Today’s fuel price musings - Down to third in the state

1 comment October 23rd, 2008

First off, here’s a really cool interactive graphic by the AP, showing gas prices by state using the data from AAA I report.

Here are the numbers (as always, courtesy of AAA’s fuelgaugereport.com):

Gasoline: Rockford dropped another three cents to $2.84 a gallon. We have the third-highest gas prices in the state, dropping below Quad Cities. We’re also 88th in the nation, which is about where we’ve been for a while. The Illinois average dropped three cents to $2.99, breaking the $3 mark. The national average dropped four cents to $2.82. Illinois has the 12th-highest gas prices in the nation, including the District of Columbia.

Diesel: Rockford dropped five cents to $3.50 a gallon. We have the eighth-highest diesel prices in the state. The state average dropped three cents to $3.71. The national average dropped more than two cents to $3.58. Illinois has the ninth-highest diesel prices in the country.

What I know about Fort Myers flights

Add comment October 23rd, 2008

For those of you who missed it, Chicago Rockford International Airport could be close to announcing a new warm-weather destination.

Bob O’Brien won’t say the airline or the destination, but see if you can line up the hints:

1. O’Brien said it’s a “southern” destination.

2. O’Brien said it’s a destination more than 2,500 people have emailed him about recently. He’s previously said 2,500 people have emailed him about Fort Myers during a public push to get flights there.

3. Whenever he talks about Fort Myers, he is careful to say “the Fort Myers area” implying that service there might be to an alternative airport.

4. He said if flights to this new destination do well, we could get flights to Myrtle Beach next spring from the same airline.

I’m sure some of you already know who it is from these hints. I can’t confirm or deny at this point, but if my hunch is right, it would be an interesting addition.