Fort Dodge Regional Airport
Fort Dodge Regional Airport is a city owned public use airport located three nautical miles north of the central business district of Fort Dodge, a city in Webster County, Iowa, United States. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline, a service which is subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $3,892,174.
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport.
History
, operating as Delta Connection, formerly had daily service to Minneapolis-St. Paul with a stop in Mason City. Effective June 10, 2010, the stop in Mason City ended and Fort Dodge had nonstop flights to Minneapolis-St. Paul.Great Lakes Airlines announced began service from Fort Dodge to Minneapolis/St. Paul to replace service by Delta Connection effective April 10, 2012. Great Lakes service ended January 31, 2014.
Air Choice One announced it would begin service from Fort Dodge to Chicago O'Hare to replace service by Great Lakes Airlines on February 23, 2015.
Facilities and aircraft
Fort Dodge Regional Airport covers an area of 967 acres at an elevation of 1,156 feet above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 is 6,547 by 150 feet and 12/30 is 5,301 by 100 feet.For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2019, the airport had 21,216 aircraft operations, an average of 58 per day: 83% general aviation, 14% scheduled commercial, 2% air taxi and 1% military. In July 2020, there were 23 aircraft based at this airport: 21 single-engine and 2 multi-engine.
Airline and Destinations
Statistics
| Rank | City | Airport name & IATA code | Passengers |
| 1 | St. Louis, MO | Lambert-St. Louis | 5,810 |
| 2 | Minneapolis, MN | Minneapolis/St. Paul International | 1,080 |
| 3 | Mason City, IA | Mason City Municipal | 1,050 |