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.
On Dec. 18 the city’s Airport Advisory Commission got a preliminary report from ECOnorthwest, the consulting firm the city council hired last May at a cost of $113,469.
Among their conclusions so far is that the airport has a limited role in Oregon aviation, that the operation is in an “unsustainable financial position,” and that demand for expanded aviation use is uncertain…