 Elected officials in Pella, Oskaloosa, and Mahaska County signed an agreement in 2012 creating the South Central Regional Airport Agency to build and operate an airport in rural Mahaska County. In June of 2022, the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruled the agreement was unconstitutional. Last Wednesday, the Regional Airport Agency's board notified the cities they cannot acquire the remaining property necessary for the airport but will continue to own and lease the land purchased for the project.