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Backers on a mission to bring commuter air service back to Newport on Oregon Coast

Oregon has 98 airports, both private and public. Some are little more than a field where pilots can practice takeoffs and landings. Others, like Portland International, help drive Oregon’s economy.

Newport Airport, on the central Oregon Coast, lies somewhere in between. But locals want it to be bigger.