Sullivan County Airport welcomes first landing by a Boeing 737

For the first time in its history, Sullivan County International Airport welcomed a Boeing 737 jet to its runway.

According to a Mid-Hudson News report, a corporate Boeing 737 landed several days ago with business professionals from Miami who were in the county for a four-hour visit; the passengers departed later in the day for Westchester County Airport.

Airport Director Jim Arnott stated the jet”™s arrival and departure could open a new chapter for the facility, with larger aircraft taking advantage of its 6,300-foot-long runway and using the location to hangar aircraft.

“There are no hangar facilities at Teterboro, Morristown or Westchester anymore,” he said. “We have 600 acres, so when people know they can fly in here with our infrastructure, that will increase the interest in hangaring a corporate aircraft here.”

The airport opened in July 1969 and once had commercial service with Mohawk Airlines and Ransome Airlines ”“ Mohawk”™s flight to Montreal and Toronto enabled the airport to identify itself as an “international” venue. Last year, the airport announced it was receiving an $18.5 million grant from the state to renovate and expand the terminal building, and earlier in the year the Federal Aviation Administration allocated a $654,144 grant to rehabilitate the apron area used by aircraft.