January 13, 2019

Inaugural Flight, Cape Girardeau/Paducah

Scenes from the first flight of a new expanded SkyWest deal that will bring additional flights from Cape Girardeau to Paducah, Kentucky. Monday, Jan. 7, 2019.

George Bray, center, chairman of the airport board for Barkley Regional Airport, laughs while preparing to cut a ceremonial ribbon with oversized scissors after the first flight from Cape Girardeau to Paducah, Kentucky, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019.

Rural land is seen from the air during a flight from Paducah, Kentucky, to Cape Girardeau Monday, Jan. 7, 2019.

Sylvie Poulin, of Quebec, Canada, is illuminated by her cell phone screen in the darkened plane cabin during the pre-dawn inaugural flight from Cape Girardeau to Paducah, Kentucky, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019.

Dawn breaks over the Ohio River as the inaugural flight from Cape Girardeau to Paducah, Kentucky, nears Barkley Regional Airport Monday, Jan. 7, 2019.

Cape Girardeau Airport Board member Ryan Dewrock's cell phone displays a stopwatch in the darkened plane cabin during the pre-dawn inaugural flight from Cape Girardeau to Paducah, Kentucky, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. Dewrock timed the first flight, which was short.

Robert Reynolds, a retired U.S. Marine staff sergeant who now works for the FAA at the airport in Paducah, Kentucky, poses for a portrait as dawn breaks over Barkley Regional Airport Monday, Jan. 7, 2019.

Grant Crumes, a staffer at the airport in Paducah, Kentucky, poses for a portrait as dawn breaks over Barkley Regional Airport Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. "I'm an early bird. I get a lot done," he said. "It'll cancel you out early though, man. Come 5:30, you ready to go to sleep."

The lobby of Barkley Regional Airport is seen Monday, Jan. 7, 2019.

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Scenes from the first flight of a new expanded SkyWest deal that will bring additional flights from Cape Girardeau to Paducah, Kentucky. Monday, Jan. 7, 2019.

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