Greater Binghamton Airport awarded $1 million federal grant to help promote service to Washington, D.C.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved a $1 million grant for the Greater Binghamton Airport.

The funding comes from the Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP), the office of U.S. Representative Claudia Tenney (R–New Hartford) said.

The airport will use the funding to support new air service to the Washington, D.C. area and pay for associated marketing for the flights.

In March, Tenney’s office says the lawmaker wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg asking the transportation agency to approve the airport’s grant application to establish this new flight from Binghamton to the nation’s capital.

“This grant will help the Binghamton Airport provide new flights for the community, which will fuel our economy and boost tourism across the Southern Tier. I look forward to working with the Greater Binghamton Airport, Broome County, and others in our region to build on this momentum and continue expanding opportunity here at home,” Tenney said in a statement.