The massive undertaking of clearing snow at an airport
WWNY The massive undertaking of clearing snow at an airport By Keith Benman | February 16, 2021 at 4:44 PM EST - Updated February 16 at 7:58 PM
TOWN OF OSWEGATCHIE, N.Y. (WWNY) - Think youâve moved a lot snow this winter? Try keeping up with the guys who clear the Ogdensburg International Airport. Their driveway is 6,400 feet long and 150 feet wide.
âIt took us just under an hour this morning. We were opened up to the point where we could accept a flight,â said Darrick LaMay, airport operations and maintenance specialist.
Thatâs just the Ogdensburg International Airport runway. The taxiway is just as long. But then again, they have the tools to do it - such as a mammoth snow blower.
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OGDENSBURG â Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority Interim Executive Director Steven P. Lawrence will have to wait another month before he can drop the âinterimâ from his title.
Naming Mr. Lawrence the permanent executive director of the authority was the last item on the boardâs agenda Thursday afternoon, but Chairman Vernon âSamâ Burns added a twist.
âBecause I should have moved faster regarding moving information to Albany â so that they understand what weâre thinking â I ask someone to table this until next month,â Mr. Burns said of the resolution calling for Mr. Lawrenceâs promotion.
Mr. Lawrence became interim executive director after the departure of previous executive director, Wade A. Davis, in January of last year. Mr. Davis left Ogdensburg to be director of airports in Shreveport, La. Mr. Lawrence had been the director of operations for the authority.
Area airports getting millions of dollars
WWNY Area airports getting millions of dollars By Abbey Buttacavoli | January 28, 2021 at 3:59 PM EST - Updated January 28 at 6:37 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WWNY) - Millions of dollars will land at north country airports.
U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer announced Thursday that more than $36 million is coming to upstate airports.
Of that, Watertown and Ogdensburg airports will each see $1 million.
The folks who run the airports say the money will go towards everyday operations and supplies needed to keep the airports clean, safe, and open during the pandemic.
“These added expenses of cleaning and sanitizing and janitorial services, this funding will help pay for those added expenses while our revenues are down,” said Grant Sussey, Watertown International Airport manager.