Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport
Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located 10 nautical miles north of the central business district of Olean, a city in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
Facilities and aircraft
Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport covers an area of 426 acres at an elevation of 2,135 feet above mean sea level. It has two runways: 4/22 is 4,800 by 100 feet with an asphalt surface; 16/34 is 2,135 by 100 feet with a turf surface.For the 12-month period ending July 9, 2009, the airport had 25,550 aircraft operations, an average of 70 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 12 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine and 8% multi-engine.
Olean has had airline service in the past, including local service carrier Mohawk Airlines. In 1968, Mohawk served Olean 2 flights a day using Fairchild FH 227 equipment. One flight went to Jamestown, NY, continuing on to Cleveland and the other flight went to Syracuse.