Oneida County Airport

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Oneida County Airport (closed 2007)
FAA diagram of Oneida County Airport
IATA: UCA – ICAO: KUCA – FAA: UCA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Oneida County
Serves		Utica, New York
Location		Oriskany, New York
Elevation AMSL		742 ft / 226 m
Coordinates		43°08′42″N, 075°23′02″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9/27	5,399	1,646	Asphalt
15/33	6,002	1,829	Asphalt
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Oneida County Airport (IATA: UCA, ICAO: KUCA, FAA LID: UCA) was a public airport located in the village of Oriskany in Oneida County, New York^[2], six miles (10 km) northwest of the central business district of Utica. The airport covered 1,800 acres (7.3 km²) and had two runways.^[1]

Oneida County closed the airport in January 2007 and transferred operations to Griffiss Airfield (formerly Griffiss Air Force Base) located about five miles (8 km) to the north in Rome, New York.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,122 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004 and 1,951 enplanements in 2005.^[3] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, Oneida County was classified as a general aviation airport.^[4]

[edit] History

Mohawk Airlines in the 1960s and Empire Airlines in the 1980s each had hubs at UCA. Both would eventually become part of USAir, which maintained a presence and several facilities at UCA. In 1995, USAir ended its jet service at UCA, and closed its heavy maintenance base and reservations center.

UCA has not had commercial service since Continental Connection carrier CommutAir ended service on June 30, 2002. In its final years, UCA had been receiving its service though the EAS program; declining ridership led the required subsidy to breach the $200 per passenger statutory cap.