Massena International Airport


Massena International Airport 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.
Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 971 passenger boardings 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 general aviation airport.

Facilities

The airport covers at an elevation of. It has two asphalt runways: 5/23 is 5,600 by 100 feet and 9/27 is 4,000 by 100 feet.
In the year ending June 30, 2011 the airport had 9,040 aircraft operations, average 24 per day: 68% general aviation, 24% air taxi, 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 VOR, ILS, and RNAV navigational approaches. The airport is an uncontrolled airport 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 from Ottawa, Ontario,117 km from Montreal, Quebec, and 13 km from Cornwall, Ontario. A one-hour advance ETA notice is required for unscheduled flights.

Airlines and destinations

The airport is served by Boutique Air, with direct flights to Boston Logan International Airport. Prior to Boutique Air's service, the airport was served by Cape Air, and earlier by Big Sky Airlines, with flights to Logan International Airport. 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.