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La Crosse Airport planning more talks with airlines that could serve the city, including the possible return of Delta

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May 19, 2025

Delta Airlines ended regular air service to La Crosse two years ago, but the company and the city have been in talks to resume scheduled flights.

The La Crosse aviation board met on Monday, and Delta was mentioned as one of the carriers that could offer new flights to the Coulee Region. Airport business manager J.D. Roberts says some of the other contenders are Allegiant, United, and Utah-based Breeze Airways.

FILE: The last regular Delta flight out of La Crosse prepared to take off in June of 2023

Roberts says the west coast of Florida is one region where La Crosse would like to expand its service. He referred to a meeting next month where La Crosse airport staffers will have discussions with some of those airlines flying in the Midwest.

While Denver has been cited as a site that could be popular, Roberts says La Crosse is likely to increase service to O’Hare in Chicago first.

The airport continues to see an increase in passengers, over levels from a year ago. In April, the number of riders in and out of La Crosse was just over 36-hundred, which was the highest number in seven months. So far this year, nearly 13-thousand people have flown through LSE, which is a 28 per cent increase over the first four months of 2024.
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Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.