
No issue in Dallas County's recent history has been more controversial than the proposed West Metro Regional Airport, which is currently planned for location immediately north of Monarch Manufacturing at Ortonville, the north end of which would be just 3 miles south of Dallas Center on county road R16.

Click here to view the airport site map. (PDF file, size 6Mb)
The cities of Dallas Center and Waukee see no benefit in the proposed airport, and the residents along R16, from Ortonville through Dallas Center, are not happy with the notion of being directly under the north-south path of a next-door corporate jet runway, and other reasons.
On March 25, 2008, both Dallas Center and Waukee expressed their opposition to the airport in a public meeting at the Adel Public Library, leaving Adel as the only city sponsoring the project.
Project Updates
Any future action by or on behalf of the city of Dallas Center will be reported here; otherwise you can visit the links below for the latest news on the project.
- WMRA Website
- bantheairport.com
- 2006 Des Moines Business Record Article
- bantheairport.com
- Dallas County News Aug 14, 2008
- Dallas County News Nov 26, 2008

West Metro Regional Airport Authority Meeting Minutes, downloaded from http://wmra.adeliowa.org/minutes.page.
- Aug 1, 2006
- Aug 10, 2006
- Aug 28, 2006
- Sep 12, 2006
- Oct 9, 2006
- Oct 18,2006
- Nov 14, 2006
- Dec 12,2006
- Jan 16, 2007
- Mar 25, 2008
- Nov 24, 2008
City of Adel Council Meeting Minutes, downloaded from http://adeliowa.org/minutes.page



