U.S. Department of 

Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

Of Transportation 

The Honorable James M. Inhofe 

United States Senate 

Washington, DC 20510 

Dear Senator Inhofe: 

1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

Thank you for your letter supporting the application submitted by the City of Stillwater/ 

Stillwater Regional Airport 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 in the types of projects that can be funded. 

On June 24, the Department issued an order setting a deadline of July 26 for applications. 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. 

rate Director 

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August 6, 2013 

Brooke Chapman, Associate Director 

Small Community Air Service Development Program 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Ave, SE W86~310 

Washington, DC 20590 

Dear Ms. Chapman, 

COMMITTEES: 

ARMED SERVICES 

INTELLIGENCE ex officio 

ENVIRONMENT AND 

PUBLIC WORKS 

I am writing in support of the City of Stillwater/Stillwater Regional Airport application for 

funding through the Small Community Air Service Development Program. 

Residents in the greater Stillwater area and Oklahoma State University have to drive up to 90 

minutes to Oklahoma City or Tulsa in order to access the National Transportation System. This 

places significant time and cost on the nearly 500,000 annual passengers that are generated 

from the Stillwater catchment area. Stillwater and OSU have been working closely with the 

local business community to recruit airline service at Stillwater Regional Airport. 

We understand that there are inherent financial risks and significant costs associated with 

starting scheduled airline service at a community that does not currently have service, and that 

airlines are looking for financial support to help reduce that risk. The funds requested will be 

matched with significant local dollars that will be used for airline incentives to attract new 

service at Stillwater Regional Airport, and reinstate access to the National Transportation 

System by adding service to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. ,1' 

Again, it is my hope that you will give the Stillwater Regional Airport proposal full consideration 

and award the funds requested to help Stillwater re-establish access to the National 

Transportation System by attracting new service to Dallas/Fort Worth with American Airlines. 

Sincerely, 

r--2 -~~ ~~es M. lnhofe 

United States Senator 

http://inhofe.senate.gov