Tompkins County Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Tompkins County | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Ithaca, New York | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Lansing, New York | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,099 ft / 335 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°29′29″N 076°27′31″W / 42.49139°N 76.45861°WCoordinates: 42°29′29″N 076°27′31″W / 42.49139°N 76.45861°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.FlyIthaca.com | ||||||||||||||
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| Passengers | 87,230 |
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| Aircraft operations | 41,286 |
| Based aircraft | 57 |
Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (IATA: ITH, ICAO: KITH, FAA LID: ITH) is a county-owned airport three miles northeast of Ithaca, the county seat and only city in Tompkins County, New York. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service facility.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 103,501 passenger boardings (enplanements) in 2013.
The original Ithaca Municipal Airport was west of downtown Ithaca, near the inlet of Cayuga Lake. Its single short runway, proximity to the Lehigh Valley freight yards on the south side, the Cayuga Lake marshes on the north side, and fog in the lake valley limited its growth. Cornell University opened the existing airport on East Hill in 1948 and transferred its ownership to the County in 1956. The former airport site is now Cass Park, including a hangar which was renovated in 1975 to house the Hangar Theatre.
The original airport was the base where aviation pioneer Cecil Robinson began flying aerial photography missions. In 1945, shortly after the end of World War II, he created Robinson Airlines, basing its maintenance operations at the airport. Scheduled DC-3 flights began in 1948; the airline changed its name to Mohawk Airlines in 1952 and merged with Allegheny Airlines in 1972. Later the airport was served by Empire Airlines and Air North; the latter became Brockway Air, which merged into Piedmont Airlines. Allegheny, Piedmont, and Empire all eventually merged into US Airways, which later merged into American Airlines.
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