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Southwest Oregon Regional Airport (KOTH) serves North Bend and Coos Bay on the Oregon coast, operated by the Coos County Airport District. It is the only airport on the Oregon coast with scheduled passenger service, and its long asphalt runways and ILS approach make it a useful destination for both airline traffic and general aviation pilots exploring the southern Oregon coastline.
Southwest Oregon Regional Airport, known to airlines by its IATA code OTH and to pilots by its ICAO identifier KOTH, lies at North Bend in Coos County on the Oregon coast. It is operated by the Coos County Airport District and is the only airport on the Oregon coast offering scheduled passenger service, currently supporting United Express flights to San Francisco and seasonal service to Denver. For a simulator pilot, the field offers a mix of coastal scenery over Coos Bay, a long instrument runway, and the atmosphere of a small regional airport that also handles corporate jet traffic bringing golfers to the nearby Bandon Dunes Golf Resort.
The airport sits on the Oregon coast in North Bend, Coos County, on the shore of Coos Bay, about a mile northwest of the town centre. It lies within the FAA's National Airspace System under the jurisdiction of Seattle Center for enroute air traffic control services. There is no other major airport in the immediate vicinity, and the field's coastal position on Coos Bay gives it a distinctive visual setting for arriving VFR traffic.
KOTH has two paired asphalt runways, both lit. Runway 05/23 is the longer, with runway 05 measuring 5,957 ft and runway 23 measuring 5,298 ft; runway 05 is equipped with an ILS. Runway 13/31 is 4,441 ft in each direction. Field elevation is 13 ft.
Pilots can obtain automated weather from the AWOS on 135.075 MHz. Enroute air traffic control is provided by Seattle Center on 121.4 MHz. A remote air-to-ground radio facility, McMinnville Radio, is available on 122.4 MHz, and UNICOM is on 122.7 MHz. A miscellaneous frequency of 34.5 MHz is also listed. The airport has an ILS approach serving runway 05.
The airport is readily identified from the air by its position directly on the shore of Coos Bay, with the town of North Bend immediately to the southeast and Coos Bay city further along the estuary. Highway 101 runs close by the field, providing a useful ground reference for pilots tracking inbound along the coast.
The site was first used for aviation on 12 October 1929, when a Brubaker Aerial Survey aircraft landed on the grassy field, the first known landing there. The North Bend/Coos Bay Airport formally opened in 1932. The U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station, North Bend, was established in 1936 and commissioned on 10 May 1943, giving the field a significant wartime role. Following the war, the airport passed to the City of North Bend in 1947 as surplus military property, and the first airline flights, operated with Douglas DC-3s by West Coast Airlines, began that same year; successor carrier Hughes Airwest withdrew in 1979. Horizon Air began direct service to Portland in 1982, ending that route in 2008. Management passed to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay in July 1999, and the Coos County Airport District was created by a general election on 4 December 2002, taking over ownership and management of the airport in December 2003. The airport changed its name from North Bend Municipal Airport to Southwest Oregon Regional Airport in April 2006 to avoid confusion with the city of Bend in central Oregon. A new terminal building opened in July 2008, and a new air traffic control tower opened in February 2009. On 7 April 2025 a HondaJet ran off the runway into Coos Bay with five people on board; all survived.
Southwest Oregon Regional Airport remains an active regional airport with scheduled passenger service operated by United Express (SkyWest) to San Francisco year-round and seasonally to Denver, as well as cargo flights by Ameriflight and FedEx Feeder. It also sees private and corporate jet traffic linked to the nearby Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. The field is owned and managed by the Coos County Airport District.