Great Demand For United Flights

The Mason City airport says it's seeing a lot of passengers taking advantage of united's non stop daily flights to Chicago O'hare.

It's seeing a lot of passengers taking advantage of united's non stop daily city airport new.bmp kimt news 3's alex jirgens is live at the mason city municipal airport with the soaring figures.

Alex?xxx can count on katie - the most recent flight from chicago landed here almost two hours ago.

It's a type of non-stop service that - up until the start of the month- it would've meant driving some distance to use.

United update-lvo-1 lowerthird2line coronavirus:great demand for united express service mason city, ia since service started on march 1st - airport manager david sims has noted that passenger count has gone up - surpassing february passenger numbers- and are projected to double those numbers in march - around 400.

Despite the pandemic still in full swing - sims is pleased with the numbers- particularly the timing by launching before spring break.xxx united update-lsot-1 lowerthird2line coronavirus:david sims manager, mason city municipal airport "just a year ago, if you looked in our parking lot, you would've only seen 2 cars other than employees.

Now, there are two dozen cars out there and growing every day."

Lowerthird2line talent coronavirus:alex jirgens ajirgens@kimt.com coverage you can count on if you're wanting to catch a flight to o'hare - i checked prices on expedia.

Roundtrip from mason city to chicago - for this thursday and friday - runs about 163 dollars.

In comparison with an airport like des moines - sims says prices are pretty comparable.

Live in mason city-alex jirgens kimt news 3 thank you alex.

The service offers daily non-stop flights to chicago - on smaller jets - with just 50 seats.

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