Oneida County Airport (IATA: UCA, ICAO: KUCA, FAA LID: UCA) was a public airport located in the Town of Whitestown in Oneida County, New York, six miles (10 km) northwest of the central business district of Utica. The airport covered 1,800 acres (7.3 km2) and had two runways.
Oneida County closed the airport in January 2007 and transferred operations to Griffiss International Airport, (formerly Griffiss Air Force Base) located about five miles (8 km) to the north in Rome, New York.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,122 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004 and 1,951 enplanements in 2005. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011, Oneida County was classified as a general aviation airport.
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