Governor Cuomo Announces Aviation Capital Grants Program Recipients

Governor Andrew Cuomo released the recipients of $9 million of Aviation Capital Grants Program funding this week with an announcement of $26.8 million total state-funded transportation projects located across the state. A complete list of airports, grant amounts, and project descriptions is below. The complete announcement is available on the Governor's website.

Aviation Capital Grants Program Awards

North Country

-Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport in Queensbury, Saratoga County, received $550,000 to upgrade a fuel farm with a 10,000-gallon tank and spill containment area;
-Lake Placid Airport in North Elba, Essex County, received $391,000 to add a five-bay hangar to the existing five-bay hangar;
-Malone-Dufort Airport in Malone, Franklin County, received $234,000 for construction of a self-service aviation fuel farm;
-Massena International Airport in Massena, St. Lawrence County, received $324,000 for expansion and resurfacing of the terminal parking lot;
-Watertown International Airport in Hounsfield, Jefferson County, received $321,000 for security system enhancements.

Capital Region

-Albany International Airport in Colonie, Albany County, received $241,902 for fuel farm security and safety improvements;
-Saratoga County Airport in Milton, Saratoga County, received $630,000 for the construction of a six-unit hangar.

Mid-Hudson Region

-Sullivan County International Airport in Bethel, Sullivan County, received $891,000 for the construction of an additional corporate bulk hangar;
-Joseph Y. Resnick Airport in Wawarsing, Ulster County, received $399,600 to construct a fixed base operator business and maintenance hangar;
-Orange County Airport in Montgomery, Orange County, received $15,200 for marking and restriping taxiways;
-Randall Airport in Wallkill, Orange County, received $238,500 for structural improvements to the terminal building;
-Warwick Municipal Airport in Warwick, Orange County, received $22,500 for upgrading the fuel dispensing system.

Central New York

-Hamilton Municipal Airport in Eaton and Madison, Madison County, received $477,000 to rehabilitate the terminal hangar;
-Skaneateles Aerodrome in Skaneateles, Onondaga County, received $178,200 for safety improvements and the installation of an automatic weather observation station.

Finger Lakes Region

-Canandaigua Airport in Canandaigua, Ontario County, received $525,000 to extend sanitary sewers;
-Dansville Municipal Airport in North Dansville, Livingston County, received $444,600 to rehabilitate hangar doors;
-Finger Lakes Regional Airport in Seneca Falls, Seneca County, received $157,500 to purchase snow removal equipment;
-Penn Yan-Yates County Airport in Milo, Yates County, received $485,100 for the construction of an 8,400-square-foot, eight-bay hangar;
-Pine Hill Airport in Barre, Orleans County, received $42,000 for the purchase of snow removal and air field maintenance equipment.

Southern Tier

-Elmira Corning Regional Airport in Big Flats, Chemung County, received $929,000 for expanding the terminal and rehabilitating the general aviation terminal parking lot;
-Hornell Municipal Airport in Hornellsville, Steuben County, received $172,784 to replace a storage tank and fueling equipment;
-Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport in Lansing, Tompkins County, received $120,000 to replace the roof on the crash, fire and rescue building.

Western New York

-Buffalo Niagara International Airport in Cheektowaga, Erie County, received $328,000 for the installation of light-emitting diode lighting at the air cargo ramp;
-LeRoy Airport in LeRoy, Genesee County, received $596,300 to rehabilitate a hangar and office space for aviation business;
-Wellsville Airport, Wellsville, Alleghany County, received $89,000 for rehabilitating a hangar.

Long Island

-Republic Airport in East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, received $169,000 to retrofit the main terminal building with an energy efficient lighting system.