Officials Approve Funding To Bring Florida Air Service To Dubuque

Officials with the City of Dubuque and Dubuque County on Monday approved a collective $1 million to help bring weekly leisure air service from an ultra-low-cost airline to Dubuque Regional Airport. The Dubuque City Council and Dubuque County Board of Supervisors each agreed to contribute up to $500,000 as part of a two-year agreement. The money will provide a minimum revenue guarantee to the yet-unnamed airline, which will provide four flights per week from the airport, two to Orlando, Florida, and two to Fort Myers, Florida. A report says that a 2021 study found that about 38,000 people fly to Florida from Dubuque’s “catchment area” of a 40-mile radius.