Syracuse Suburban Airport is a former privately owned public-use airport in Oswego County,

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, United States. It is located 13

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s (24 km) north of the

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of the city of

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. The airport is off Gildner Road in the village of Central Square, which is located in the Town of Hastings. The airport redevelopment was not completed and one of the owners pleaded guilty to bank fraud in July 2014. According to the FAA's

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for 2009–2013, the facility is

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as a '' reliever airport'' for the Syracuse Hancock International Airport.

History

The airfield dates back to around 1960, and it was in operation until the mid-1980s. Its original name was Central Square Airport. In the 1970s the town board changed the zoning to residential but the airport was exempted as long as it remained open. Syracuse Suburban Airport LLC purchased the 93

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airport site for $350,000 on July 2, 2004. That same year it was awarded a $300,000 grant from New York State to rehabilitate its runway and conduct a master plan study that would be required to complete additional projects. In 2005 the company spent $414,000 to purchase three additional properties totaling . In January 2008, the Hastings Town Board denied a zoning change that would have allowed Syracuse Suburban Airport to reopen. The town contends the grandfathered use as an airport expired because the previous owner sold the property in 2004 and it hasn't been used as an airport since that time. However, the current owners have a pending

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against the Hastings Zoning Board of Appeals, which will be heard in the New York State Supreme Court. One of the airport's owners also owned

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in nearby Cicero, New York, which has been closed. That airport's federally funded status was transferred to Syracuse Suburban Airport, where a new runway was under construction in 2009. The new runway was completed in 2010.

Facilities

Syracuse Suburban Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 400 feet (122 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 which measures 2,500 by 60 feet (762 x 18 m). Previous FAA records listed a runway 15/33 with a 2,660 by 43 foot (811 x 13 m) asphalt surface. Although still listed as operational by the FAA, aerial photographs showed the runway marked with X'sAerial photo of runway
from Live Search Maps which indicated that it was closed.

References

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* {{US-airport-minor, 6NK Defunct airports in New York (state) Airports in New York (state) Transportation in Syracuse, New York