Greater Binghamton Airport - Definition and Overview

Greater Binghamton Airport is a medium-sized regional airport located in Maine, New York that serves the Southern Tier of New York, primarily Broome and Tioga counties. Its IATA airport code is BGM.

History

Up until World War II, Tri-Cities Airport in Endicott, New York had served as the primary airport of the Binghamton, New York region. Plane size increases and the demand for night-time flying caused this airport to become inadequate for the area's needs. Construction of a new airport on Mount Ettrick in Maine, New York began in 1945, and concluded in 1951 when the airport was opened. In 1988 the north-south runway was extended to 7,500 feet (2,286 meters). Fifty years after its opening the airport finally received a renovation in 2001. The airport was originally named Edwin A. Link Airport, a name it kept until the 1990s when it was renamed Binghamton Regional Airport. The name Greater Binghamton Airport was chosen in 2003 to match the area's new marketing campaign under a unified name. The field on which the airport lies is still named in Link's honor. In July 2004 the airport opened four new jet bridges that can accommodate regional and mainline jets.

Airlines

• Comair dba Delta Connection (Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport)
• Mesaba Airlines and Pinnacle Airlines dba Northwest Airlink (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
• Shuttle America dba United Express (Washington Dulles International Airport)
• US Airways Express (Philadelphia International Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport)

External links

• Greater Binghamton Airport (http://binghamtonairport.com)