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Transportation

Serving the Metropolitan Statistical Area

Highways Serving Area:

Interstates: 74, 80, 88, & 280
U.S. Federal: 6, 34, 61, 67, & 150
State: IL 5, 17, 78, 81, 82, 84, 92, 94 & 192; IA 22 & 130

Motor Freight Service:

The Quad Cities is served by over 100 motor freight carriers. With major break-bulk facilities located in the area, consistent, direct service to and from the Quad Cities is assured.

Major Trucking Carriers:

ABF Freight System Inc. • Adrian Carriers • CF Motor Freight • Dohrn Transfer • Roadway Express, Inc. • Yellow Freight System, Inc.

Rail Transportation:

• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
• Iowa Interstate Railroad
• Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad Corporation
• Amtrak - Northeast/Southwest Passenger

Air Service:

Quad City International Airport:

Sixty arrivals and departures per day with one stop service to virtually anywhere in the world through the hubs of Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and St. Louis.

• U.S. Customs Port of Entry
• Full service Fixed Base Operations (FBO)
• Airfield - Fully instrumentized, three runway systems.
• Runway length: 10,000 ft. (3,048m), 7,000 ft.(2,134m) and 4,500 ft. (1,371m) all 150 ft. (46m) wide

Major Air Freight Carriers:

• Airborne Express
• BAX Global
• DHL
• Emery Worldwide
• UPS

Major Air Passenger Carriers:

• American
• American Connection
• American Trans Air
• AirTran Airways
• Skyway Airlines
• Northwest AirLink
• United Express

Davenport Municipal Airport:

General aviation with complete instrument approaches, weather reporting services 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., and private aircraft rental and maintenance. Runway length: 5,501 ft. (1,677m) and 4,100 ft. (1,250m) both 100 ft. (30m) wide.

Other Air Service:

Gen Air Park, Geneseo; Kewanee Municipal, Kewanee; and McNeal's Field, East Moline.

Waterways:

• Mississippi River - 9 foot channel, 10 month navigation season. Featuring 50 barge terminals with 26 served by rail and interstate. Recreational facilities are also available.
• Rock River - navigable for recreation.

International Trade Service:

• U.S. Customs Port of Entry
• Computerized Paired Port Systems
• Foreign Trade Zone #133
• Customs Bonded Motor Carriers - 30
• Customs House Brokers/International Freight
• Forwarders - 3
• Large-capacity, full-service intermodal transfer facility.
  Source: Quad City Development Group.