Company Profile
Steven Baldwin Associates
Company Overview
The Syracuse Hancock International Airport serves as the first impression and economic engine of the central New York region. Recently, major improvements were completed at SYR during an extensive facilities renovation. Over 13 months, the $65 million project involved more than 300 workers creating 14,500 square feet of new space with 400 tons of steel. Originally built in 1962, the renovations to the terminal updated many of the materials and layouts from more than 50 years ago. The results have been a streamlined layout with new interior and exterior materials and new furnishings giving passengers a more modern, functional, and welcoming space. These significant enhancements have delivered an enhanced passenger experience, simplifying movements in and around the Airport and updating aesthetics throughout the facilities.
SYR is the largest commercial airport in central New York, and the 6th largest in the state. Record levels of growth are pushing 2019 to be one of the largest in passenger traffic ever. Growth has been fueled by an increase in destinations, particularly from low-cost carriers such as Allegiant, JetBlue, and Frontier. Enplanement numbers for 2018 hit more than 1.1 million, which were the highest numbers in a decade and 2019 is on track to surpass last year’s record passenger traffic.
In 2019, SYR has new routes to increase its total of nonstop destinations to 24. The cities served include: Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago - O’Hare, Denver, Detroit Metro, Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, NYC Metro (LaGuardia, JFK, Newark), Orlando International and Orlando-Sanford, Philadelphia, Punta Gorda (FL), Raleigh-Durham, Sarasota-Bradenton, St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Tampa, and Washington, DC (National and Dulles). Much of the recent growth has come from partnerships with Frontier and Allegiant, as well as JetBlue, which complement the major carriers serving SYR: American, Delta, and United.
The Airport has an annual operating budget of $31.6 million and a current capital budget of nearly $21.1 million. For more info about the Airport, visit the website at: www.syrairport.org where you can find the 2019 SRAA Annual Report as well as the latest news and media updates.
Company History
Policy and general oversight of the Airport are the responsibility of the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority Board (website: www.syrsraa.com). The Authority is a public benefit corporation and was established to operate the Airport and to foster the development of safe, secure, and efficient aviation services in Syracuse and the central New York region. The Authority is committed to promoting the growth and success of the Syracuse Hancock International Airport by providing fiscal responsibility, regional marketing, and job creation in the aviation industry, and those industries that support aviation. The Authority was established under the Public Authorities Law of the State of New York.
The Authority is comprised of an 11-member body: seven appointed by the Mayor of the City of Syracuse, one by the County Executive of Onondaga County, one by the Town Board of the Town of Dewitt, one by the Board of Education of the East Syracuse Minoa School District, and one appointment is shared, on an alternating basis, by the Board of Education of the North Syracuse School District and the Town Boards of the towns of Salina, Cicero, and Clay. Members of the Authority serve in a volunteer capacity.
The Airport is overseen by the Authority Board and managed and operated by an Executive Management Team composed of the Executive Director; Chief Operations Office; Chief Financial Officer; Director of Marketing, Communications, and Air Service Development; Director of Business Development; and Director of Planning and Development and Human Resource Manager. The Airport is operated overall by approximately 120 staff members in several departments, including: executive, finance, operations, security, human resources, planning, and marketing/business development.