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EAS
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The program provides subsidies to air carriers to serve eligible communities as designated by Congress .
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
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The Department issued a show cause order to terminate 30 EAS communities located within the 48 contiguous States receiving per passenger subsidy amounts exceeding $200., Unless the communities are located more than 210 miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport, the subsidy per passenger cannot exceed $200, absent a waiver from the Secretary. Several of these communities are did not meet the 10-enplanement per day threshold, as established by Congress. Three communities were terminated because their subsidy per passenger exceeded the $1,000 per passenger subsidy cap for any community, regardless of distance to a large or medium hub airport (Alaska and Hawaii are exempt from the $1,000 cap). The Department issued a show cause order to terminate 30 EAS communities located within the 48 contiguous States receiving per passenger subsidy amounts exceeding $200., Unless the communities are located more than 210 miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport, the subsidy per passenger cannot exceed $200, absent a waiver from the Secretary. Several of these communities did not meet the 10-enplanement per day threshold, as established by Congress. Three communities were terminated because their subsidy per passenger exceeded the $1,000 per passenger subsidy cap for any community, regardless of distance to a large or medium hub airport (Alaska and Hawaii are exempt from the $1,000 cap).
In FY 2016, The Department issued a show cause order to terminate 30 EAS communities located within the 48 contiguous States receiving per passenger subsidy amounts exceeding $200., Unless the communities are located more than 210 miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport, the subsidy per passenger cannot exceed $200, absent a waiver from the Secretary. Several of these communities did not meet the 10-enplanement per day threshold, as established by Congress. Three communities were terminated because their subsidy per passenger exceeded the $1,000 per passenger subsidy cap for any community, regardless of distance to a large or medium hub airport (Alaska and Hawaii are exempt from the $1,000 cap). In FY 2017, the Department issued an order granting waivers from termination to Alamosa, CO; Altoona, PA; Clarksburg, WV; DuBois, PA; El Centro, CA; Hagerstown, MD; Jackson, TN, Jamestown, NY; Johnstown, PA; Kearney, NE; Lancaster, PA; Owensboro, KY; Parkersburg, WV; Marietta, OH; Pendleton, OR; Prescott, AZ; Salina, KS; Scottsbluff, NE; Show Low, AZ; Tupelo, MS; Victoria, TX; Visalia, CA; and Watertown, SD.
Issued subsidy orders for 83 communities to ensure air service: Akutan, AK Alamosa, CO Alpena, MI Altoona, PA Angoon, AK Atka, AK Augusta/Waterville, ME Bar Harbor, ME Beckley, WV Bradford, PA Brainerd, MN Cape Girardeau, MO Chignik Lake, AK Chignik, AK Chisana, AK Chisholm/Hibbing, MN Clovis, NM Cortez, CO Crescent City, CA Devils Lake, ND Dickinson, ND DuBois, PA Egegik, AK El Centro, CA Elfin Cove, AK Escanaba, MI Excursion Inlet, AK Fort Leonard Wood, MO Fort Leonard Wood, MO Franklin/Oil City, PA Garden City, KS Hagerstown/Martinsburg WV, MD Hays, KS Healy Lake, AK International Falls, MN Iron Mountain/Kingsford, MI Jamestown, ND Johnstown, PA Kake, AK Kamuela, HI Koliganek, AK Lake Minchumina, AK Lancaster, PA Laramie, WY Laurel/Hattiesburg, MS Lebanon/White River Jct VT, NH Levelock, AK Manistee/Ludington, MI Manley Hot Springs, AK Manokotak, AK McCook, NE McGrath, AK McGrath, AK Meridian, MS Minto, AK Morgantown, WV New Stuyahok, AK Nikolski, AK Paducah, KY Page, AZ Parkersburg/Marietta OH, WV Pelican, AK Pendleton, OR Pierre, SD Plattsburgh, NY Port Heiden, AK Prescott, AZ Presque Isle/Houlton, ME Rhinelander, WI Rockland, ME Saranac Lake/Lake Placid, NY Sault Ste. Marie, MI Show Low, AZ Silver City/Hurley/Deming, NM St. George, AK St. George, AK St. George, AK Tenakee, AK Thief River Falls, MN Tupelo, MS Victoria, TX Waterloo, IA Watertown, SD
Continued administration of essential air service subsidy for 172 communities. Awarded approximately $345 million dollars in multi-year contracts for 24 U.S. states. Assisted participating air carriers to continue serving eligible communities, during periods of low passenger traffic caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continued administration of essential air service subsidy for 172 communities that have been awarded approximately $477 million, to-date for fiscal year 2023, in multi-year contracts for 35 U.S. states. Ensuring eligible communities secure continued air service in an environment where air carriers are continue to face rising costs and labor challenges.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
