The Eastern Iowa Airport

The Eastern Iowa Airport
IATA: CID – ICAO: KCID CID Location of the Airport in Iowa
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Cedar Rapids Airport Commission
Location		Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Elevation AMSL		869 ft / 264.9 m
Coordinates		41°53′04.9″N 91°42′38.9″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
9/27	8,601	2,622	Asphalt/Concrete
13/31	6,200	1,890	Asphalt/Concrete

The Eastern Iowa Airport (IATA: CID, ICAO: KCID) is a commercial airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the United States. The airport serves Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, and other communities in eastern Iowa. It is located along Wright Brothers Boulevard on the southern edge of Cedar Rapids, about two miles (3.2 kilometers) west of Interstate 380.

Passenger experience

This airport is served almost entirely by regional jets. MD-80 jet service is provided by Allegiant Air; American, Delta and United use all regional jets to their hubs from the Eastern Iowa Airport. The airport is served by five airlines with non-stop flights to eleven destinations. The airport is mid-sized, with 13 gates; Six gates on the upper concourse (C) are equipped with jet bridge boarding and Gates B1-B7 are ground level boarding areas.

In the pre-security area, there is the Sam Adams Brewhouse with a full-service menu or grab-n-go items including Pizza Hut Express. There is also a gift shop, and a locally-owned coffee shop, Blue Strawberry located with the Corridor Concierge, also referred to as the information center where visitors can ask questions about the airport or receive tourist-related information. A small exhibit on the airport's history is also near check-in.

Usually, the longest a passenger has to wait in the security line is five minutes. However, at busier times of the year like the holidays and spring break, as well as the early morning bank of flights outbound to the hubs between 5-8 AM, lines can be longer. Upstairs on the concourse, or past the security checkpoint, is the Millstream Brewhaus, which features beer made at the Millstream Brewery in the Amana Colonies. Cedar Landing News & Coffee is located on the concourse where gifts, coffee, and other items are sold.

For arriving passengers, this airport's small size provides a short walk to the baggage claim area. Also, there are several national rental car company counters, and a courtesy shuttle counter in this area.

On 25 August 2009, The Eastern Iowa Airport reduced its number of destinations to nine. Delta ended all regularly scheduled service to Atlanta and Cincinnati on 18 August 2009. Service is now routed through its Detroit and Minneapolis hubs; however, Delta announced April 25, 2011 that service will return to Atlanta on August 16, 2011, and beginning next summer, 2012, Delta will have 3 daily flights to Atlanta . Delta will also serve Memphis from June 9 through August 15, 2011. Meanwhile, the airport's St. Louis service ended after 52 years when American stopped flying between the two cities on 25 August 2009.[1]

Runway reconstruction

On 3 June 2010, The Eastern Iowa Airport closed Runway 9/27 for reconstruction. The closure lasted until 23 September 2010 when the runway reopened. A temporary runway had been set up parallel to the closed runway. Beginning 3 July 2010 and lasting for 4 weeks, Runway 13/31 was also closed as they reconstructed the intersection with Runway 9/27. [2]

History

Cedar Rapids' first airport was Hunter Field, a private airport established by Dan Hunter in the 1920s. It was located along Bowling Street SW north of U.S. Highway 30. The airport was originally used for private charter service, pilot training, and airmail, but it was inoperable during bad weather. This led to the need for a new airport.

The Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport was completed with military funding in 1944 but was not officially dedicated until April 27, 1947. The Cedar Rapids Parks Department operated the airport until a new Airport Commission was established in 1945; Donald Hines, who led the effort to build the airport, was the commission's director until he retired in 1973 (he died in 1975). Scheduled east-west passenger service from United Airlines began in 1947, and north-south passenger service from Ozark Airlines began in 1957. By 1969, the airport handled 31 commercial flights per day and recorded 353,000 passengers a year.

The present terminal was dedicated in 1986 with a ceremony that U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole attended. The Cedar Rapids Airport was renamed The Eastern Iowa Airport in 1997 in order to reflect its status as a regional airport. In 2000 the airport enplaned and deplaned one million passengers for the first time in its history; it set a record in 2005 with 1,004,434 passengers. [3]

Airlines and destinations

Eastern Iowa Airport consists of two passenger concourses: Concourse B with gates B1 - B7, and Concourse C with gates C1 - C6.

Airlines	Destinations	Concourse
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas, Orlando-Sanford, Phoenix/Mesa, St. Petersburg/Clearwater	B
American Eagle	Dallas/Fort Worth, Chicago-O'Hare	C
AmericanConnection operated by Chautauqua Airlines	Chicago-O'Hare	C
Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines	Atlanta	C
Delta Connection operated by Mesaba Airlines	Minneapolis/St. Paul	C
Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines	Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul Seasonal: Memphis	C
Frontier Airlines operated by Republic Airlines	Denver [begins May 17, 2012]	TBA
United Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines	Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Houston-Intercontinetnal	C
United Express operated by Mesa Airlines	Chicago-O'Hare	C
United Express operated by Shuttle America	Chicago-O'Hare	C
United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines	Chicago-O'Hare, Denver	C

Top destinations

Top ten busiest domestic routes out of CID
(January 2012 - December 2012)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Chicago, IL	188,968	American, United
2	Dallas-Fort Worth, TX	91,416	American
3	Denver, CO	71,552	United
4	Minneapolis, MN	70,200	Delta
5	Detroit, MI	59,800	Delta
6	Houston, TX	33,800	United
7	Mesa, AZ	24,000	Allegiant
8	Las Vegas, NV	20,400	Allegiant
9	Atlanta, GA	18,200	Delta
10	Orlando, FL	14,400	Allegiant

Cargo airlines

Airlines	Destinations
Ameriflight	Cincinnati, Omaha
Cap City	Davenport, St. Paul Downtown
Central Airlines	Minneapolis Flying Cloud, Kansas City Downtown
FedEx Express	Des Moines, Indianapolis, Memphis, Madison
Planemaster	Spencer
UPS	Des Moines, Louisville, Rockford

Airport management

• Tim Bradshaw : A.A.E., Airport Director
• Donald D. Swanson : Director of Finance & Administration
• Sara Mau : A.A.E., Director of Operations
• Pam Hinman : Director of Marketing & Communications
• Kathleen A. Bell : Deputy Director of Finance & Administration

Accidents and incidents

July 11, 1975. Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I took off from Cedar Rapids to Dallas-Addison Airport in Dallas, Texas. The aircraft encountered heavy rain on short final, and attempted a go around. The plane crashed on the runway on its second attempt to land. Probable cause was wind shear or sudden windshift. All occupants survived.

General aviation

Scheduled airline traffic shares the Eastern Iowa Airport with cargo and general aviation traffic. There are numerous nearby airports that specialize in general aviation; the closest of these is Green Castle Airport.

References

• The Eastern Iowa Airport: History from The Eastern Iowa Airport's website, accessed February 26, 2006

External links

• The Eastern Iowa Airport (official site)
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective 9 Feb 2012

• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KCID
  • ASN accident history for CID
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KCID
  • FAA current CID delay information