Desert Aire is a census-designated place (CDP) in Grant County, Washington, United States.

Davidson cut in a runway and flew investors into his airport community in a Douglas DC-3.

They developed a planned community of some 1,600 homes centered on the airport, a golf course and marina, which opened beginning in 1970.

Desert Aire is located near the southwest corner of Grant County on the east bank of the Columbia River where it is part of Priest Rapids Lake.

The CDP extends out to the middle of the Columbia River, where it is bordered by Yakima County to the west.

Desert Aire has some of the hottest temperatures in Washington during the summer and is one of the driest places in the state, being located in the rain shadow of both the Cascades and the Umtanums.