Alaska Airlines has started work on a new maintenance hangar at Portland International Airport, a $135 million buildout that will add widebody-capable capacity to its Pacific Northwest maintenance network. The facility will deliver 125,000 square feet of indoor aircraft maintenance space and 60,000 square feet for offices, engine, machine and sheet metal shops, with room for three narrowbody aircraft or two widebody aircraft at once.
The hangar will support Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines mainline fleets, easing AOG recovery and reducing load on Seattle-based maintenance lines. Alaska expects more than 100 skilled jobs and targets completion in the second quarter of 2028. The project gives Portland a deeper role in fleet support as the combined operation expands.