Roseburg Regional Airport – RBG Roseburg
Roseburg Regional Airport, also called Major General Marion E. Carl Memorial Field, is a public-use and city-owned airport situated in the city of Roseburg, known as the first home of Roseburg Forest Product and the county seat of Douglas County, Oregon. It has an assigned IATA airport code RBG and handles the general aviation needs of the entire Roseburg and its nearby cities of Eugene, Cheshire and Junction City.
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RBG-Roseburg Regional Airport was an area originally purchased to be developed as Roseburg Aviation Park in 1928. But with the additional funds received from the American Legion, the property was developed to be the city’s first landing field. The airport has a total land area of 161 meters and a single asphalt runway that has received nearly 32,000 aircraft operations in 2008 consisting mainly of general aviation and air taxi. It is also the base hub of 94 aircrafts that are mostly single-engine and multi-engine. The airport cargo shipments are being served by Ameriflight and FedEx Feeder.
What to Do & Area Attractions
The comfy Days Inn by Wyndham Roseburg is a 2-star hotel just within 700 meters away from Roseburg Regional Airport. It is casual budget-friendly modern hotel that is also close to the city’s shopping center and Umpqua National Forest. Other hotels near the RBG airport, include the Sleep Inn & Suites, the nearby Best Western Garden Villa Inn and the pet-friendly Quality Inn Central Roseburg.
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Field Airport (EUG) is the nearest airport from Roseburg Regional Airport which is considered the top 5 biggest landing field in Cascadia or in the Pacific Northwest (PNW).
