Fort Dodge Regional Airport (IATA: FOD, ICAO: KFOD, FAA LID: FOD) is a city owned public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of Fort Dodge, a city in Webster County, Iowa, United States. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline United Airlines, a service that is subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $3,892,174 (per year).

The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport.

History

Mesaba Airlines, operating as Delta Connection, formerly had daily service to Minneapolis-St. Paul with a stop in Mason City. Effective June 10, 2010, the stop in Mason City ended and Fort Dodge had nonstop flights to Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Great Lakes Airlines announced began service from Fort Dodge to Minneapolis/St. Paul to replace service by Delta Connection effective April 10, 2012. Great Lakes service ended January 31, 2014.

Air Choice One announced it would begin service from Fort Dodge to Chicago O'Hare to replace service by Great Lakes Airlines on February 23, 2015.

SkyWest Airlines, operating as United Express, announced that it would begin service from Fort Dodge to Chicago O'Hare to replace service by Air Choice One on March 1, 2021.

Facilities and aircraft

Fort Dodge Regional Airport covers an area of 967 acres (391 ha) at an elevation of 1,156 feet (352 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 is 6,547 by 150 feet (1,996 x 46 m) and 12/30 is 5,301 by 100 feet (1,616 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending March 1, 2023, the airport had 10,598 aircraft operations, an average of 29 per day: 85% general aviation, 12% scheduled commercial, 2% air taxi and 1% military. In March 2023, there were 22 aircraft based at this airport: 19 single-engine, 2 multi-engine and 1 helicopter.

Airline and destinations

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Airlines	Destinations
United Express	Chicago–O'Hare, Mason City

Destinations map
Chicago–O'Hare Mason City

Statistics

Carrier shares: August 2019 - July 2020

Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Air Choice One	10,790(100%)

Top domestic destinations: August 2019 - July 2020

Rank	City	Airport name & IATA code	Passengers
1	St. Louis, MO	Lambert-St. Louis (STL)	4,020
2	Mason City, IA	Mason City (MCW)	790
3	Minneapolis, MN	Minneapolis/St. Paul International (MSP)	780

Cargo

• Flight Express (Des Moines, Mason City) Cessna 210

See also

• List of airports in Iowa