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Albert S Nader Regional Airport

Obstruction Clearance Project Proceeds Amidst Public Concern

Many of the more than a dozen area residents in attendance were there for another reason, however: to hear updates on, and to voice concerns about, the airport’s runway obstruction clearance project. The project has been an ongoing topic of distress within the community since April, when the Common Council approved a resolution to accept a Federal Aviation Administration grant.…
October 30, 2025

Common Council Votes To Name Airport In Sam Nader’s Honor

Council Names City Airport After Ex-Mayor Sam Nader “This was the single greatest point of pride in my dad’s life,” said former mayor John Nader, as he accepted a plaque this evening after Common Council unanimously voted to rename the Oneonta Municipal Airport as The Albert S. Nader Regional Airport. Nader, president of SUNY Farmington, who drove up for the event,  read a statement from his father, who remarked, “I regret that I am unable to be with you tonight,…
December 4, 2018

In Renaming Airport, City Council Praises Nader As Visionary Leader

In Renaming Airport, City Council Praises Nader As Visionary Leader ONEONTA – A motion to rename the city airport as “Albert S. Nader Regional Airport” in honor of the former mayor praises his “thoughtful foresight” and “patient leadership.” Common Council is due to act on the resolution when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall, according to the agenda released this afternoon. Christened at the time by one local newspaper as “Nader’s Folly,” creation of the airport in…
November 30, 2018

PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

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