|
© 2008, Butler Alliance
Southwest, Ohio
|
|
|
 |
|
Two International Airports |
 Butler
County in the middle of the
Cincinnati – Dayton region is served by two
international airports
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
and Dayton
International Airport which are each approximately 30 miles
from Butler County.
Roughly 100 American communities will be left without regular
commercial air service by the end of 2008, and that number may
double next year, says airline industry trade group the
Air Transport Association.
NEW YORK,
June 28 (UPI) -- U.S. airline industry analysts are warning the
public that the full effects of flight cutbacks will be felt
after September. Significant cuts now being made in the
airlines' fleet and flight schedules, blamed mostly on soaring
fuel costs, will probably result in overall flight cuts of 10
percent for American carriers and most likely will be
implemented after the summer travel season wraps up in
September, The New York Times reported. |
|
Butler County, the Cincinnati – Dayton region,
has two
international airports:
Business and leisure travelers in Butler County can choose
between
Cincinnati – Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG)
with over 305
nonstop flights to 92 different destinations or the low cost
airfares at Dayton International
Airport (DAY).
|
 |
Dayton International Airport (DAY)
Daily Departures: 84 
Nonstop Destinations:
|
Atlanta, GA |
Baltimore, MD |
|
Chicago, IL/O’Hare |
Cincinnati, OH |
|
Charlotte, NC |
Cleveland, OH |
|
Dallas/Ft. Worth,
TX |
Denver, CO |
|
Detroit, MI |
Houston, TX
|
|
Milwaukee, WI |
Minneapolis/St.
Paul, MN |
|
New York,
NY/Newark |
New
York, NY/LaGuardia |
|
Orlando, FL |
Philadelphia, PA |
|
St. Louis, MO |
Tampa, FL |
|
Washington,
D.C./National |
Washington,
D.C./Dulles |
|
| |
 |
Dayton
International’s average
roundtrip airfare is $338
which ranks it among the
lowest 25% of the 100 major
U.S. airports. |
|
|
Just
two short miles from the
heart of the nation’s
interstate highway system, “the Crossroads of
America” at the intersection of I-70 and I-75,
the Dayton International Airport is an ideal
location for cargo and freight operations. |
|
|
Dayton
has emerged as an attractive
destination for more
airlines and more airline
destinations in recent
years, notably from low fare carriers. AirTran Airways and Frontier Airlines |
|
|
Dayton
International Airport
handled 1,306,237 passengers
in 2006. |
|
|
|
|
|
Many Communities Are Losing
Airline Service
The Kiplinger Letter
June 6, 2008
U.S. airlines...and many
travelers...are planning big
cutbacks to cope with
soaring fuel costs. Carriers
are in a tailspin...on track
to lose $7 billion this
year, after a $4-billion
profit in 2007. Eight U.S.
airlines have gone out of
business in less than a
year, and the rest are on
major cost cutting sprees to
try to stay aloft.
A 20% reduction in
domestic capacity is a good
bet after summer, the
busiest travel period.
Carriers will ground older
and smaller planes, which
use more fuel per passenger
mile, and lay off air and
ground crews. Over 9000
jobs have been cut already,
with thousands more to go
soon.
Smaller airports will
lose service or host fewer
nonstop flights. More
trips will involve changing
planes at hubs, which is
more efficient for the
airlines but not for
business travelers and
vacationers.
Fares will climb
20%...more at airports
where competition falls as a
result of the cutbacks. Plus
even fewer perks...no more
free peanuts or soft drinks,
for example...and still more
add-on fees for services.
Small communities are
already suffering, with
fewer flights or no service
to Wilmington, Del., Grand
Canyon and Peach Springs,
Ariz., Lancaster, Pa.,
Hagerstown, Md., and Port
Angeles and Oak Harbor,
Wash.
Facing big cuts this
fall: Omaha, Neb.,
Bakersfield, Calif.,
Columbia, Mo., Tulsa and
Oklahoma City, Okla., and
Little Rock, Ark.
Some of the areas getting
hit will feel a ripple
effect.
Businesses
aren’t likely to move away,
but those looking for a new
site may conclude that
they’re better off
relocating closer to a big
airport.
|
|
Posted
by: Den Foust on July 08
Most of the major
airlines have announced 10% cuts in service commencing later
this year, and some have already trimmed back service to smaller
markets.
Delta
and
United
each
announced they would no longer serve San Luis Obispo, Calif.,
United said it would move from year-round to seasonal service to
Myrtle Beach, S.C., and
American—via
its sister airline
American Eagle—is
cutting service to three state capitols: Albany, N.Y.;
Providence, RI; and Harrisburg, Pa.
 By
the time the dust settles, the cuts could really hit smaller
markets hard. The
Business Travel
Coalition
(BTC) has created a website,
Save My Airport!,
that’s intended to spotlight the risk to smaller markets and to
stir up civic opposition to the cuts. At this website, BTC has
put together a list of 50 large airports at risk of having
service sharply curtailed and
100 smaller airports that could see
Their service eliminated completely.
Among the
large airports most at risk, BTC lists Birmingham, Ala., Albany,
N.Y. and Milwaukee. Small airports that could see service
completely elminated, by BTC’s estimations at least, include
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Bakersfield, Calif., and South Bend, Ind.
But this
raises the question: How much should we care?
For these
cities, there's a certain civic pride that comes with having
direct service--and particularly from multiple airlines--and the
city fathers will probably argue that either cuts in or
elimination of air service makes it much harder to recruit
corporations looking to locate a new manufacturing plant, call
center or such.
There's a little
truth there, but corporations will work around this problem if
all the other variables--labor costs, land costs, etc.--are
conducive to bringing in jobs. Heck, they'll even fly their own
private planes. Remember that
Midwest Airlines
was founded when
Kimberly-Clark
wanted to provide direct flights for company executives and
engineers between the company's Appleton headquarters and its
mills.
But fares
were rarely cheap in these cities (except where city officials
provided subsidies) and most of these airports lie within a
couple of hours of major hub cities, so it just means that
residents will have to drive a little further. How much time do
residents of Greenville, S.C., really save by having "direct"
flights if their "direct" flights are all routed through either
Charlotte or Atlanta? Meaning that any time you "save" by
flying direct instead of driving to Charlotte is offset by the
time you spend racing through another airport to catch your
connecting flight.
Will there be
economic repercussions from this trend? It's likely, and could
accelerate the ongoing trend toward more consolidation and
growth around major metro areas -- creating gains for cities
like Dallas, Atlanta, and Washington D.C. at the expense of
cities like Galveston, Augusta, and Norfolk. |
Back to Top |
Top 50 Large City Airport at Risk for Sharply
Curtailed Flights
|
|
City |
Airport |
State |
|
|
|
Anchorage |
Ted Stevens
Anchorage International |
AK |
|
|
|
Birmingham |
Birmingham
International |
AL |
|
|
|
Huntsville |
Huntsville
International-Carl T Jones Field |
AL |
|
|
|
Little Rock |
Adams Field |
AR |
|
|
|
Northwest
Arkansas |
Northwest
Arkansas Regional |
AR |
|
|
|
Tucson |
Tucson
International |
AZ |
|
|
|
Fresno |
Yosemite
International |
CA |
|
|
|
Colorado
Springs |
City of
Colorado Springs Municipal |
CO |
|
|
|
Hartford |
Bradley
International |
CT |
|
|
|
Fort Myers |
Southwest
Florida International |
FL |
|
|
|
Palm Springs |
Palm Springs
International |
FL |
|
|
|
Pensacola |
Pensacola
Regional |
FL |
|
|
|
Sarasota-Bradenton |
Sarasota-Bradenton International |
FL |
|
|
|
West Palm
Beach |
Palm Beach
International |
FL |
|
|
|
Savannah |
Savannah/Hilton Head International |
GA |
|
|
|
Des Moines |
Des Moines
International |
IA |
|
|
|
Boise |
Boise Air
Terminal/Gowen Field |
ID |
|
|
|
Wichita |
Wichita
Mid-Continent |
KS |
|
|
|
Baton Rouge |
Baton Rouge
Metropolitan, Ryan Field |
LA |
|
|
|
Portland |
Portland
International Jetport |
ME |
|
|
|
Flint |
Bishop
International |
MI |
|
|
|
Grand Rapids |
Gerald R. Ford
International |
MI |
|
|
|
Jackson, MS |
Jackson-Evers
International |
MS |
|
|
|
North Carolina
Triad |
Piedmont Triad
International |
NC |
|
|
|
Omaha |
Eppley
Airfield |
NE |
|
|
|
Manchester |
Manchester |
NH |
|
|
|
Albuquerque |
Albuquerque
International Sunport |
NM |
|
|
|
Reno |
Reno/Tahoe
International |
NV |
|
|
|
Albany |
Albany
International |
NY |
|
|
|
Islip |
Long Island
MacArthur |
NY |
|
|
|
Rochester |
Greater
Rochester International |
NY |
|
|
|
Akron |
Akron-Canton
Regional |
OH |
|
|
|
Oklahoma City |
Will Rogers
World |
OK |
|
|
|
Tulsa |
Tulsa
International |
OK |
|
|
|
Harrisburg |
Harrisburg
International |
PA |
|
|
|
Providence |
Theodore
Francis Green State |
RI |
|
|
|
Charleston |
Charleston
AFB/International |
SC |
|
|
|
Columbia |
Columbia
Metropolitan |
SC |
|
|
|
Greenville/
Spartanburg |
Greenville
Spartanburg International |
SC |
|
|
|
Myrtle Beach |
Myrtle Beach
International |
SC |
|
|
|
Knoxville |
McGhee Tyson |
TN |
|
|
|
El Paso |
El Paso
International |
TX |
|
|
|
Lubbock |
Lubbock
Preston Smith International |
TX |
|
|
|
Norfolk |
Norfolk
International |
VA |
|
|
|
Richmond |
Richmond
International |
VA |
|
|
|
Burlington |
Burlington
International |
VT |
|
|
|
Spokane |
Spokane
International |
WA |
|
|
|
Madison |
Dane County
Regional-Truax Field |
WI |
|
|
|
Milwaukee |
General
Mitchell International |
WI |
|
Top 100
Regional Airports at Risk
to Have Their
Airline Service
Eliminated Completely
|
|
City |
Airport |
State |
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
Fairbanks
International |
AK |
|
|
|
Juneau |
Juneau
International |
AK |
|
|
|
Dothan |
Dothan
Regional |
AL |
|
|
|
Mobile |
Mobile
Regional |
AL |
|
|
|
Montgomery |
Montgomery
Regional (Dannelly Field) |
AL |
|
|
|
Fort Smith |
Fort Smith
Regional |
AR |
|
|
|
Flagstaff |
Flagstaff
Pulliam |
AZ |
|
|
|
Bakersfield |
Meadows Field |
CA |
|
|
|
Daytona Beach |
Daytona Beach
International |
FL |
|
|
|
Key West |
Key West
International |
FL |
|
|
|
Melbourne |
Melbourne
International |
FL |
|
|
|
Panama City |
Panama
City-Bay County International |
FL |
|
|
|
Tallahassee |
Tallahassee
Regional |
FL |
|
|
|
Valparaiso |
Eglin AFB |
FL |
|
|
|
Augusta |
Augusta
Regional at Bush Field |
GA |
|
|
|
Cedar Rapids |
The Eastern
Iowa |
IA |
|
|
|
Dubuque |
Dubuque
Regional |
IA |
|
|
|
Hailey, ID |
Friedman
Memorial |
ID |
|
|
|
Idaho Falls |
Idaho Falls
Regional |
ID |
|
|
|
Bloomington-Normal |
Central IL
Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal |
IL |
|
|
|
Champaign |
University of
Illinois-Willard |
IL |
|
|
|
Peoria |
Greater Peoria
Regional |
IL |
|
|
|
Quad Cities
(IL) |
Quad City
International |
IL |
|
|
|
Springfield |
Abraham
Lincoln Capital |
IL |
|
|
|
Evansville |
Evansville
Regional |
IN |
|
|
|
Fort Wayne |
Fort Wayne
International |
IN |
|
|
|
South Bend |
South Bend
Regional |
IN |
|
|
|
Wichita Falls |
Sheppard
AFB/Wichita Falls Municipal |
KA |
|
|
|
Lexington |
Blue Grass |
KY |
|
|
|
Lafayette |
Lafayette
Regional |
LA |
|
|
|
Lake Charles |
Lake Charles
Regional |
LA |
|
|
|
Monroe |
Monroe
Regional |
LA |
|
|
|
Shreveport |
Shreveport
Regional |
LA |
|
|
|
Nantucket |
Nantucket
Memorial |
MA |
|
|
|
Bangor |
Bangor
International |
ME |
|
|
|
Lansing |
Capital City |
MI |
|
|
|
Saginaw |
MBS
International |
MI |
|
|
|
Springfield |
Springfield-Branson National |
MI |
|
|
|
Traverse City |
Cherry Capital |
MI |
|
|
|
Duluth |
Duluth
International |
MN |
|
|
|
Billings |
Billings Logan
International |
MT |
|
|
|
Bozeman |
Gallatin Field |
MT |
|
|
|
Great Falls |
Great Falls
International |
MT |
|
|
|
Helena |
Helena
Regional |
MT |
|
|
|
Kalispell |
Glacier Park
International |
MT |
|
|
|
Missoula |
Missoula
International |
MT |
|
|
|
Gulfport |
Gulfport-Biloxi International |
MS |
|
|
|
Asheville |
Asheville
Regional |
NC |
|
|
|
New Bern, NC |
Craven County
Regional |
NC |
|
|
|
Wilmington |
Wilmington
International |
NC |
|
|
|
Bismarck |
Bismarck
Municipal |
ND |
|
|
|
Fargo |
Hector
International |
ND |
|
|
|
Grand Forks |
Grand Forks
International |
ND |
|
|
|
Minot |
Minot
International |
ND |
|
|
|
Lincoln |
Lincoln |
NE |
|
|
|
Binghamton |
Greater
Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field |
NY |
|
|
|
Ithaca |
Ithaca
Tompkins Regional |
NY |
|
|
|
Newburgh |
Stewart
International |
NY |
|
|
|
Rochester | | | |
Now
available in excel!
