Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Cost of Liability Insurance Leads to Closing of Small Iowa Airport

May 14, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticle3 Comments

The grass-strip McBride Airport has closed nearly 50 years after it was carved out of an eastern Iowa farm field.

Ivan McBride told The Gazette it’s difficult to close the tiny airport in Marion that his late father created in 1962. But with liability insurance becoming increasingly expensive, McBride said the time was right to make the change.



View the Original article