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Essential Air Service (subsidized flights)

Every small-airport community where DOT pays an airline to keep flights going: airline, hubs served, aircraft, yearly subsidy, and contract dates, in reports from 2020 to now (lower 48, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Alaska). Plus the $200-per-passenger limit reports (FY2015–FY2019), miles to the nearest big hub, the list of eligible communities, communities that lost service since 1989, and program funding since 1979.

Published by U.S. DOT Office of the Secretary Finest detail county Tables 6
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“Does this town keep its flights, and what does it cost?”

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What we added

  • Each community placed in its county, including towns that lost service since 1989
  • Every report month kept side by side, so subsidy and airline changes show over time

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Funding and towns served by year Sample of 25 rows out of about 45 · 3 columns
fypoints_servedappropriation_millions
1979383No data
1980405No data
1981352No data
1982363No data
1983168No data
1984146No data
1985148No data
1986138No data
1987135No data
1988153No data
1989143No data
1990119No data
1991123No data
1992130No data
1993126No data
1994112No data
1995106No data
199697No data
199795No data
1998101No data
1999100No data
2000106No data
2001115No data
2002123No data
2003126No data

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