Location -- Where is Cape Girardeau?

Major Highway System

Motor Freight Carriers Serving Area

Airport & Air Transportation Services

Rail Service

River Port

Distance to Major Cities

Interstate 55

Close Proximity to Interstates 24 and 57

US Highway 61

Close Proximity to US Highway 60

Missouri Highways 74, 72, 25, 34 and 177

Illinois Highways 3 and 146

More than 17 motor freight carriers are authorized to serve the Cape Girardeau area. There are 15 trucking terminals located in the Cape area.  Major carriers serving the region include

ABF Freight System Inc

American Freightways Inc

Beaufort Transfer Co

C & M Division of Lanter Co

Delta Express Inc

Elfrink Transportation Inc

ERS Transportation

Genesis Transportation Co Inc

JB Hunt

Jerry Lipps Truck Service

K-Way Express

Landstar Inway

Ohio Pacific Express

Roadway Express

Truck Transport

USF Dugan

WSKT

Yellow Transportation

The Cape Girardeau Regional Airport offers a full range of services

Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (CGI) is owned by the City of Cape Girardeau.

Located approximately five miles from downtown Cape Girardeau, the airport is easily accessible from Interstate 55.

Situated on 557 acres, the airport has two runways, one terminal, an FBO (Cape Aviation), an avionics shop, skydiving, a pilots club, and a growing industrial park.

CGI is served by Great Lakes Airlines beginning in Spring 2008.

Corporate Airlines (contracted through American Airlines) provides daily passenger, mail and air cargo service

The City of Cape Girardeau owns and operates Cape Aviation, the Fixed Base Operator (FBO) at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. 

Cape Air Charter provides flight training and charter service for both business and family travel.

Flight service station and Flight Control Tower

Primary runway is 6,500 feet long and 150 feet wide

215,000 pound capacity and high intensity lighting

Crosswind runway is 4,000 feet long and 100 feet wide with medium intensity lighting

Field elevation is 342 feet

24-hour facilities for all flight services

For more information, visit the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Web Site at www.capeairport.com

Two major rail systems serve the greater Cape Girardeau area: Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) and Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Semo Port Railroad (SE) provides local switch service in addition to interchange with UP and BNSF

This gives customers the best in rail service: Competitive access to two major railroads combined with friendly local service

At Cape Girardeau, the Semo Port Railroad (SE) connects with BNSF's main line between St. Louis, MO, and Memphis, TN

Just east of Scott City, MO, the Semo Port Railroad (SE) connects with UP's main line just west of the Mississippi River

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Web Site: www.bnsf.com

Union Pacific Web Site: www.uprr.com

Semo Port Railroad Web Site: www.semoport.com

The Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority (Semo Port) is located 8 miles south of Cape Girardeau MO, at Scott City MO.

Semo Port is on the Mississippi River, midway between St. Louis, MO and Memphis, TN at Mile 48 of the Upper Mississippi River

The 1,800 foot slackwater harbor is located 48 miles upstream from Cairo, IL (Ohio River) and 147 miles downstream from St. Louis (Illinois River and Missouri River).

Semo Port Railroad, Inc. (SE) is a common carrier switching railroad which serves Semo Port and nearby industries.

SE connects with the two major western rail systems, Union Pacific Railroad and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway.  The SE is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Semo Port.

Semo Port has ready access to all five modes of transportation:   river, rail, highway, pipeline, and air.

Texas Eastern pipelines for petroleum products and natural gas are one mile away. 

The regional airport is four miles by direct highway.

Land is available for lease to port-related industries, terminals, and distribution facilities.

Team tracks are available for rail-truck transfer of cargo.

Several companies operate terminals and provide cargo transfer between barge, rail, and truck.

1,800 foot long slackwater harbor, 250 feet wide, and holding a minimum depth of 12 feet

Harbor maintenance is provided by the Army Corps of Engineers

Offers slackwater harbor, public terminals, interstate highway access, switching railroad for UP and BNSF railroads, industrial sites, complete utilities and much more

For more information, visit the SEMO Port Web Site at www.semoport.com