<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Syracuse Hancock International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">In 1927, Syracuse mayor Charles Hanna felt his city needed an airport. Land in the Amboy section of the nearby town of Camillus was purchased for $50,000, and by 1928, the "Syracuse City Airport at Amboy" was handling airmail.</p>
<p class="blog-para">With the start of World War II, the airport was pressed into service as a flight training center for the Army Air Forces. By 1942, it had become apparent that Amboy Airport was not large enough to handle military needs. As a replacement, the AAF opened Syracuse Army Air Base in Mattydale. At the end of World War II the AAF leased the base to the city.</p>
<p class="blog-para">On September 17, 1949, the Clarence E. Hancock Airport (named for the area's Congressman) opened to the public using a renovated machine shop as a terminal, and replaced the airport at Amboy. The airport had three concrete runways, 5,500 feet (1,700 m) long and 300 feet (91 m) wide.</p>
<p class="blog-para">American, Buffalo, Colonial and Robinson Airlines were the first airlines at the airport. The April 1957 OAG shows 50 weekday departures: 30 on American, eight on Eastern and 12 on Mohawk. Nonstop didn't reach west past Buffalo or south past New York; Syracuse didn't get a Chicago nonstop until 1967. In the mid-1970s the airport was dominated by Mohawk's successor Allegheny Airlines, with some competition from Eastern and American.</p>
<p class="blog-para">During this time Syracuse experienced massive growth and had to expand many times to handle additional passengers, this led to Syracuse becoming the second largest airport in Upstate New York by passenger volume and the largest by number of flights. At its height, 3.17 million passengers passed through the airport.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pt-2 pb-3">Transportation Syracuse Hancock International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">From Syracuse Airport passengers can use the following transportation options:</p>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Bus:</strong> Nowadays there is no bus connection between the Airport and Syracuse.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Taxi:</strong>Get to city Centre in just 15 minutes by taxi.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Car Rental:</strong> Renting a car in Syracuse Airport is a good idea to move around. Check our search engine!</li>
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