Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport - Airlines and Destinations

Airlines and Destinations

RegionsAir operating as AmericanConnection provided flights to St. Louis until it ceased operations in March 2007. The next EAS contract was awarded to Big Sky Airlines, operating as Delta Connection, with service to Cincinnati scheduled to begin in June 2007. Big Sky began service in November 2007 and abruptly ended operations in January 2008. Great Lakes Aviation was awarded a contract but ultimately cancelled. Owensboro was without scheduled air service from January 7, 2008, until August 31, 2009 when Pacific Wings operating as KentuckySkies was awarded the Essential Air Service contract offering flights to Nashville. On June 30, 2011 Pacific Wings notified the USDOT of their intent to end service at OWB, saying that they were "unable to procure counter or gate space at Nashville International Airport on reasonable terms," and on October 20, 2011 American Airlines code-share partner Cape Air was selected to operate flights to their hub at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport with service beginning on December 5, 2011.

On February 19, 2009, Allegiant Air began service from Owensboro to Orlando Sanford International Airport, and now operates flights to Las Vegas as well. The airline ended flights to Las Vegas on August 13, 2012.