GA airports near Portland, OR

I've flown to both TTD and PDX in my C172. Without a doubt I got
better service and treatment at PDX. The FBO at TTD seemed like they
really couldn't give a damn. The FBO at PDX treated me very well.
Also, the rental car situation at the PDX FBO is far better than at
TTD. FWIW, to me it's no contest. I flew VFR in to both, but IFR out
of PDX and it was very easy.

"skym" wrote in message
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I've flown to both TTD and PDX in my C172. Without a doubt I got better
service and treatment at PDX. The FBO at TTD seemed like they really
couldn't give a damn.

For future reference, the FBO(s) you're referring to at TTD appear to have
gone belly-up. Gorge Winds bought the main FBO facility recently (were
upstairs) and then acquired the fuel operation. Now it seems like you're
not out of the plane yet before the fuel truck is asking you if you need
topped off.

One of the fuelers was a Marine during the invasion of Baghdad. Great guy.
The owner is a retired cop, retired mayor, former Marine and runs the Oregon
Anti-Drug Consortium so he's reasonably squared away too, although he's
doing it for something other than substantial profit; he did almost all of
my instrument and commercial ground instruction for free.

Still no IFR approach, though. I hear they might be working on it but you'd
have to descend into the gorge, and if you tried to go missed on a
full-needle deflection you could fly right into the cliffs.

As far as the car rental, Troutdale has grown rapidly in the last couple of
years so business is much closer now.

-c