Redmond Airport: Flights over Bend following new 'safety corridor'

It started with viewer email to Central Oregon Daily News. Why are so many commercial jets flying so low over the west side of Bend? Did something ...

September 21, 2023
11:24 AM

It started with viewer email to Central Oregon Daily News. Why are so many commercial jets flying so low over the west side of Bend? Did something change? Is there a new air traffic control pattern? 'Lately, I've noticed an increase in commercial aircraft in a landing pattern on the southwest side of Bend. The airplanes are lower than I've seen in the past and quite a bit louder,' said Bill Young of Bend. 'Is it something new or something I haven't observed in the past?' >>> Have you checked out Central Oregon Daily News on YouTube? Click here to subscribe and share our videos.

Brooke Snavely