A public meeting to review development alternatives being considered in the Elmira Corning Regional Airport Master Plan Update will be held 7 p.m. today in the Big Flats Community Center, 476 Maple St.
"We have to redo the master plan every five to seven years to make sure that we're planning for the next 20 years at the airport," said Ann Crook, the airport's director of aviation. "The last master plan that we did in 2007 was really focused on very steady, slow growth and a lot of airfield improvements."
During the past five years, however, the airport has seen huge growth, she said.
"Because our growth has been so fast, we've done all those airfield improvements and we're already way, way past the projections of how many passengers we thought we'd have," Crook said.
"So this master plan is going to be looking at, now that we have all these passengers, the infrastructure in the airfield is robust and in good shape, but we need to make some improvements to accommodate passengers," she said.
Those could include things like improved parking and the potential expansion of the baggage claim area and the TSA screening checkpoint, Crook said.
"Those are the things that we're looking at for this master plan."
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