The now Abandoned "Riverside Airport", Marcy NY
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This former small general aviation airport was located only three miles southeast of the site of the former Utica Municipal Airport.
Riverside Airport was apparently built between 1963-67, as it was yet depicted on the 1963 Albany Sectional Chart (courtesy of Mike Keefe).
The earliest reference to the airfield which has been located was on the 1967 Albany Sectional Chart (courtesy of Mike Keefe).
It described Riverside Airport as having a single 2,500' gravel runway.
The runway at Riverside was apparently paved at some point between 1967-72, as it was described as having a paved runway in the 1972 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy).
The 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury)described Riverside Airport as having a single 3,500' asphalt Runway 14/32.
Mark Hrutkay observed of Riverside, “It was a nice place, it had a aviation mechanics school & lots of stories."
It was wedged between the Thruway & the Erie Barge Canal, so the seaplanes could take off.
In the 1995 Jeppesen Airport Directory, the operators at Riverside Airport were listed as Landcare Aviation, Inc. & Mark's Flight Training.
Riverside was evidently closed (for reasons unknown) at some point between 1995-99.
Although it was closed at the date of the 1999 USGS photo (note the closed runway "X" markings), there were still three light aircraft visible parked on the ramp.
Riverside was still depicted as an abandoned airfield on 2002 aeronautical charts.
However, Ed Hamlin reported that a 2003 aerial photo showed that “As far as Riverside is concerned, the airport no longer exists - the runways were removed in order to construct major highway interchanges in the area.
There is nothing there next to the marina anymore. There is no sign that there ever was an airport there.”
A circa 2000-2005 USGS aerial photo showed a dramatic difference compared to the 1999 USGS aerial photo.
All of the buildings on the field had been removed, along with some of the pavement from the runway.
However, the remains of the length of the paved runway was still quite evident
www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/Airfields_NY_NE.htm#rivers...
Riverside Airport was apparently built between 1963-67, as it was yet depicted on the 1963 Albany Sectional Chart (courtesy of Mike Keefe).
The earliest reference to the airfield which has been located was on the 1967 Albany Sectional Chart (courtesy of Mike Keefe).
It described Riverside Airport as having a single 2,500' gravel runway.
The runway at Riverside was apparently paved at some point between 1967-72, as it was described as having a paved runway in the 1972 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy).
The 1982 AOPA Airport Directory (courtesy of Ed Drury)described Riverside Airport as having a single 3,500' asphalt Runway 14/32.
Mark Hrutkay observed of Riverside, “It was a nice place, it had a aviation mechanics school & lots of stories."
It was wedged between the Thruway & the Erie Barge Canal, so the seaplanes could take off.
In the 1995 Jeppesen Airport Directory, the operators at Riverside Airport were listed as Landcare Aviation, Inc. & Mark's Flight Training.
Riverside was evidently closed (for reasons unknown) at some point between 1995-99.
Although it was closed at the date of the 1999 USGS photo (note the closed runway "X" markings), there were still three light aircraft visible parked on the ramp.
Riverside was still depicted as an abandoned airfield on 2002 aeronautical charts.
However, Ed Hamlin reported that a 2003 aerial photo showed that “As far as Riverside is concerned, the airport no longer exists - the runways were removed in order to construct major highway interchanges in the area.
There is nothing there next to the marina anymore. There is no sign that there ever was an airport there.”
A circa 2000-2005 USGS aerial photo showed a dramatic difference compared to the 1999 USGS aerial photo.
All of the buildings on the field had been removed, along with some of the pavement from the runway.
However, the remains of the length of the paved runway was still quite evident
www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/Airfields_NY_NE.htm#rivers...
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 43°8'0"N 75°15'58"W
- Former Grand Trunk (CN) Railway alignment 192 km
- Submerged village of Aultsvillle 207 km
- Submerged village of Farran's Point 208 km
- Submerged alignment of Old Highway 2 211 km
- Submerged railroad bed 212 km
- Submerged Grand Trunk (CN) Railway 212 km
- Submerged roads of Moulinette 213 km
- Submerged Road 213 km
- Submerged village of Dickinsons Landing 213 km
- Rutland Railroad "Island Line" (Abandoned) 260 km
- Floyd, New York 12 km
- Kirkland, New York 13 km
- Trenton, New York 15 km
- Westmoreland, New York 16 km
- Town of Vernon, New York 24 km
- Steuben, New York 24 km
- Western, New York 25 km
- Verona, New York 29 km
- Lee, New York 30 km
- Annsville, New York 38 km
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