Fort Drum

Wheeler-Sack Army air field Airport at Fort Drum is located just to the east of Watertown and is part of the ever growing (in terms of troop numbers) Fort Drum. It is used for troop deployments and is home to a some army helicopters. Until the early 1990's it could only handle planes like the C-130 that didn't need a long runway and any larger planes had to land at Griffiss from where the men/cargo were either trucked or trained to/from Fort Drum. The current main 10,000 ft long runway eliminates that need. flightware's airport info page on Fort Drum has more info (http://flightaware.com/resources/airport/KGTB). Among the planes that land their on a regular basis are the giant An-124's that the military charters to ferry equipment overseas. Also planes of American Trans Air (ATA) and other charter carriers make regular appearances on troop flights. On a more somber note a Falcon 20 of Kalitta Charters flew into Fort Drum from Dover AFB on Saturday carrying the body of a local soldier killed in Iraq (http://flightaware.com/live/flight/KFS1399/history/20080112/1345Z/KDOV/KGTB).
On the subject of Griffiss, a Virgin America A319 flew into there on Thursday on delivery from Hamburg Germany, via Bangor Maine (http://flightaware.com/live/flight/VRD9526) for post-delivery maintenance before entering service.