They acquired 493 acres of farmland through agreements with multiple property owners. The board proposed a site, completed a feasibility study and airport master plan, and submitted it to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). They formed a partnership for its development, construction, and operation, led by a board of directors. Sioux Center could have built its own new airport, but leaders there and in Orange City and Sioux County saw that it would be far better to join forces and develop a regional airport. The local airports’ limitations were creating limitations for local industries. Consequently, local businesspeople regularly used larger airports in Sioux Falls and Sioux City, both about an hour away, and traveled by car to their local destinations. Both cities had seen continuing growth in agriculture, manufacturing, and other industrial sectors, all of which rely on connections to the region, nation, and world.Īir travel is a crucial part of this connectivity, yet the local airports had size constraints that limited their expansion and the size of planes they could accommodate. Twenty-one years ago, local leaders saw that the existing airports in Sioux Center and Orange City, Iowa, could not safely accommodate current or future aeronautical demand. Sioux County Regional Airport Project Sioux Center, Iowa Scott Wynja, Sioux Center City ManagerĮarl Woudstra, Orange City City Administrator
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