ROME, N.Y. (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer is heading to central New York to provide details about the state's role as one of six sites in the nation selected by the Federal Aviation Administration to test unmanned aircraft.
Griffiss International Airport in Rome has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration as one of six sites nationwide to test unmanned aircraft.
The search continues for possible survivors after a plane crashed off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida last night. Two people are confirmed dead. A total of four people, including the pilots, are believed to have been on board.
The Federal Aviation Administration has struck down proposed industrial wind turbines for the Town of Litchfield.
The FAA says the structures would present a hazard to air traffic safety.
Ridgeline Energy wants to build industrial wind turbines that are 492-feet tall and has filed 11 proposals for them with the FAA...
The Griffiss Business and Technology Park is vying for the Federal Aviation Administration's new Air Traffic Control Center.
Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente says FAA representatives recently visited the site in Rome.
Picente says the new facility would initially create 800 jobs, with the potential to increase total employment up to 1,200 workers...
Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration announced that the air traffic control tower at Griffiss International Airport in Rome would close,
Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente says he's fighting to keep the tower open.
Picente says he met with major tenants at Griffiss to discuss every option available to make the transition from an FAA Control Tower to a tower that remains open without
The Federal Aviation Administration is shutting down nearly 150 airport control towers starting on April 7th, including the tower at Griffiss International Airport in Rome.
As many as 189 were on the chopping block due to massive federal spending cuts...