AIRPORT

Sioux Falls airport considers shuttle during weekend shutdowns

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Officials at the Sioux Falls airport are considering shuttling travelers to airports in other states when a major runway project grounds flights during four weekends this fall.

June 22, 2012

Rapid City airport adds seasonal flight to Houston

RAPID CITY (AP) — Rapid City Regional Airport has started seasonal direct service to Houston.

June 07, 2012

Pierre getting third daily flight to Denver

The third commercial round-trip flight between the two cities launches Saturday.

June 01, 2012

Rapid City airport's $20M renovation almost complete

Executive Director Cameron Humphres says the project will enable the airport to handle growth in passenger loads anticipated over the next 20 years.

April 18, 2012

Sioux Falls airport to increase parking

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Increased business at Sioux Falls Regional Airport is causing a parking crunch decades before it was anticipated.

March 19, 2012

Great Lakes to add Pierre-Minneapolis route

PIERRE (AP) — Great Lakes Airlines is planning a daily round-trip flight between South Dakota's capital city and Minneapolis.

January 20, 2012

Full body-scanner headed for Rapid City airport

RAPID CITY (AP) — The Rapid City Regional Airport will become the first airport in South Dakota to use full-body scanners.

December 13, 2011

Pierre officials unhappy with Delta service cut

PIERRE (AP) — Officials in South Dakota's capital are unhappy that Delta Airlines is providing only one flight a day to Minneapolis rather than two flights, the level of service before the airline announced it was pulling out of Pierre.

November 28, 2011

Plankinton man proposes plan for 20th hangar at Mitchell’s airport

Discussion on the construction of the hangar is in the “very preliminary stages,” according to Airport Manager Mike Scherschligt.

By Tom Lawrence , October 20, 2011

Birds strike airplanes at Pierre Regional Airport

PIERRE (AP) — Several birds have struck airplanes arriving and departing from Pierre Regional Airport in the past week.

October 18, 2011

Pierre air service proposals due Friday

PIERRE (AP) — The deadline has arrived for air carriers to submit proposals for a flight connecting South Dakota's capital city with Minneapolis.

October 14, 2011

Reid announces deal to end FAA shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says there is bipartisan compromise to end the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration that has left 74,000 transportation and construction workers idled.

August 04, 2011

FAA shutdown is about more than Essential Air Service subsidies

WASHINGTON (AP) - On the surface, the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration is about whether to cut $16 million in air service subsidies, a pretty small amount in this town. Underneath are layers upon layers of political gamesmanship that, at its heart, is about whether Democrats or Republicans get to call the shots in Congress.

August 04, 2011

Presho plans airport improvement

PRESHO — Pilots in and around Presho may soon have an improved airport. City Airport Manager Dustin Smith recently applied for a 50/50 grant through the State Aeronautics Commission to construct two concrete turnarounds for the gravel runway. Included in the project will be 200 feet of straightaway for safer takeoffs, Smith said.

By Anna Jauhola , June 29, 2011

Mitchell airport gets $6.7 million in stimulus funding

Mitchell Municipal Airport soon will undergo its largest capital project in more than 60 years, aided by a multimillion-dollar federal stimulus grant.
Public Works Director Tim McGannon learned Thursday that the airport will receive $6.7 million from the Federal Aviation Administration. McGannon said the grant will go to rebuilding Mitchell Municipal Airport’s 12-30 main runway, so named because it runs southeast-to-northwest on a 120-degree to 300-degree compass heading. It is the largest capital project undertaken at the airport since it was built in the 1940s.

By Ross Dolan , April 03, 2009