About FAA Northwest Mountain
The Northwest Mountain Region spans from the Pacific Coast to the high plains, with a portfolio that includes Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City and Denver alongside hundreds of small mountain airports critical for wildfire response and rural air access. The FAA assigns each airport in the United States to one of nine administrative regions; this region's office at Renton, WA handles airport certification, safety inspections, federal-grant coordination, and overall coordination with the air-traffic-control facilities physically inside its territory.
For travelers, the most useful thing to know about a region is which of its airports is the closest hub for the trip you are planning, and which secondary or regional airports could spare you a longer drive to the major hub. The featured airports below cover the largest gateways inside the Northwest Mountain Region, and the state list below that gives you a way to drill into every public-use airport the region covers.
States & territories in the Northwest Mountain region
| State / territory | Code | Total airports | Large hubs | Medium hubs | Regional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | CO |
325 | 2 | 18 | 305 |
| Idaho | ID |
342 | 1 | 10 | 331 |
| Montana | MT |
303 | 0 | 17 | 286 |
| Oregon | OR |
392 | 1 | 18 | 373 |
| Utah | UT |
240 | 1 | 11 | 228 |
| Washington | WA |
406 | 2 | 23 | 381 |
| Wyoming | WY |
144 | 0 | 15 | 129 |
Featured airports inside the Northwest Mountain region
City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport
Large hub · field elevation 6,187 ft
Denver International Airport
Large hub · field elevation 5,431 ft
Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field
Large hub · field elevation 2,871 ft
Portland International Airport
Large hub · field elevation 31 ft
Salt Lake City International Airport
Large hub · field elevation 4,227 ft
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Large hub · field elevation 433 ft
Spokane International Airport
Large hub · field elevation 2,376 ft
Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)
Medium hub · field elevation 7,820 ft
Buckley Space Force Base
Medium hub · field elevation 5,662 ft
Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field
Medium hub · field elevation 5,838 ft
Centennial Airport
Medium hub · field elevation 5,885 ft
Cortez Municipal Airport
Medium hub · field elevation 5,918 ft