Eastern Iowa Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Cedar Rapids | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Cedar Rapids Airport Commission | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Cedar Rapids /Iowa City | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 869 ft / 265 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°53′04.9″N91°42′38.9″W / 41.884694°N 91.710806°W /41.884694; -91.710806 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.flycid.com/ | ||||||||||||||
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| Source:Federal Aviation Administration,[1]Eastern Iowa Airport[2][3] | |||||||||||||||
Eastern Iowa Airport (IATA:CID,ICAO:KCID,FAALID:CID) – also known asCedar Rapids Airport – is a public airport in southernCedar Rapids,Iowa, United States. It is located on Wright Brothers Boulevard, approximately two miles (3.2 km) west ofInterstate 380. The airport covers 3,288 acres (1,331 ha) of land.[1][4]
The airport was previously served almost entirely byregional jets, but now seesDelta useAirbus A320s that fly to Atlanta, as well asUnited withAirbus A320s andBoeing 737s toDenver International Airport and O'Hare International Airport.American has recently upgraded flights in 2022 onAirbus A319s andAirbus A320s toCharlotte,Dallas andPhoenix. Delta uses mostly regional jets toMinneapolis, although the size will increase on most flights there to 70–76 seats with first-class cabins, while Allegiant and Frontier fly Airbus A320 family aircraft. The airport sees five airlines with non-stop flights to seventeen airports. The airport has nine gates on the upper concourse withjet bridge boarding. The airport used to be divided into two concourses, designated (B) and (C). After the renovation, all the B gates were removed and three new gates were added in addition to the C gates. The gates lost their "C" designation and became gates 4–9. The new gates 1–3 serveDelta and Frontier.[5] Shortly thereafter, the airport expanded the concourse and added an additional 4 gates, making for a total of 13 gates.
Arriving passengers have a short walk to the baggage claim area. Several nationalrental car company counters and a courtesy shuttle counter are in this area.
On July 8, 2016, the airport announced new twice-daily service between CID andCharlotte. The service started on November 4, 2016, and is flown onCRJ-700/900s byPSA Airlines, later upgraded to CRJ900 aircraft and currently now all Mainline Airbus Aircraft for American Airlines. On December 18, 2019, American Airlines began daily seasonal service from CID toPhoenix, which became daily year round service as of June 2021. This route used to be flown on CRJ900 aircraft and now is on Airbus 319 aircraft as of November 2022[6]
Cedar Rapids' first airport was Hunter Field, a private airport established by Dan Hunter in the 1920s on Bowling Street SW north ofU.S. Highway 30. The airport was used for private charter service, pilot training, andairmail, but it was unusable during bad weather.
Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport was completed with military funding in 1944 but was not 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 fromUnited Airlines began in 1947, and north–south passenger service fromOzark Air Lines began in 1957. In 1969, the airport had 31 airline arrivals each weekday and recorded 353,000 passengers that year.
The present terminal designed by Brown, Healey, Bock Architects and Planners[7] was dedicated in 1986 with a ceremony that U.S. Secretary of TransportationElizabeth Dole attended. The Cedar Rapids Airport was renamed The Eastern Iowa Airport in 1997 to reflect its status as a regional airport. In 2008 the airport enplaned and deplaned one million passengers for the first time in its history; it set a record in 2017 with 1,143,335 passengers.[8] In 2019, CID set an all-time record with 1,342,496 passengers served.[9][3]
On June 3, 2010, runway 9/27 closed for reconstruction, reopening on September 23. A temporary runway had been set up parallel to the closed runway. Beginning July 3, 2010, and lasting for four weeks, Runway 13/31 was also closed as they rebuilt the intersection with Runway 9/27.[10]
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| Year | Passengers | Year | Passengers |
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| 2013 | 1,042,291 | 2019 | 1,342,859 |
| 2014 | 1,132,991 | 2020 | 615,935 |
| 2015 | 1,105,625 | 2021 | 1,058,884 |
| 2016 | 1,087,182 | 2022 | 1,217,308 |
| 2017 | 1,143,816 | 2023 | 1,381,362 |
| 2018 | 1,205,624 | 2024 | 1,509,214 |
| Rank | Airport | Passengers | Carriers |
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| 1 |  Chicago–O'Hare, Illinois | 159,700 | American, United |
| 2 |  Denver, Colorado | 129,560 | Frontier, United |
| 3 |  Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas | 87,410 | American |
| 4 |  Charlotte, North Carolina | 72,130 | American |
| 5 |  Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota | 57,200 | Delta |
| 6 |  Atlanta, Georgia | 46,950 | Delta |
| 7 |  Phoenix-Sky Harbor, Arizona | 44,500 | American |
| 8 | Phoenix/Mesa, Arizona | 33,210 | Allegiant |
| 9 |  Punta Gorda, Florida | 28,250 | Allegiant |
| 10 |  Washington–National, Virginia | 25,700 | American |
Scheduled airline traffic shares the Eastern Iowa Airport with cargo andgeneral aviation traffic. Numerous nearby airports specialize in general aviation; the closest isGreen Castle Airport.
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