The runway at Albany Municipal Airport will get a new surface and new lights at both ends, the city council decided on Monday.
Albany Airport called financially unsustainable
Written December 27th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
When you look at the money, the future of Albany’s small general aviation airport looks bleak. The operation is financially unsustainable, a team of consultants has found.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Airport Advisory Commission, Albany Airport, ECOnorthwest
Tags: Airport Advisory Commission, Albany Airport, ECOnorthwest
Albany airport’s future? City hires consultant
Written May 18th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
The Albany city government is about to launch another one of the periodic exercises of trying to figure out if there’s a better use for the the city’s airport.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: airport finances, Albany Airport, general aviation, housing, land use
Tags: airport finances, Albany Airport, general aviation, housing, land use
Albany aviation history: See it Sunday
Written May 6th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Sunday is the second day of a two-day open house in the historic hangar at Albany Municipal Airport. Don’t miss it if you want to get a look at aviation history along with some interesting private planes.
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Tags: Albany Airport, Albany hangar, general aviation, historic hangar, model planes, private planes
Tags: Albany Airport, Albany hangar, general aviation, historic hangar, model planes, private planes
Time to revisit airport’s future, again?
Written January 23rd, 2022 by Hasso Hering
Every 25 years or so, someone in the Albany city government thinks it would be a good idea to get rid of the municipal airport and use the land for something else. And now that time may have come again.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Airport, council goal-setting, federal airport funds, housing, long range planning, Mayor Alex Johnson II
Tags: Albany Airport, council goal-setting, federal airport funds, housing, long range planning, Mayor Alex Johnson II
Warplane display: An airport update
Written August 24th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Riding past the Albany airport the other day, I wondered about the status of the project to restore and display three vintage warplanes. Turns out that one-third of this volunteer effort may be completed this year, but there’s uncertainty about the rest.
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Airport report makes closure look unlikely
After almost a year of study, consultants hired to analyze the Albany Municipal Airport have submitted their final report. The way I read it, the city is likely to keep its airport even though it doesn’t make money.
Tags: airport study, Albany Airport, ECOnorthwest