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Southeast Iowa Regional Airport is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of the central business district of Burlington, a city in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States.〔 It is owned by the Southeast Iowa Regional Airport Authority〔 which includes representatives from the city of Burlington, the city of West Burlington, and Des Moines County. The airport is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline, a service which is subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $1,917,566 (per year).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Essential Air Service Reports )〕 As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,645 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,〔 〕 1,986 enplanements in 2009, and 2,821 in 2010.〔 〕 It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a ''non-primary commercial service'' airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).〔 〕 == History == The airport launched in 1929 when the Burlington City Council adopted a resolution to establish a Municipal Airport on an "L"-shaped sod field on Summer Street in Burlington, Iowa. Regularly scheduled commercial passenger service started two years later in 1931 when the National Air Transport company added Burlington to its Chicago to Kansas City route. National's two Ford Trimotor planes made two daily flights to Burlington carrying ten passengers each and lumbering across the sky with a top speed of . In 1943, a contract was signed with the U.S. Government to pave the runways and expand the site to . Braniff Airlines began offering two daily departures to Kansas City to carry passengers and cargo in 1944. Three years later in 1947, a long-range airport development plan was created for building a Quonset hut administrative building, a U-shaped entrance road with parking, a gasoline service station for aircraft, a tourist court with recreational facilities, a maintenance building and hangars for aircraft. The airport's hours of operation were extended in 1959 when runway lights were installed, enabling flights to takeoff and land at night. In 1967 an aviation easement was established, and the north-south runway was widened and extended to . The terminal building was remodeled for comfort in 1989. In 1996, the Burlington Regional Airport's name was changed to the Southeast Iowa Regional Airport to reflect the entire area that is served. Currently, SIRA employs about 20 people. Passengers report that the laid back, inviting atmosphere at the airport reminds them of the TV show ''Wings''.〔http://www.brlairport.com/about〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Southeast Iowa Regional Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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