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    "addressCountry": "United States of America",
    "addressLocality": "Okoboji"
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  "airlines": [
    "American Airlines",
    "Delta Air Lines"
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      "name": "Domestic to Domestic Connection Time",
      "value": "45 minutes"
    },
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      "name": "Domestic to International Connection Time",
      "value": "90 minutes"
    },
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      "name": "International to Domestic Connection Time",
      "value": "90 minutes"
    },
    {
      "@type": "LocationFeatureSpecification",
      "name": "International to International Connection Time",
      "value": "120 minutes"
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  "city": "Okoboji",
  "code": "RTL",
  "connection_tips": "Spirit Lake Municipal Airport (RTL) is a general aviation facility serving Dickinson County, Iowa, and the popular Okoboji resort area. It handles NO scheduled commercial airline passenger flights. It primarily serves private pilots, agribusiness charters, and summer vacationers visiting the Iowa Great Lakes.\n\nGround transport is limited; there is no public transit or taxi rank directly serving the terminal. Travelers should pre-arrange a pickup from a local contact or resort hotel in town (approx. 1 mile west). Rental cars can be delivered to the terminal if pre-arranged through a local dealer For connection planning, a car, local pickup, or hotel transfer is usually more useful than waiting curbside, especially if you are using Okoboji as the first stop in a wider drive. The meaningful alternates are Sioux Falls Regional Airport, Fairbury Municipal Airport, Rolla National Airport, which is why the backup plan matters more than the terminal amenities. Scheduled service is carried by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, so the first bank of the day is the one to watch. In practice, that means the airport works as Okoboji's time-saving link to the rest of United States of America.\n\nThe facility offers 24-hour self-serve fuel and a pilot lounge. If you need a commercial connection, Sioux Falls Regional (FSD) is approximately 1. 5 hours awayThe airport is a small Dakota plains utility field, and that is exactly why it matters to local travel. Operationally, a car, local pickup, or hotel transfer is usually more useful than waiting curbside, especially if you are using Okoboji as the first stop in a wider drive. The meaningful alternates are Sioux Falls Regional Airport, Fairbury Municipal Airport, Rolla National Airport, which is why the backup plan matters more than the terminal amenities. Scheduled service is carried by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, so the first bank of the day is the one to watch. In practice, that means the airport works as Okoboji's time-saving link to the rest of United States of America.",
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  "frequent_traveler_tip": [
    "Use RTL for private flights to reach the Okoboji resorts quickly.",
    "The airport is within 5 minutes of the spectacular West Okoboji Lake.",
    "Pre-arrange a taxi pickup from town; none wait on-site at the strip.",
    "Ideal for private pilots visiting the nearby Arnolds Park Amusement Park.",
    "Free on-site parking is available for GA travelers."
  ],
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    "recent_reviews": [],
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  "iataCode": "RTL",
  "icao": "ZRTL",
  "international": false,
  "last_modified": "June 2026",
  "last_updated": "2026-03-30",
  "latitude": 40.303237578553166,
  "layover_planner_info": "Consider exploring Okoboji if you have a long layover.",
  "longitude": -97.78467885642937,
  "mct_domestic_to_domestic": 45,
  "mct_domestic_to_international": 90,
  "mct_interline": 110,
  "mct_international_to_domestic": 90,
  "mct_international_to_international": 120,
  "missed_connection_help": "Contact your airline's service desk for assistance with rebooking.",
  "name": "Spirit Lake Municipal Airport",
  "region": "Americas",
  "related_airports": [
    {
      "code": "FSD",
      "name": "Sioux Falls Regional Airport"
    },
    {
      "code": "FBY",
      "name": "Fairbury Municipal Airport"
    },
    {
      "code": "VIH",
      "name": "Rolla National Airport"
    },
    {
      "code": "VLA",
      "name": "Vandalia Municipal Airport"
    }
  ],
  "terminal_info": "Spirit Lake Municipal Airport (RTL/0F3) operates as the aviation gateway to the Iowa Great Lakes resort region, strategically positioned on 65 acres near West Lake Okoboji, one of only three true blue water lakes in the world with crystal-clear spring-fed waters reaching 134 feet deep across 3,850 acres, serving this premier Midwest vacation destination where Victorian-era railways first brought urban elite in 1882 to establish Arnolds Park as a thriving hospitality haven that continues attracting hundreds of thousands of annual visitors to America's heartland Riviera.\n\nTerminal infrastructure features a single 3,015-foot asphalt runway 16/34 designed for general aviation serving Dickinson County's tourism economy, with basic facilities supporting private aircraft bringing vacationers to experience nine golf courses, two amusement parks including historic Arnolds Park established in 1889 and Ranch Okoboji, Boji Bay Water Park, the Queen II excursion boat cruising West Okoboji's pristine waters, plus year-round recreation including water skiing, parasailing, scuba diving in remarkably clear glacial lakes, and winter ice fishing on Iowa's largest natural lake system.\n\nOperational characteristics encompass seasonal traffic patterns peaking during summer months when temperatures reach 80\u00b0F and the region transforms into the Midwest's premier lake resort destination, with the airport facilitating access to over 100 restaurants, nightclubs, theaters, Preservation Plaza concerts, Maritime Museum exhibits, and miles of shoreline featuring historic Victorian cottages alongside modern lakefront estates, all centered around the interconnected Iowa Great Lakes including Spirit Lake, West and East Okoboji, Upper and Lower Gar, and Minnewashta.\n\nStrategic importance extends beyond tourism to encompass the airport's role preserving northwest Iowa's unique resort heritage dating to railroad boom days when Chicago and Minneapolis elite established summer colonies along these glacially-formed lakes, creating a vacation culture that endures through generations of Midwest families returning annually to experience subterranean spring-fed waters, classic wooden roller coasters, lakeside dining, and small-town charm that makes the Iowa Great Lakes region an unexpected oasis of aquatic recreation and Victorian-era resort nostalgia thriving in America's agricultural heartland.",
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}