The Eastern Iowa Airport has broken its annual passenger record for the third consecutive year after more than 1.6 million travelers flew through the airport in 2025, marking a 6 percent increase from the year before.
A federal judge sentenced a Michigan man to 18 months in prison, calling his disruptive and assaultive behavior on a Sky West flight, which was forced to land in Cedar Rapids last year, “beyond obnoxious as he terrorized” everyone on the plane.
The merged airline will serve about 175 cities -- including The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, which currently offers Allegiant flights.
A Linn County woman representing workers at airport eateries throughout Iowa has filed a potential class action lawsuit against her employer alleging violations of state and federal wage-and-hour laws.
A first-of-its-kind analysis outlines how CID can leverage its workforce, industry partners and development-ready land to compete with established aerospace regions.
The program aims to put juniors and seniors on a path to earn a Federal Aviation Administration mechanic certification.
In Cedar Rapids, travelers are advised that connecting flights may be affected by the shutdown order.
A total of 128,357 passengers flew through CID in September 2025, an increase of 3.2 percent when compared to the same month last year.
The decision follows similar moves at airports across the country, who are broadly citing a desire to remain out of partisan politics.
Nebraska man pleaded to causing a Detroit bound flight to be diverted to Cedar Rapids when he tried to open a SkyWest plane’s exit door and then became combative with the flight crew and passengers.
Alliant Energy, which has been exploring building a new power plant in Fairfax — a proposal that was met with resistance from some residents and officials at The Eastern Iowa Airport — said in a statement to the city that it is “deprioritizing” the Fairfax location.
It was “the most terrifying thing” Nathan Mencke, an air traffic controller at The Eastern Iowa Airport, had ever experienced. One year ago, he helped guide a pilot out of a stall-spin to land safely in Iowa City.
Alliant Energy’s plans for a natural gas fired power plant northwest of The Eastern Iowa Airport raise “concerns for airport safety and regulatory compliance,” according to a study commissioned by the Cedar Rapids Airport Commission.
The Fairfax City Council, in a heated meeting Tuesday, approved the first reading of a proposed exception to the city’s industrial zoning code which could provide a path for Alliant Energy to build a new power plant within city limits.
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