Dubuque Regional Airport Receives Grant

The Dubuque Regional Airport has received a federal grant that will be used in efforts to expand commercial air service. The announcement came from the office of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley. The airport was awarded $775,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Small Community Air Service Development Program. The program, designed to help small communities address air-service issues, can be used for revenue guarantees, financial assistance for marketing programs, startup costs and studies. A consortium of stakeholders, led by the airport and Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce, oversaw the grant application. The grant will be used to help court United Airlines to establish two round-trip flights per day to Denver.