Albany Airport is situated 10 kilometres from Albany, New York.
The airport has 3 concourses, A, B and C and a total of 21 gates in the airport. There has been discussion on extending the airport facilities by adding a concourse D and another 10 gates. However the airport size is limiting the progress of development of these suggested additions.
The airport caters for several airlines which are Air Canada, Cape Air, Colgan Air, CommutAir, ExpressJetAirlines, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, ComAir, Mesaba, Southwest Airlines and several others. There are also several cargo airlines operating flights to and from the airport. The majority of the volume of flights belongs to Southwest Airlines.
People arriving at Albany Airport by car will find there is plenty of car parking space, both long and short term which is conveniently close to the terminals. The airport allows the first 30 minutes of parking in the short term lot as free to allow people to drop off departing passengers and pick up arriving passengers. In total there are 2400 parking space available and the parking lot is monitored by security. The airport is easily reached by several different routes and Interstates 87, 88 and 90 all have links and clearly posted directions.
There are plenty of shops, restaurants and cafes for the public to use while visiting Albany Airport. Parents have a chance to entertain their children while waiting for flights at the Kids Flight Deck area that provides colouring books and crayons as well as guided tours.