Griffiss International Airport in Rome, Syracuse Hancock International Airport, Ithaca Tompkins International Airport, and Watertown International Airport are among the upstate New York airport awarded federal funding for various projects.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded more than $21 million to upstate airports, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) announced Friday.
The facilities will use the funding for airport safety and quality improvement projects and will “serve as a lifeline to local airports struggling to stay afloat after more than year of record-low travel rates,” the lawmakers contended.
A portion of the funding to each airport and county comes from FAA COVID grants through the American Rescue Plan, which “Schumer had a direct hand in securing,” his office said. In total, Schumer has now helped secure more than $624 million for upstate New York airports in the past year.
A breakdown of the airports located in the CNYBJ coverage area and their funding amounts and projects from Schumer’s office are seen below.
| RECIPIENT | GRANT AMOUNT | PROJECT |
| Syracuse Hancock International | $178,000 | Conduct or update miscellaneous study |
| Syracuse Hancock International | $4,265,323 | Improve/modify/rehabilitate terminal building |
| Syracuse Hancock International | $360,500 | Rehabilitate taxiway, rehabilitate taxiway lighting |
| Watertown International | $96,900 | Install runway vertical/visual guidance system |
| Watertown International | $394,869 | Reconstruct apron |
| Griffiss International | $2,156,864 | Construct taxiway, extend taxiway, install taxiway lighting |
| Massena International Richards Field | $98,900 | Construct/rehabilitate/modify/expand sand and chemical-storage building |
| Ogdensburg International | $40,000 | Acquire aircraft rescue & firefighting safety equipment |
| Ogdensburg International | $195,000 | Improve airport drainage |
| Elmira/Corning Regional | $150,000 | Conduct or update miscellaneous study |
| Elmira/Corning Regional | $74,847 | Improve/modify/rehabilitate terminal building |
| Elmira/Corning Regional | $231,000 | Reconstruct apron |
| Elmira/Corning Regional | $16,258 | Improve/modify/rehabilitate ARFF building |
| Ithaca Tompkins International | $402,777 | Rehabilitate taxiway (Taxiway A), Rehabilitate taxiway [Taxiway F], remove taxiway, shift, or reconfigure existing taxiway [Taxiway D], shift or reconfigure existing taxiway [Taxiway E] |
| Ithaca Tompkins International | $818,867 | Construct aircraft rescue & firefighting building, Construct/rehabilitate/modify/expand snow removal equipment building |
| Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | $189,000 | Install miscellaneous NAVAIDS, reconstruct or replace airport |
| Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | $463,000 | Construct/extend/improve safety area – 16/34 |
| Corning-Painted Post | $131,363 | Rehabilitate runway – 13/31 |
| Tri-Cities | $66,121 | Obstructions marking/lighting/removal – 03/21 |
| Lt Warren Eaton | $285,000 | Reconstruct airfield guidance signs, rehabilitate taxiway, rehabilitate taxiway lighting |