Business View Magazine | February 2020

105 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 2020 operation, officially, on August 4, 1930. At a cost of $120,000, it was a state-of-the-art model for the age, featuring a 2.55-million candlepower beacon, a new radio station, and a weather bureau. It also boasted quarters for pilots stopping over on flights north or south, a restaurant, six oil companies, and the headquarters of the Rogue Valley Gun Club. In 1971, the Airport’s ownership was transferred from the City of Medford to Jackson County and in 1995, the Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) Board of the United States Department of Commerce awarded Jackson County FTZ status. Later that year the Airport was renamed to Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport. Today’s Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport has a 110,000-sq.-ft. terminal building with a main concourse and two open air concourses. Completed in 2009, it has an observation deck on the second floor, a restaurant and gift shop for screened and unscreened passengers, and second-story loading bridges. Its $3.6 million, 100-ft. tall control tower uses a state-of-the-art geothermal system to heat and cool the building. Two FBOs, Jet Center, and Million Air, provide general aviation services on the field, and commercial passenger service is provided by: Alaska Airlines, with flights to Portland and Seattle/Tacoma; Allegiant Air, with flights to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and, seasonally to Phoenix/Mesa; American Eagle, with flights to Los Angeles and Phoenix-Sky Harbor; Delta Connection, with flights to Salt Lake City and Seattle/Tacoma; United Airlines, with flights to Denver, San Francisco and Los Angeles. UPS cargo service is provided by Ameriflight, with flights to Klamath Falls, Portland, and Roseburg; and FedEx cargo service has feeder flights to Portland. FedEx also has an aviation facility on site as well as a public drop-off center. Airport Director, Jerry Brienza, reports that there are 200 home-based, GA aircraft at Rogue Valley, with an extensive waiting list, prompting the Airport’s decision to build out THE ROGUE VALLEY INTERNAT IONAL -MEDFORD A I RPORT