Articles Tagged: The Eastern Iowa Airport

The Eastern Honor Flight will launch its 52nd flight on Tuesday. Here’s how you can show up to honor veterans in Cedar Rapids.

The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded The Eastern Iowa Airport about $4.629 million to reconstruct its taxiway and update airport lighting vault equipment.

The Gazette spoke with airport Director Marty Lenss about the airport’s aviation campus and future renovations.

Cedar Rapids passengers once waited for flights in a farmhouse

Airport Director Marty Lenss also said the airport’s terminal modernization project will be finished by fall 2025.

Republican Reps. Ashley Hinson, Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn each submitted the maximum number of requests. Rep. Randy Feenstra didn’t submit any for the fourth straight year.

In Iowa, the average price of gas Thursday was nearly $3.33 a gallon, less than national average of $3.61 a gallon. In Linn County, the average price was $3.39 a gallon. That’s roughly 14 cents higher from a week ago, but similar to last year. In Johnson County, the average gas price was 12 cents cheaper.

On the wings of an ongoing pilot and aviation staffing shortage threatening airlines, aircraft, and the flights they schedule, Coe College is stepping into the flight school fray in collaboration with The Eastern Iowa Airport.

The Cedar Rapids City Council awarded incentives this week to a developer to build a $21 million Airport Commercial Park in southwest Cedar Rapids that would bring new warehouses online in a part of town where industrial development is booming. Corridor Construction Network also received incentives fora $5.4 million expansion.

The Eastern Iowa Airport has abandoned plans to use geothermal heating and cooling for its new expansion after failing to get a permit to dig a new well field because of regulators’ concerns about “forever chemicals” at the site.

The Cedar Rapids airport now has 19 non-stop destinations, up from 13 when the previous record was set in 2019.

Armed with just an ice scraper and warm memories of their trip to Hawaii, Josh Figg and Bryant Duffy had to dig their SUV out of three feet of snow Saturday at The Eastern Iowa Airport.

The Eastern Iowa Airport will buy a residential property south of the airport because of concerns the groundwater there is contaminated by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.

The Eastern Iowa Airport’s governing board will consider buying a residential property valued at $770,000 because the home has a drinking water well with high levels of toxic chemicals found in firefighting foam used for decades at the airport.

Iowa travelers will see bustling airports, clear roads, busy highways and lower prices at the pump this week. The Thanksgiving holiday travel period is expected to be the busiest in several years and a record-setter for air travel.