DECATUR — The commercial airline that will begin serving Decatur Airport early next year celebrated a major milestone in Southern Illinois this week, success that Decatur officials hope it can replicate here.
Cape Air recorded 10,000 enplanements, or passengers flying out, at Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois in Marion on Tuesday. It's a benchmark that the Decatur Airport hasn't met in more than a decade, one that comes with extra federal cash for airport improvements.
"We certainly hope that (Cape Air) can take that momentum and bring us to that goal," Bill Clevenger, executive director of the Decatur Park District, which controls the airport.
