Rome State Airport (IATA: REO, ICAO: KREO, FAA LID: REO) is a public use airport located 20 nautical miles (23 mi, 37 km) southwest of the central business district of Rome, in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.
[1] The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942, and was known as Rome Flight Strip.
It was an emergency landing airfield for military aircraft on training flights.
[2] [3] Rome State Airport covers an area of 147 acres (59 ha) at an elevation of 4,053 feet (1,235 m) above mean sea level.
For the 12-month period ending May 13, 2009, the airport had 100 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 8 per month.