South Central Regional Airport (Oskaloosa)

A proposed airport for the small city of Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, some 40 miles from Des Moines and 60 miles from Cedar Rapids. The impetus is from businesses in nearby Pelle. The existing Oskaloosa and Pelle airfields would close. In 2014, the project was estimated to cost approximately USD35 million.

Dec-2017. 

15-Dec-2017. South Central Regional Airport Agency (SCRAA) passed resolutions to prepare a request the US FAA to release municipal land at South Central Regional Airport (Iowa) and to prepare for a public information meeting concerning land acquisition. SCRAA intends to retain the services of HDR for property acquisition and project coordination for phase one of the airport development project. 

07-Dec-2017. South Central Regional Airport Agency (SCRAA) selected HDR to plan and design the 581 acre South Central Regional Airport (Iowa). US FAA completed its review of the USD30 million first phase in Nov-2017. HDR will provide services such as real estate acquisition, master planning, GIS and geotechnical engineering, environmental documentation, finance and economics support, public outreach, FAA liaison services and all civil design for terminals, hangars, aprons, utilities and runways. The airport will replace two municipal airports and help meet regional aeronautical demand. Phase one will involve land acquisition, expected to take about two years. Design and construction of the new facility will take about three years. Airport features include:

• 6700ft primary runway, capable of providing a precision instrument approach for B/C category aircraft; 
• Full, parallel taxiway system, crosswind runway and aircraft parking apron;
• Terminal building, infrastructure for aviation services such as fuelling and MRO, and hangars for aircraft storage.

When complete, South Central Regional Airport is projected to be...