MASON CITY – The Mason City Airport Commission intends to undertake certain major improvements at the facility, and public hearings on the matter will be held soon.
Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2021
Notice of Public Hearing and Notice of Availability for Public Comment
for Proposed Improvements at Mason City Municipal Airport, Mason City, Iowa
The Mason City Airport Commission intends to undertake the following proposed actions at the Mason City Municipal Airport:
- Construct a new terminal facility with all public spaces on one level west of the existing terminal to meet current building codes, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements, and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) standards for passenger terminal facilities.
- Expand the terminal apron to the west to meet standards for regional jet and narrow body charter operations.
- Extend the access road to provide curbside service to the proposed terminal building to meet Statewide Urban Design and Specifications (SUDAS) standards.
- Expand the parking areas to increase capacity to meet local municipality parking requirements.
- Demolish (partial or full) the existing terminal, FAA annex, and restaurant.
We are providing notice of a public open house and public hearing where we will address the proposed actions potential economic, social, and environmental impacts. In addition, we will address the project’s consistency with the goals and objectives of the affected area’s land use or planning strategy.
A Public Open House will be held at the following time and place: Date January 18, 2022, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Mason City Municipal Airport Highway 122 West
Mason City, Iowa
The Public Hearing will be held at the following time and place: Monday January 31, 2022, 4 p.m.
Mason City Municipal Airport Highway 122 West
Mason City, Iowa
Potentially affected environmental resources include: Section 4(f), Historical and Architectural Resources. An adverse effect to an historic property is being mitigated through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) per Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).
The draft environmental assessment (EA) describing the proposed actions impacts will be available for public review until February 10, 2022. The draft EA may be viewed at the Mason City City Hall, the Mason City Airport, the Mason City Library, and at http://flymcw.com/terminal_modernization/. A hard copy or CD of the EA may be mailed upon request. Those wishing to provide comments must do so by email or letter to the address below no later February 10, 2022:
David Sims, Airport Manager Mason City Airport
PO Box 1484
Mason City, IA 50402 dsims@masoncity.net or
Scott Tener
Federal Aviation Administration, ACE-611F901 Locust St.
Kansas City, MO 64106-2325 scott.tener@faa.gov
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised that your entire comment –including your personal identifying information– may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold from public review your personal identifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
3 thoughts on “Notice of proposed improvements at Mason City Municipal Airport”
construction will be null if the EAS airline is approved to leave its contract. no more jet service. public needs to be heard if they want a jet service. DOT can deny their request to lower flight count. this is how it starts. beginning of the end. amending the contract and ADDING a flight to DEN service with public backing MC may have a chance to hold onto its jet service. allowing them to cut will be detrimental. send emails to support keeping the jet in MC to appropriate City Admins.
https://www.yourfortdodge.com/notice-of-intent-to-reduce-flights-out-of-fort-dodge-by-skywest-airlines/
I have flown out of MC a few times, one (or two?) flights a day makes for long layovers at MSP or Chicago or wherever they fly into now. Back in the day when they had multiple flights a day it wasn’t much better, more of my flights were cancelled than ever flew to MSP. I drove myself, and another passenger, when they were going to make us wait who knows how long for a bus.
I will drive to MSP a million times before I ever fly out of MC again.
i used to TRECK up to MSP. parking headache, long security lines…..plus the drive. never ever want yo deal with that again. people who fly regularly hate it. skywest flies to ord. you can literally go anywhere from there. denver would be another great add on. people aren’t going to cone and live and work to a landlocked place like MC. it’s suffocating without a quick route out.