us.~rtmentof 

l'ranipDrt~ 

Office o1 the secretory 

ofiransportotioo 

Mr. PatrickD. Eikenberry 

CEO/President 

Missma:n. Inc. 

lOU 27th Avenue 

P.O. Box 6040 

Rock Island, IL 61204 

Dear Mr. Eikenberry~ 

Assistant Secretory · . N~ Jersey Av~;~nua, SE 

Wtxshing!on, OC 2(;}590 

AUG 21ZOta 

Thank you for your letter of July 22. addressed to Secretary Foxx.. suppo.rting the proposal 

submitted by the Quad City International Airport for a grant under the U.S. Department of 

Transportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. The Secretary has asked 

me to respond on his behalf. 

The Small Community Air Service Development Program was established to help smaller 

communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues n~lated to high airfares or 

insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum of 40 grant 

awards eaeh year, although no more than four awards may be to communities in the same State. 

ln order to provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service 

deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility in the types of projects that can be funded. 

On June 24~ the Department issued an order requesting that communities interested in receiving a 

grant this year file their applications by July As these grant requests are pending before the 

Department, I cannot comment 011 the merits of any particular proposal. 1 assure you that the 

Department will give fllll and fair consideration to all proposals that have been properly filed. 

As is our standard practice, I am placing a copy of your letter and this response in Docket 

DOT-OST-2013-0120 as a contact outside the record of this matter. I appreciate your interest in 

this program. 

Sincerely yours, 

Susan L. Kurland 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
July 22. 20 I 3 

The llonorable Anthony Foxx 

US Department nfTransportation 

1200 New Jersey Ave. SE 

Washington DC 20590 

Re: Small Community Air Service Development Program 

DOCKET NUMBER: DOT-OST-2013-0120 

Dear Secretary Foxx: 

On be hal r of M issman. Jm: .. I am writing you in support ol' the Small Community Air Service Development Gran( being 

submmecl by the \)uacl Ciry International Airport. 

·rhe Quad City International Airport. located in Moline. IL serves passengers fl·orn throughout the regions of Eastern 

Iowa and Western Illinois. The funds being sought will support the marketing efforts promoting existing. and possibly 

future. air service providers and their routes. 

Retaining. quality and reliable air service in the Quad Cities is critical to the region's gh1bally connected businesses and 

residents. The Quad Cities region is a bi-state community with a p(1pulation over 400.000. A diverse mix of Fortune 500 

companies. including the vvorld hcadquar1ers of' Deere & Company. The lion Company. Mndern \V<1odmen of America. 

KONE E!evat<,w/Escalator. and Akoa at! call the greater Quad Cities region home. ln addition. the Dcp~trtment uf 

Delcnse ·s Rock Island Arsenal is located in th~ region. providing critical gl{1bal logist i<.:s. t rili ning nnd manu liH:turing 

equipment and services to the joint forces. 

Missman. Inc .. supports the Qund City International Airp011's primary goals to solidify existing. air scn·icc. moderate 

ruture 11m: increases and makL' current air service more sustainable. setting the course for future air service growth. Your 

full ..:on:-;iderati~.Hl ofthb grant rcque~t b appreciated !U continu..: liw economic growth potenrial fbr the Quad Cities 

region. 

S i ncerel), 

~ .. ?e.:,,~ CEO/ President 

M issman. Inc. 

1011 2"7'" ;\n:nuc, P.< ). Box 6040 ·Rock Island, lllirwis 6!204-604!) 

Phone: :"'>09.788.7644· Fax: 30<J.7H8.7(ilJ1 • \\"\\·w.missnun.com