Eugene Airport (IATA: EUG, ICAO: KEUG, FAA LID: EUG), also known as Mahlon Sweet Field, is a public airport 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Eugene, in Lane County, Oregon. Owned and operated by the City of Eugene, it is the fifth-largest airport in the Pacific Northwest. The terminal building has “A” gates on the upper level and “B” gates, ticketing, and baggage claim on the lower level. The airport has an expanded air cargo facility and two fixed base operators (FBOs) to handle general aviation. By boardings of airline passengers, the Eugene Airport is the second busiest airport in Oregon with 393,504 enplanements in 2011 (behind Portland with 6,808,486 enplanements and ahead of Medford with 301,742). The airport was named for Mahlon Sweet (1886–1947), a Eugene automobile dealer who was a strong supporter of aviation and pushed to get the now-defunct Eugene Air Park built in 1919, followed by the current airfield in 1943. In 2010, a new airport rescue and firefighting facility was built.
MAHLON SWEET FIELD HISTORY
At the request of Mahlon Sweet the original Eugene Air park was built in 1919 at what is now the southeast corner of West 18th and Chambers. This first airstrip took care of all aviation operations until the modern Mahlon Sweet Field opened in 1943.
During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces. The December 1951 C&GS diagram shows three runways forming an asterisk: the 026-deg runway was 5229 ft long, the 111-deg was 5205 ft and the 158-deg was 3999 ft.
MAHLON SWEET FIELD LOCATION
Eugene Airport (IATA: EUG, ICAO: KEUG, FAA LID: EUG), also known as Mahlon Sweet Field, is a public airport 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Eugene, in Lane County, Oregon. Owned and operated by the City of Eugene, it is the fifth-largest airport in the Pacific Northwest.
MAHLON SWEET FIELD FACTS
ICAO/IATA: EUG/KEUG
Lat: 44°07′23″N
Long: 123°13′07″W
Elevation: 374 ft.
Runway length available: 03/21 5228×150 ft. :: 16R/34L 8009×150 ft. :: 16L/34R 6000×150 ft.
