In case of wet or wintry weather, the airports' runways are too short to provide the extra distance planes need to land. Airports in Orange City and Sioux Center don't have available land to expand runways that are becoming too short and narrow for the size of aircraft using them. That potential for business growth has been one of the driving forces for a new airport since talks began back in the 1990s. "I was just telling our board at the last meeting about a month ago that I had contact from a business that once we're up and running would be interested in locating here." "Both communities and the county now will be more attractive to business air services," said Harold Schiebout, Sioux County Regional Airport Agency Board chairman. Once completed in 2018, the $28 million project will replace aging airports in nearby Orange City and Sioux Center that have little room to expand to accommodate larger corporate jets that companies in both cities use for business travel.Īfter the airport opens, Sioux County leaders hope to see more of those jets, not only from existing businesses, but also from companies considering locating here. Highway 75 and Iowa Highway 10 began this summer, a project that had been more than a decade in the making. Grading on a portion of the 492-acre site of a new Sioux County airport near the intersection of U.S. MAURICE, Iowa | Amid the fertile Sioux County cropland near here, dreams of a bigger, better airport that could lead to greater business opportunities have begun to take root.
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