Business View Magazine - Sept 2023

272 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 9 “We are a commercial airport,” explains Charlie Garrelts, Airport Manager, “and are serviced by Contour Airline, which operates a 30-Seater Embraer 135 From non-stop service to Philadelphia – with many options to travel on from there. They operate the service three times a day with two departures and three arrivals. We also have a large ramp space for any private jet, any corporate jet, or any private aviation company, as well as general aviation. We have JetA fuel capabilities and full service, as well as self-serve Avgas.” Ogdensburg International Airport covers 500 acres and has one runway, 9/27, which is 6,400 by 150 feet in length. On top of Commercial and General Aviation traffic, they also see military traffic from nearby Fort Drum. Mercy Flights also provides medevac transport by helicopter. The airport is about two miles southeast of the city and is owned by the Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Authority, who also own and operate the Ogdensburg– Prescott International Bridge, Port of Ogdensburg-Marine Terminal Facility, Commerce Park, Port of Waddington, a medium-heavy industrial park and two short line railroads. The airport is mixed-use, with about half and half commercial and general aviation with Contour Airlines providing daily service to Philadelphia. There is a renovated terminal building, and several smaller buildings including T-hangars, a storage shed, and a fire hall. All of this is managed by a staff of five people. Operating as its own FBO, the airport also handles transient flights, fuel sales, and the amenities general aviation pilots have come to expect.