THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20590 

The Honorable Maria Cantwell 

United States Senate 

Washington, DC 20510 

Dear Senator Cantwell: 

August 26,2013 :'.: .. i} 

Thank you for your letter supporting the proposal submitted by the Pangborn MemorialAirport 

for a grant under the U.S. Department of Transportation's Small Community Air Service 

Development Program. 

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

communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares or 

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

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

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

deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility inthe: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 26. As these grant requests are pending before the 

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

Department will give full 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, 

Anthony R. Foxx 
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WASHINGTON 

The Honorable Anthony Foxx 

Secretary 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Ave SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

August 1, 2013 

FINANCE 

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SMALl BlJSlNESS 

RE: Pangborn Memorial Airport application for funding under the U.S. Department of Transportation Small 

Community Alr Service Development Program (DOCKET DOT-OST-2013-0120) 

Dear Secretary F oxx~ 

I am writing to express supp01t for Pangborn Memorial Airport's grant application for the fiscal year 2013 

Small Community Air Service Development Program. 

This Airport serves as an important link to the national air transportation system for all of North Central 

Washington, encompassing the east slopes of the Cascade Mountains from Canada to Interstate 90, 

Washington's major east-west transportation attery. The airport is an essential public facility that facilitates 

economic growth within the community and represents a significant asset to the local tourism industry. 

The Pangborn Memorial Airport is cun·ently experiencing modest passenger growth following declining 

passenger numbers in 2010. However, a significant number oflocal residents and visitors to North Central 

Washington are still not taking advantage of these transportation services. The Wenatchee market fills only 62 

percent of its available seats and current ticket prices are 24 percent above last years' average. The Airport 

proposes to use grant funding to stabilize local air service through an incumbent airline marketing catnpaign and 

airline recruitment projects. 

The Small Community Air Service Development Program offers the Airport an opportunity to more effectively 

promote the services offered by its airline partners. The requested grant funding would help the community to 

preserve the value of an important local asset by ensuring the long tenn sustainability of local air service. 

Sincerely, 

Maria Cantwell 

United States Senator 

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