Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (IATA: PUW, ICAO: KPUW, FAA LID: PUW) is a public airport located in Whitman County in the U.S. state of Washington, two miles (3 km) east of Pullman and four miles west (6 km) of Moscow, Idaho. The airport is accessed via spurs from State Route 270, and has a single 6,730-foot (2,051 m) runway, headed northeast/southwest (6/24).
The rural airport in the Palouse region is the primary air link for its two land-grant universities, Washington State University in Pullman and the University of Idaho in Moscow. Both universities use the airport for jet charters from Frontier Airlines and Allegiant Air for their intercollegiate athletic teams. Horizon Air is the sole commercial airline serving the airport, flying Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft.
Routes are shared by Lewiston, Idaho, and Pullman through reversing circular routes that continue to the Sea-Tac hub south of Seattle, as well as flights to Boise, with stops in Lewiston.
Seattle air traffic control, 250 miles (400 km) west, manages commercial traffic for the airport. The nearest major airport is Spokane International, 90 miles (145 km) north.
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