# Massena International Airport

Massena International Airport (IATA: MSS, ICAO: KMSS, FAA LID: MSS) (Richards Field) is in St. Lawrence County, New York. It is two nautical miles (3.7 km) east of the village of Massena. The airport sees one airline, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 971 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 3,252 in 2009 and 3,350 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation airport.

## Facilities

The airport covers 752 acres (304 ha) at an elevation of 222 feet (68 m). It has two asphalt runways: 5/23 is 5,600 by 100 feet (1,707 by 30 m) and 9/27 is 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 by 30 m).
In the year ending June 30, 2011 the airport had 9,040 aircraft operations, average 24 per day: 68% general aviation, 24% air taxi, and 8% military. 10 aircraft were then based at this airport: 90% single-engine and 10% multi-engine.
Air cargo, charter, limo, courier, and overnight express, and full service for jet refueling are offered. The airport has VOR, ILS, and RNAV navigational approaches. The airport is an uncontrolled airport with no control tower.
Massena, New York does not have international service. It is an "International Airport" as a United States Customs Service port of entry for planes entering the United States from foreign countries. More Canadians than Americans use the airport, which is 86 km (53 mi) from Ottawa, Ontario, 117 km (73 mi) from Montreal, Quebec, and 13 km (8.1 mi) from Cornwall, Ontario. A one-hour advance ETA notice is required for unscheduled flights.

## Airline and destinations

| Airlines | Destinations |
| Boutique Air | Boston |
The airport is served by Boutique Air, with direct flights to Boston Logan International Airport and until recently to Baltimore/Washington International Airport. Boutique Air has codeshare agreements with United Airlines and American Airlines, allowing passengers seamless connections to domestic flights at both airports.

## Historical airline service

The first airline flights were Colonial Airlines DC-3s in 1946. Colonial was merged into Eastern Air Lines in 1956 which continued to serve Massena until 1961, replaced by Mohawk Airlines. Mohawk continued service until 1969, replaced by Air North. Air North began operating as Allegheny Commuter in 1972, a feeder carrier for Allegheny Airlines which later became USAir. Air North reverted to their own branding in 1979 and was merged into Clinton Aero in 1982. Clinton Aero later became Brockway Air and began operating as Piedmont Commuter in association with Piedmont Airlines in 1986. Most service was flown on a route between Boston and Syracuse with stops at Burlington VT, Plattsburg, Massena, Ogdensburg, and Watertown, NY. In 1989, Brockway Air became Metro Air Northeast and switched their code-share affiliate to operate as Trans World Express in association with TWA. Metro Air Northeast ceased operating in early 1991.
Beginning in July, 1991, Massena was then served by USAir Express in association with USAir and becoming US Airways Express in 1997. Flights to Pittsburgh were flown with stops at Ogdensburg and Watertown and the carriers operating this service were Chautauqua Airlines followed by Mesa Airlines and Air Midwest. This service ended in 2007, replaced by Big Sky Airlines operating as Delta Connection flying to Boston with a stop at either Ogdensburg or Watertown. The Delta service was short lived and ended the following year. Cape Air then served Massena from 2008 with flights to Albany, NY until the current provider, Boutique Air began service in 2017.

## Statistics

Passenger boardings (enplanements) by year, as per the FAA :
| Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Enplanements | 3,252 | 3,350 | 4,396 | 4,964 | 4,788 | 4,553 | 4,462 | 5,311 | 4,852 | 4,463 | 5,056 | | | 4,721 | 4,959 |
| Change | 0234.91% | 03.01% | 031.22% | 012.92% | 03.55% | 04.91% | 02.00% | 019.03% | 08.64% | 08.02% | 013.29% | | | | 05.04% |
| Airline | Cape Air | Cape Air | Cape Air | Cape Air | Cape Air | Cape Air | Cape Air | Cape Air | Boutique Air | Boutique Air | Boutique Air | Boutique Air | Boutique Air | Boutique Air | Boutique Air |
| Destination(s) | Albany | Albany | Albany | Albany | Albany | Albany | Albany | Albany | Albany Baltimore | Boston | Boston | Boston | Boston | Boston | Boston |