Costa Air Service

Costa Air Service runs the fixed base operation at Corning Painted Post Airport in Painted Post, New York, in the Southern Tier near the Finger Lakes. It is an offshoot of Costa Flying Service, which was founded in 1930 and is described as the oldest flying service in New York State. Costa Air Service took over the airport's FBO in 2018.

The family business has deep roots in local aviation. Its founder was the first resident of Corning to earn a pilot's licence, and in 1936 attempted a transatlantic flight from the United States to Portugal in a Lockheed Vega. The founder later received an Aviation Pioneer Award from the Empire State Aerosciences Museum and a lifetime achievement award from the FAA's Rochester office. The company says it is now run by a pilot with more than 40 years of flying experience and airline transport and instructor qualifications.

For passengers, the company offers aerial tours of upstate New York and the Finger Lakes year round, with views of the lakes, vineyards and gorges of the region. A Cessna 210 Centurion is listed on its FAA certificate.

The company also offers flight lessons and rentals, aerial surveys, a full service maintenance shop, aircraft storage in hangars and on ramp tie downs, and both 100LL and Jet A fuel. Its sister firm sells aircraft, mainly Cessna 172s. It says its lounge has been voted the most comfortable FBO couches in upstate New York.