MidAmerica Airport

The Kaskaskia River near Fayetteville sits quiet on a sunny fall morning. This location would be where barges bring jet fuel and pipe it roughly 16 miles north to Scott Air Force Base.

Fuel pipeline from the Kaskaskia River to Scott Air Force Base under consideration

Will Bauer

Starting at the barge terminal near Fayetteville — about 15 miles southeast of Belleville — the pipeline would run roughly 16 miles north to deliver fuel to the Metro East base.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) recalls a time when many people questioned whether MidAmerica St. Louis Airport should be built at all while speaking at a news conference on Sept. 17 in Mascoutah.

Economy & Business

MidAmerica Airport Is Long On Critics, But Officials See Turnaround As Boeing Expands

Teri Maddox

Boeing announced it will build its second production facility for the MQ-25 Stingray, an aircraft refueling drone for the U.S. Navy, at the Metro East airport.

Bryan Johnson replaces Tim Cantwell as director of MidAmerica St. Louis Airport.

Economy & Business

MidAmerica St. Louis Airport Is Getting New Leadership

Editor's note: This story was originally published in the Belleville News-Democrat.MASCOUTAH — A new director has been named to lead MidAmerica St. Louis…

Allegiant Airlines is the only passenger carrier at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport.

Other

Allegiant Air Adds $55 Flights To Hilton Head Out Of MidAmerica Airport In Metro East

MidAmerica Airport will offer an additional passenger route starting this June as part of an Allegiant Air expansion plan.Allegiant announced Tuesday a…