Business View Magazine | April 2020

113 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE APRIL 2020 QUINCY REGIONAL A I RPORT up the rest in the form of a general fund subsidy to help us get back in the black,” says Airport Director, Sandra Shore. “But I believe it is a smart investment because of the economic impact it has on the rest of the region.” Over the years, the Quincy Airport has been served by various commercial carriers: Mid- Continent arrived in 1947; its successor, Braniff, left in 1959; TWA arrived in 1948 and left in 1953-54; and Ozark arrived in 1950 and left in 1982. Most recently, it was served by United Airlines partner, SkyWest Airlines, which was replaced, just this past January, by Cape Air which now offers daily round-trip flights to both Chicago O’Hare International Airport and St. Louis Lambert International Airport. “It’s the first time in the modern era that we’ve been able to connect passengers to two different hubs,” Shore notes. Other Airport tenants include a collegiate flight program through Quincy University and Air USA, a major U.S. Department of Defense contractor. history with the first airplane flight over the Mississippi River. In 1914, Baldwin returned to dirigible design and development, and built the U.S. Navy’s first successful dirigible. He served in the Army Aviation section of the Signal Corps, as a captain in 1917 and a major in 1918. After the end of World War I, he joined the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio, as a designer and manufacturer of their airships. Thomas J. Baldwin died on May 17, 1923, and was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. Today, the Quincy Regional Airport – Baldwin Field covers 1,101 acres and has three runways: 4/22 is 7,098 by 150 feet and made of asphalt/ concrete; 18/36 is 5,877 by 150 feet, and is also asphalt/concrete; and 13/31 is 5,397 by 150 feet, and made of asphalt. It is owned by the City of Quincy, and operates with a staff of seven. “Our budget is made up of aeronautical and non- aeronautical revenues and then the city makes