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>> reporter: ad. >> free flights, trying to meet the quote ta and there were 300 passengers short of -- >> reporter: literally a free flight? >> it was awesome. >> reporter: last december susan pearson saw an ad in the paper for a free sightseeing flight. >> it was quite a thrill. >> reporter: local news was there too, catching her, her grandson donovan and hundreds of others flying a chartered 757 above bridgeport and clarksburg. where did the flight go? >> it went everywhere. >> reporter: it went nowhere, just up and down. they became part of the $10,000 a year passenger count. in nebraska, ...

Back in clarksburg, rick gets money to fly school students to washington d.c. for the day to bump up the passenger count. how is that paid for? >> through contributions through the board of education. this is the restaurant. looks like it's closed. >> reporter: the airport just got a separate $150,000 grant from the faa to -- well, you guessed it, to promote itself. >> no planes or restaurant. >> reporter: consider this, the three scheduled departures a day, they do go to washington, but all stop in morgantown, 35 miles away. i took the flight myself. and no sooner were we reaching altitude we...