Pasco

Pasco is a city in the Columbia River Plateau in Washington State. Pasco together with Kennewick and Richland are known as the "Tri-Cities" of Washington.

By plane
(3601 N 20th Ave) is the major airport for the Tri-Cities (Pasco, Kennewick, and Richland), Walla Walla and the Columbia River Basin area 3½ mi (5.6 km) northwest of downtown Pasco. The airport is accessed from I-182/US Hwy 12 at Exit #12B (along N 20th Ave). Major airlines serving the Tri-Cities are:
 * Avelo : (Burbank)
 * Alaska/Horizon Air (Portland, Seattle-Tacoma)
 * Allegiant: (Las Vegas, Mesa AZ, Los Angeles (seasonal))
 * Compass and Skywest as Delta Connection: (Salt Lake City, Seattle, Minneapolis/St Paul)
 * Skywest operating as United Express: (Denver, San Francisco)

The Grape Line Bus operates regularly scheduled (bus) service to Walla Walla from the airport via Amtrak/Greyhound station in Pasco (see below under By bus) while Ben Franklin Transit (local public transportation company) operates a taxi feeder (on contract with Tri City Taxi) to the 22nd Ave Transit Center in Pasco for connections to their fixed route buses. See this link for a list of car rental companies at the airport (recommended) and local taxi companies for door to door service.

By train

 * Train operator:
 * Route serving Pasco:
 * Empire Builder operating daily between Seattle/Portland and Chicago including stops at Spokane, Glacier National Park, Fargo, Saint Paul, and Milwaukee. The trains split into separate branches between Seattle and Spokane, and between Portland and Spokane, while operating as trains consisting of train cars from both branches between Spokane and Chicago.

By bus
Except for Fronteras del Norte which has its own bus station, the bus station for the other long distance buses is at the Pasco Intermodal Train Station at 531 N 1st Ave. See below:





Do

 * Take a walk down the Sacajawea Heritage Trail along the Columbia River, winding for 23 miles through the Tri-Cities.

Go next

 * Yakima is a quick drive northwest on I-82.
 * The Columbia River Gorge is half an hour south, drivable on the north side along SR-14, and the south (Oregon) side along I-84.