Elmira

Elmira-Corning Regional Airport located 6 miles northwest of the city of Elmira in the Big Flats area with the Southern Tier Expressway/Interstate 86 (I-86) forming it's southern perimeter. The Wings of Eagles aviation museum is located at the airport and has a military aviation focus. US Airways Express, with 6 flights a day to Philadelphia using a mix of CRJ-200's and Dash-8 100's and 300's, and Northwest Airlink with 4 flights to Detroit with CRJ-200's provide the only scheduled flights. Allegiant air is due to start 2 flights a week to Orlando-Sanford in late November using MD-80 jets. Schweizer Aircraft Corporation and subsidiary of the United Technologies Corporation (UTC) which produces helicopters and small reconnaissance planes is located on the eastern side of the airport.
National Soaring Museum
The National Soaring Museum is located on top of Harris Hill to South of Elmira Airport adjacent to the Harris Hill Soaring Center. It has an extensive collection of soaring relating items and a huge collection of gliders from various manufacturers. During the spring to fall one can also take glider rides from adjacent airfield.

Smoke Alarm

A United Airlines 757-200 flying from Boston to San Francisco had to make an emergency landing this recently (October 16th) due to a smoke alarm going off in a bathroom the cause of which is unknown at this time.
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=f5b5784a-05d2-458f-92ec-58806d4563ff
http://avherald.com/h?article=40e68c3b&opt=0
Ithaca Update
Air Service at Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport was recently enhanced by the addition of Continental Connection 4 x daily flights to NYC-Newark. This is in addition to Us Airways Express service to NYC-LaGuardia and Philadelphia plus NWA Airlink service to Detroit.