Oswego County Airport honored with Ally Award

OSWEGO, N.Y. — Operation Oswego County (OOC) recently presented its Ally Award for 2022 to the Oswego County Airport.

The award, bestowed at OOC’s annual meeting on June 16, is “in recognition and appreciation of the vision, commitment and leadership exhibited by the Oswego County Legislature to support and operate an outstanding general aviation transportation asset,” according to an OOC news release.

The award also recognized the “significant investments and improvements that have been made since 2018 or are in process.” Those include an 8,000-square-foot terminal building, apron construction, 8-bay t­ hanger, rehabilitation of the 4,000-foot runway 6-24, among other projects, representing a $6.7 million investment, of which $4.9 million (73 percent) was secured through New York State Department of Transportation and FAA grants, per the release.

OOC also said the airport played “an integral role in helping to bring water and sewer infrastructure to the area and to the Oswego County Airport Industrial Park ... and for being a vital and essential partner in economic development and tourism in Oswego County.”