MAINE, N.Y. — The Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM) is using $32 million in state funding for two airport-infrastructure projects. The airport, located in the town of Maine in Broome County, is also offering flights to New York City’s LaGuardia Airport and flights to Florida through Avelo Airlines. The airport’s website greets visitors with this message: […]
MAINE, N.Y. — The Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM) is using $32 million in state funding for two airport-infrastructure projects.
The airport, located in the town of Maine in Broome County, is also offering flights to New York City’s LaGuardia Airport and flights to Florida through Avelo Airlines. The airport’s website greets visitors with this message: “With larger planes and the addition of new service, flying from your hometown airport just got even better!”
The projects
The first airport-improvement project will involve the relocation of the general aviation terminal to integrate it with the passenger terminal, “unifying both functions” in one renovated facility, according to the New York State governor’s office.
The project will also include the creation of a new airport canopy designed to accommodate the future installation of rainwater collection and solar panels. The effort will also implement improvements to the ticketing lobby and outbound baggage room, the departures lobby and lounge, the baggage claim, and other multi-purpose facilities.
The second project will construct a new, 3,000-square-foot general aviation, U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility south of the terminal, which will help the airport maintain its Customs designation as a user fee airport. That allows it to have some international flights land there.
The $32 million for the Greater Binghamton Airport is part of $230 million in funding that Gov. Kathy Hochul announced last September for nine upstate New York airports for revitalization projects that seek to “reimagine and further modernize” the airports. This funding comes from the Upstate Airport Economic Development and Revitalization Competition, a competitive solicitation that aims to foster investments in upstate New York commercial passenger service airports, “helping to create airports for the 21st century.” Hochul made the funding announcement at the Greater Binghamton Airport.
Delta, Avelo flights
Not long after Avelo Airlines started offering daily non-stop flights from Binghamton to Fort Myers and Orlando, Florida, Delta Airlines started providing twice-daily flights to New York City’s LaGuardia (LDA) in early January.
Delta, which had flown nonstop flights from Binghamton to Detroit, is using CRJ-900 aircraft on the flights to New York City, seating 76 passengers in at least two classes. The Detroit routes were discontinued to allow for the new air service to New York City.
Avelo is the only airline at BGM offering nonstop service to Orlando. The new route operates on Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft on Wednesdays and Saturdays.