Portland International Airport is a joint civil–military airport and the largest airport in the U.S. state of Oregon, accounting for 90% of the state's passenger air travel and more than 95% of its air cargo. It is within Portland's city limits just south of the Columbia River in Multnomah County, 6 miles 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 of land.
Aerial view
A Western Airlines Boeing 737 at the airport in 1973
The check-in counters at PDX
A MAX Red Line light-rail train at Portland Airport station
Multnomah County, Oregon
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Multnomah County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 815,428. Multnomah County is part of the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR–WA metropolitan statistical area. Though smallest in area, Multnomah County is the state's most populous county. Its county seat, Portland, is the state's largest city.
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Image: Mt. Hood (Multnomah County, Oregon scenic images) (mul DA0006)
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Image: Portland, OR — St. John's Bridge, view of east tower from southwest