If you need to travel between the Pacific Northwest hubs of Seattle and Portland, a number of options can get the job done. There’s driving, Amtrak, and of course flying via Alaska or Delta from SeaTac. But there’s also little known SeaPort Airlines. A small, Part 135 commuter airline, SeaPort operates flights from Portland International Airport (PDX) and Seattle’s close-in Boeing Field (BFI). They also recently started service to Spokane, Washington. I’ve known about SeaPort for some time, but hadn’t seriously considered flying them until a last minute day trip down to Oregon popped up. The carrier offers a handful of fare buckets, which differ primarily on change, cancellation and refund fees. Every fare comes with 50 pounds of baggage included. I bought a last-minute ticket at $329, priced exactly equal to a basic economy fare on PDX-SEA for the same day. I walked up to the PDX “terminal” a half hour before departure on the day of the flight. In Portland, at least, the airline operates out of its own space, which is separate from the main terminal by about a half mile. The space is small but serviceable, with some lounge-style seating and a small table with self-serve coffee, tea and water. It isn’t anything to brag about, but then its not a space you’re supposed to hang out at for any length of time. With no security to deal with and a maximum of nine other passengers on any given flight, the airline says you can show up as little as 20 minutes before departure. Check-in was quick and easy; I only had to provide my name. My small backpack was weighed, as all bags are, before the agent added a BFI tag to it. Larger bags were placed in a bag cart right away, while smaller bags like mine could be held onto until boarding. With all the passengers already checked in, a friendly pilot figured we might as well get to it and walked us out to the plane a little ahead of schedule. Seating on the aircraft, a Swiss-made Pilatus PC-12, is open. There are nine-seats in a 1-1 configuration, plus space in the rear of the cabin for bags. Being a small, single-engine airplane, the cabin ceiling is low and the space is a bit cozy. Still, it’s noticeably more roomy than, say, a Cessna Grand Caravan. Full trip report: runwaygirlnetwork.com/2026/1… By Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren #nosetotail #paxex #avgeek