Category Archives: News & Events
The Eastern Iowa Airport Sees a Third Straight Record Month in April
Cedar Rapids, IA: They have done it again! The Eastern Iowa Airport reached record passenger travel in April for the third straight month. A total of 85,676 passengers traveled through the airport in April, beating the previous same-month record of 85,452 set in April of 2007. This included a record number of enplaned passengers for [...]
The Eastern Iowa Airport reaches record passengers in March for the second straight month
Cedar Rapids, IA: For a second straight month, The Eastern Iowa Airport has reached record passenger travel. A total of 99,664 passengers used the airport in March, topping the previous same-month record of 98,435 passengers in March 2000. There were 48,948 departing travelers in March and 50,716 arriving passengers. February also produced a record number [...]
The Eastern Iowa Airport helps Wishes in Flight that grants travel wishes to Make-a-Wish kids
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA – More than 70% of wishes granted involve some sort of travel. The Wishes in Flight® program allows people to donate their unused airline miles to Make-A-Wish® Iowa, directly offsetting the cost of air travel for many wishes. Miles will be matched through Make-A-Wish America through August 31st, 2013. People or companies [...]
The Eastern Iowa Airport experiencing double digit passenger growth since January 2012
Cedar Rapids, Iowa – The Eastern Iowa Airport is experiencing a significant growth in passenger travel for 2012 with a 13.9 percent year over year increase in the number of travelers choosing to fly from CID since January. That is over 40,000 additional travelers at the Airport through October of this year. According to Tim [...]
New In line Baggage System Up and Running at The Eastern Iowa Airport
Cedar Rapids, Iowa – The days of dropping off your checked bags at the ticket counters have returned to The Eastern Iowa Airport. Since 2002 when post 9/11 security measures were put into place, passengers that have checked bags have had to bring their bags from the ticket counters to the lobby to be scanned [...]
Runway 13-31 pavement project completed
Cedar Rapids, Iowa – On Friday September 28 the second runway at the Eastern Iowa Airport will reopen for use. The 13-31 runway was closed on July 19 to repave a portion of the southeast runway to extend the life and quality of the runway. The project was completed on time with no complications. During [...]
New rewards program launching at the Eastern Iowa Airport
The Eastern Iowa Airport has joined forces with THANKS AGAIN® and Republic Parking System to offer airport travelers the ability to earn frequent flyer miles and valuable rewards when they park, shop, and dine at the airport. “Our goal is to ensure that EIA customers receive the absolute best service when they travel through our airport. [...]
New Director of Marketing & Communications Named for Eastern Iowa Airport
Heather Wilson has been named as the new director of marketing and communications for The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID). Wilson will leave her current position as director of sales support for Noel-Levitz, a higher education consulting firm located in Coralville, IA, and assume her new role at CID June 18. “Heather will be a great asset to the [...]
Delta adding second flight to Atlanta
Delta Air Lines is adding a second non-stop flight from The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) to Atlanta (ATL) starting March 2. The new flight departure time out of CID is 10:30 a.m., arriving in ATL at 1:25 p.m. All flight times are local. Delta first started the Atlanta service out of The Eastern Iowa Airport [...]
Commission elects new chairman
The Cedar Rapids Airport Commission elected officers at its Monday meeting, unanimously approving Carroll Reasoner as the commission’s new chairman. Reasoner, vice president for legal affairs and general counsel for The University of Iowa, has served on the commission since 2007. She served as vice-chairman prior to today’s election. “I look forward to continuing my [...]