Tri-Cities Airport

Tri-Cities Airport is a public airport 2 miles northwest of Pasco, in Franklin County, Washington, USA. It is the fourth largest commercial airport in the state of Washington, and has two runways. PSC covers 2,235 acres of land.HistoryThe Tri-Cities Airport was site of the first air mail contract flight between Elko, Nevada and Pasco, Washington made by Varney Airlines, in 1926. The airport was relocated to its present site and became known as the Franklin County Airport. The United States Navy built Naval Air Station Pasco during World War II. After the war, the Navy sold the field to the city of Pasco, but still retains training privileges. Several Navy aircraft, especially the P-3 Orion, use the field for landing and take-off training. The Port of Pasco then took ownership in 1963 and opened doors to a new Terminal Building in 1966.In 1955 the old administration building became the home of the newly established Columbia Basin College, which it remained until the current facility near Interstate 182 was built in 1966. The building later was leased to the Pasco School District #1, for use as Pasco Alternative High School until it was destroyed by fire in the mid-1980s. The new school is now sited near Columbia Basin College.