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Big congratulations are in order for the Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum! The St. Louis Section of the AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) selected the Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum for the 2013 AIAA Civic Service Award. The award recognizes the museum’s efforts to preserve and promote historic air and [...]

The St. Louis Rapid Transit Connector Study is now conducting a virtual public meeting to obtain your input on improvements to regional transit service. The Connector Study – led by the Bi-State Development Agency/Metro and their partners East-West Gateway Council of Governments, MoDOT, St. Louis County and the City of St. Louis – seeks to [...]

  Today (April 19) was a very special day for St. Louis Downtown Airport and the region in terms of safety, emergency response preparedness, training and aviation education. This morning, following its last flight, the Boeing 727-200F aircraft operated for 20 years by FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation, was donated to St. Louis [...]

  Educating boys and girls about aviation  opportunities and careers is a priority for the staff at the St. Louis Downtown Airport as well as for other groups located at the airport. This past Saturday, St. Louis Downtown Airport, St. Louis University (SLU), Boeing, Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 64, the Greater St. Louis Air and [...]

The Board of Commissioners of the Bi-State Development Agency/Metro (BSDA/Metro) has approved a $306.3 million operating budget and $442.9 million (3 year) capital budget for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY2014).  The FY2014 budget allocates resources to run the transit system and all enterprises for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 with a 3.7 percent increase [...]

The westbound platform at the Stadium MetroLink station will be closed from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. on March 1 (Friday) to prepare for the replacement of ADA tiles. During this time, westbound trains will not serve the Stadium station. Westbound customers with a Stadium station destination will need to exit the train at Civic [...]

Peter Pan said to fly, all you needed was ‘faith and trust and just a little bit of pixie dust.’ Well, what you really need is to know someone with a plane and love for flying. But seriously, have you ever wanted to fly? St. Louis Downtown Airport and Heliport Director Bob McDaniel has wanted [...]

I took a tour recently of the St. Louis Downtown Airport which is owned and operated by Metro and got an inside look at the airport fire department. Aside from sliding down the fire pole and making a slight fool out of myself, I got to ride in one of the largest ground vehicles I’ve [...]

Written by Special Contributor Diane Earhart: Administrative Assistant at St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, Illinois Herman Smith Jr. has been a Transportation Security Inspector (TSI) for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a branch of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), since its creation after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.  As an Inspector, Smith [...]

Written by Special Contributor Diane Earhart; Administrative Assistant at St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, Illinois It’s been an exciting Cardinals Postseason.  Some of you love this time of year for all the stats and trivia.  Here’s a trivia question for you:  Who just may very well be the only St.  Louis Cardinals season ticket [...]