The shutdown of the federal government means funding for airlines serving small and remote airports will run out on Sunday.

But the airports in Quincy and at Fort Leonard Wood are not expecting any changes to service, for now.

The Essential Air Service grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation subsidizes carriers serving areas without other air options, including Quincy’s Baldwin Field and Waynesville-St. Robert Regional Airport located at Fort Leonard Wood.

The suspension of funding comes at a time when the airport in Quincy is switching from Southern Airways Express to Contour Airlines at the end of the month.

Bill Lantz, the airport’s director, said Southern has no plans to change anything, even though the carrier is on its way out.

“They've assured us that they're going to

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