Greater Rochester International Airport

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Greater Rochester International Airport
IATA: ROC - ICAO: KROC
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Monroe County
Serves Rochester, New York
Elevation AMSL 559 ft (170.4 m)
Coordinates 43°07′07.9″N, 77°40′20.6″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 8,001 2,439 Asphalt
7/25 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
10/28 5,500 1,676 Asphalt
FAA diagram of Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC)
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FAA diagram of Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC)

Greater Rochester International Airport (IATA: ROC, ICAO: KROC) is a public airport located 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Rochester, New York and serves as the major airport of the metro area known as Greater Rochester (composed by the city of Rochester and the counties of Monroe, Ontario, Livingston, Orleans and Wayne). The airport is owned and operated by Monroe County.

The airport has free public Wi-Fi available in the main concourse, extending as far as the first few gates in each of the terminals. The service is provided by local telephone company Frontier.

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[edit] History

The first developments of the Greater Rochester International Airport began in 1927, with the construction of Hangar No. 1 on a patch of land south of Rochester on Scottsville Road. At the time the airport was named Britton Field. This same year, the first scheduled passenger flights between New York City and Rochester were made. In 1928, the name of the field was changed to Rochester Municipal Airport and additional construction was completed, including improvements to the runways and drainage system, and the building of Hangar No. 2. As a result of the First and Second World Wars the airport saw a period of great expansion as passenger volume, frequency of scheduled flights, and civilian pilot training greatly increased. Also, a cadet flight training school, with nearly 1,000 students, was created.

On January 1, 1948 Monroe County took possession and control of the airport. The county made numerous improvements to the facility, including the construction of an instrumental runway measuring 5000 feet, an extension of the north-south runway from 2,670 ft to 5000 ft, and the building of administration facilities on Brooks Avenue.

[edit] Airport Status

While the airport terminal is in operation 24 hours a day, airport ticket counters are opened based on the individual schedules of the various airlines.

[edit] Concourses, airlines and destinations

[edit] Concourse A (Fredrick Douglass Concourse)

[edit] Concourse B (Susan B. Anthony Concourse)

[edit] Incidents

Air Canada flight 7405 destined for Toronto Pearson International Airport was called back over suspicion about a Sri Lankan couple carrying fake passports on July 19, 2006

[edit] External links

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