July 8th, 2008
Just a quick post to get this stuff on the old record (numbers courtesy of AAA’s fuelgaugereport.com):
Gasoline: Rockford increased almost four cents to a record $4.17 a gallon. We’re third in the state in gas prices. The state average increased more than a cent to a record $4.22 a gallon. The national average remained at a record $4.11. Illinois has the ninth-highest gas prices in the nation.
Diesel: Rockford dropped two cents today to $4.81, more than five cents below the record set in May. We have the third-highest diesel prices in the state. The state average increased almost a cent to a record $4.83 a gallon. The national average increased almost a cent to a record $4.81 a gallon. Illinois is tied with the 18th-highest prices in the country (including the District of Columbia).
July 8th, 2008
Allegiant Air is leaving Green Bay after three years, moving to Appleton 33 miles southwest. The reason? Higher costs at the Green Bay airport, Allegiant spokeswoman Tyri Squyres said.
The Outagamie County Regional Airport is bigger than I thought, with 285,000 passenger enplanements in 2006 (the last year on record for the FAA). It was the 152nd biggest airport in the country and fourth biggest in Wisconsin. (Green Bay, with 444,000 enplanements, was 125th in the country and third in Wisconsin.) Both are bigger than Chicago Rockford International Airport.
Outagamie - slogan, “Access the World” - already has regional jet service to Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Detroit, Cincinnati and Atlanta on four airlines. The flights to Las Vegas would be its longest.
Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay - slogan, “Austin Straubel International Airport,” apparently - still has flights to Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Las Vegas, Marquette, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Phoenix.
