Dubuque Regional Airport Terminal

[BenRoethig]

A few concepts images from the presentation from the City Council work session last night.

[Westsider]

I like the design... it reminds me of the Sedgwick CMS building in the technology park a few miles away.

[DMRyan]

Looks great! Hard to believe they're putting $40 million into this and it's not going to cost local tax payers a dime.

[BenRoethig]

It might end up costing us something in the end, just not the terminal. Runway 13/31 needs to be widened from 100 to 150ft, 18/36 needs a 2,000ft extensio, the Taxiway systems needs serious upgrades, and the connecting road structure with at grade intersections won't be very safe.

[BenRoethig]

The FAA has closed the DBQ tower as part of the sequestrian. What this means for commercial aviation for the UD flight school, I don't know.

[Des Moineser]

The FAA has closed the DBQ tower as part of the sequestrian. What this means for commercial aviation for the UD flight school, I don't know.

Ankeny has more daily traffic and lacks a tower, it sorts itself out well enough. Safety will not be compromised, but efficiency will. Dubuque sees about 120 operations per day and most general aviation VFR traffic will handle itself. IFR airline and general aviation, along with the occasional VFR emergency/weather/etc. situation, will be handled by Chicago Center, which will probably push them a little harder in that sector.

I am surprised that Waterloo and Sioux City dropped off the sequester list and Dubuque stayed on, Waterloo has only a little more than half of the daily operations of DBQ. Sioux City has even fewer daily operations and retained their tower and approach as well. The big surprise to me, not in this state, Sacramento Executive airport with 400 daily operations is losing their tower. That's what Des Moines handles on a busy day.

[Mastermind]

The FAA has closed the DBQ tower as part of the sequestrian. What this means for commercial aviation for the UD flight school, I don't know.

Ankeny has more daily traffic and lacks a tower, it sorts itself out well enough. Safety will not be compromised, but efficiency will. Dubuque sees about 120 operations per day and most general aviation VFR traffic will handle itself. IFR airline and general aviation, along with the occasional VFR emergency/weather/etc. situation, will be handled by Chicago Center, which will probably push them a little harder in that sector.

I am surprised that Waterloo and Sioux City dropped off the sequester list and Dubuque stayed on, Waterloo has only a little more than half of the daily operations of DBQ. Sioux City has even fewer daily operations and retained their tower and approach as well. The big surprise to me, not in this state, Sacramento Executive airport with 400 daily operations is losing their tower. That's what Des Moines handles on a busy day.

Maybe Sioux City has something to do with the Air Guard tankers?

[JMsioux]

The ANG probably has a lot to do with it but it's not like the tankers are constantly coming and going unless they're doing touch & go's which typically didn't last too long. I used to work 1/2 mile from SUX and most of the time, they're sitting on the tarmac and if they're flying, they may be up for hours at a time before coming back. Most trafffic was private / corporate based what I saw flying overhead.

[siouxperland]

The tankers are 24/7 ready status, they often refuel military flights passing over the region. I've seen/heard them in the air at all hours of the night circling overhead. You will see the touch & go operations mainly the first week of a month when the pilots all get minimums orders, time they need in the seat. No real method to the madness, 1 can be up alone or 4 can be doing a 20 mile approach merry-go-round.

Sioux City may not be busy but it probably has the most aircraft gross weight on the ground of any Iowa airport! At a max gross weight of 355,000lbs, KC135's are pretty fat and there are 9 at Sioux City, a fully loaded 737 isn't even half that. They will eventually be replaced by the KC46 (a Boeing 767) with a gross takeoff of 415,000. They're about 15 feet longer and 35 feet wider.