Cedar City Regional Airport

Cedar City Regional Airport
IATA: CDC – ICAO: KCDC – FAA LID: CDC
Summary
Airport type public
Owner/Operator Cedar City Corporation
Location Cedar City, Utah
Elevation AMSL 5,622 ft / 1,713.6 m
Website CedarCity.org
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2/20 8,653 2,637 Asphalt
8/26 4,822 1,470 Grooved Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 30,065

Cedar City Regional Airport (IATA: CDC, ICAO: KCDC, FAA LID: CDC) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) northwest of the central business district (CBD) of Cedar City, in Iron County, Utah, United States. The airport covers 1,040 acres (421 ha) and has two runways. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also used for commercial airline flights. Essential Air Service is a government-funded program that subsidizes non-stop service between Salt Lake City and Cedar City.

Contents

History

SkyWest Airlines provided Essential Air Service (EAS) from 1972 until 2005 when Air Midwest, a subsidiary of Mesa Airlines was awarded the contract.[1] Mayor Gerald Sherratt was quoted as saying “This is not good” when told the news about Mesa being awarded the contract.[2] Citizens wrote to senator Orrin Hatch which prompted him in 2007 to write a letter to the United States Department of Transportation to urge them to select a new carrier to provide air service to Cedar City.[3] Late in 2007, Mesa filed to discontinue service to Cedar City,[4] and a new contract was awarded to SkyWest.[5]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Delta Connection operated by SkyWest Airlines Salt Lake City

References

  1. ^ Romero, McKenzie (2006-02-08). "Mesa plans flights to SLC". SUU News. http://media.www.suujournal.com/media/storage/paper951/news/2006/02/08/News/Mesa-Plans.Flights.To.Slc-2022393.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  2. ^ Perkins, Nancy (2006-01-27). "Cedar City laments loss of S.L. flights". High Beam Research (Deseret News). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7260851.html. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  3. ^ "Mesa Air wants to back out of flying to Utah cities.". High Beam Research (The Salt Lake Tribune). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-164301522.html. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  4. ^ "Airline to end service to Cedar City". NewsLibrary.com (Deseret News). 2007-05-28. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=DSNB&d_place=DSNB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1196C6A02C3736C0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  5. ^ "2007-10-7 Order Selecting Carriers and Establishing Subsidy Rates (DOT-OST-2003-16395)". Regulations.gov. United States Department of Transportation. http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2003-16395-0043. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 

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