The station opened along with the entire Airport MAX extension , which introduced Red Line service between downtown Portland and the airport , on September 10 , 2001 . Celebrations planned for the following weekend were canceled following the September 11 attacks , and the airport itself was closed for three days . Initially served by single-car trains , TriMet deployed two-car consists on the line after recording 3,800 riders over Thanksgiving weekend in November 2001 . In 2006 , Portland International Airport station handled more than one million passengers for the first time in a single year
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Portland International Airport station