Salem Municipal Airport McNary Field Salem Oregon SLE Fly Salem

Welcome to Salem Oregon.


This website is a guide to the Salem Municipal Airport. Salem's airport, also known as McNary Field is located in Oregon's capitol city and in the heart of the Willamette Valley. Salem is the second largest city in the State with the Willamette River flowing through it. The airport is located two miles southeast of downtown Salem.
The airport code is SLE.

.Thank you to those who flew Salem! We will work hard to get Delta or another carrier back in town.

In the mean time, please send Delta an email and express your disappointment.

  • Close to Home
  • Convenient Parking and
  • No Crowds



What's new at Salem Airport


Free parking ended: Free parking has ended at the Salem Airport. See the parking page for more details on parking at the Salem Airport

Delta suspending service: Delta Air Lines will suspend service in Salem October 9, 2008 due to escalating fuel costs. Passengers booked for flights after October 9th will need to contact Delta at 1-800-221-1212 to make other arrangements. If you liked having the convienence of Delta service in Salem, please email them and ask them to reconsider their decision. Review the press release here.

Airport Improvements: ODOT awarded the Salem Aiport funding to enlarge the passenger terminal and lengthen the main runway. For more information, click here.

Support your hometown airport!

What is your time worth?

Consider the extra cost to fly from Portland…
If your time is worth $25 per hour, and
Driving Round Trip (@.505 per mile)

120 miles =$60.60
Round Trip Driving Time: 2.5 hours=$62.50
Added check-in and security: 1 Hour =$25.00
Long Term Parking: $14.00/day x 5 days=$70.00

... Is it worth an extra $193.10?

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Search multiple travel websites for comparison fares.
Return mid-week for additional cost savings.

 

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