Editing Spencer, Iowa (section)

==Transportation==
===Roads===
[[U.S. Route 18 in Iowa|U.S. Routes 18]] and [[U.S. Route 71 in Iowa|71]] run concurrently for approximately {{convert|3|mi|0}} through Spencer.<ref name="mapquest">{{cite web|url=http://mapq.st/l8CHAW|title=Spencer, Iowa|publisher=mapquest|access-date= May 11, 2011}}</ref>

===Air===
The [[Spencer Municipal Airport]] is located {{convert|3|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of the business district of Spencer. [[Great Lakes Airlines]] was formerly headquartered there.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/19981205074829/http://greatlakesav.com/ Welcome to Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.]" ''Great Lakes Airlines''. December 5, 1998. Retrieved on May 25, 2009.</ref><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20190330170254/https://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US1974280&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Spencer city, Iowa]." ''[[U.S. Census Bureau]]''. Retrieved on May 25, 2009.</ref><ref>Hilkevitch, John. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121020200543/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/11861289.html?dids=11861289:11861289&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+25,+1997&author=Jon+Hilkevitch,+Tribune+Transportation+Writer.&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=AN+AIRLINE+REGROUPS++GREAT+LAKES+FLYING+AGAIN,+THOUGH+STILL+PUZZLED+BY+ONSET+OF+CRISIS&pqatl=google An Airline Regroups / Great Lakes Flying Again, Though Still Puzzled by Onset of Crisis]." ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. May 25, 1997. Business 1. Retrieved on May 25, 2009.</ref> At the height of Great Lake's service, the airline provided non-stop flights to several locations in the continental United States using Beechcraft 1900D and EMB Brasilia aircraft. The airline has since relocated to [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]].<ref name="mapquest"/>

The fixed-base operator is Leading Edge Aviation. They provide aircraft charters, rentals and flight instruction.