardant for airtanker aircraft at its ramps along the north side of the field. </p><p><a href="/facts/Avelo_Airlines/3PvY7M90">Avelo Airlines</a> began new nonstop service between Redmond and the <a href="/facts/Hollywood_Burbank_Airport/AayklASx">Hollywood Burbank Airport</a> (BUR) in the <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles/pyXpYEX9">Los Angeles</a> area on May 13, 2021, with <a href="/facts/Boeing_737-800/0nldFpua">Boeing 737-800</a> mainline jetliners. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/National_Plan_of_Integrated_Airport_Systems/2lrL2nSD">National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems</a> for 2011–2015 <a href="/facts/FAA_airport_categories/fzTLouhb">called</a> it a <i>primary commercial service</i> airport. <a href="/facts/Federal_Aviation_Administration/PYsXt3YT">Federal Aviation Administration</a> records say the airport had 364,921 passenger boardings (enplanements) in <a href="/facts/Calendar_year/rTxJRSwA">calendar year</a> 2017, up from 306,517 in 2016. </p>