Massena International Airport (Richards Field) is in St. Lawrence County, New York. It is east of the village of Massena. The airport sees one airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

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records say the airport had 971 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 3,252 in 2009 and 3,350 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a ''

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'' airport.

Facilities

The airport covers at an elevation of . It has two asphalt runways: 5/23 is 5,600 by 100 feet (1,707 × 30 m) and 9/27 is 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 × 30 m). In the year ending June 30, 2011 the airport had 9,040 aircraft operations, average 24 per day: 68% general aviation, 24%

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, and 8% military. 10 aircraft were then based at this airport: 90% single-engine and 10% multi-engine. Air cargo, charter, limo, courier, and overnight express, and full service for jet refueling are offered. The airport has

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, ILS, and RNAV navigational approaches. The airport is an

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with no control tower. Massena, New York does not have international service. It is an "International Airport" as a United States Customs Service port of entry for planes entering the United States from foreign countries. More Canadians than Americans use the airport, which is 86 km (53 mi) from Ottawa, Ontario, 117 km (73 mi) from Montreal, Quebec, and 13 km (8 mi) from

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. A one-hour advance

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notice is required for unscheduled flights.

Airline and destinations

The airport is served by Boutique Air, with direct flights to Boston Logan International Airport and

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. Boutique Air has codeshare agreements with United Airlines and

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, allowing passengers seamless connections to domestic flights at both airports. Prior to Boutique Air's service, the airport was served by Cape Air, and earlier by

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, with flights to Baltimore and Boston (via

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and

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in 2007). Prior to that, service was on Air Midwest, with flights to Pittsburgh International Airport. The first airline flights were Colonial DC-3s in 1946; successor Eastern pulled out in 1961, replaced by Mohawk, which left in 1969–70.

Statistics

References

Other sources

* Essential Air Service documents
Docket OST-1997-2842
from the U.S. Department of Transportation: *
Order 2005-5-8
reselects Mesa Air Group, Inc., d/b/a Air Midwest, to continue providing essential air service (EAS) at Massena, Ogdensburg and Watertown, New York, for a two-year period, and establishes an annual subsidy of $1,757,834 for service consisting of three round trips each weekday and three over the weekend period between the communities and Pittsburgh, with 19-seat Beech 1900D aircraft. *
Order 2006-12-22
selecting Big Sky Transportation Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of MAIR Holdings, Inc. d/b/a Big Sky Airlines, to provide essential air service (EAS) at Massena, Ogdensburg, and Watertown, New York, consisting of 18 weekly round trips, three each weekday and three each weekend, to Boston, with 19-seat Beech 1900D turboprop aircraft for the two-year period beginning on or about March 1, 2007, at a combined annual subsidy of $2,097,906. *
Order 2008-3-15
selecting Hyannis Air Service, Inc. d/b/a Cape Air, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Massena, Ogdensburg, and Watertown, New York, for the two-year period beginning when the carrier inaugurates full EAS pursuant to this Order, at a total annual subsidy of $3,879,863. *
Order 2011-1-6
selecting Hyannis Air Service, Inc. d/b/a Cape Air, to continue providing subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Massena (for two years), at the annual subsidy rate of $1,708,911.

External links

Massena International Airport

Massena, New York
* at New York State DOT Airport Directory * {{authority control Airports in New York (state) Essential Air Service Transportation buildings and structures in St. Lawrence County, New York