OGDENSBURG — A plan to construct a 3,600-square-foot hangar for transient aircraft is moving forward.

The Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority's board of directors unanimously approved using a $600,000 state Department of Transportation grant toward the project at its meeting Tuesday night. The hangar project is estimated to cost $666,667, with the OBPA covering the rest.

Wade A. Davis, OBPA's executive director, said the hangar can be used by several companies, including Federal Express and possibly Cape Air. It will be next to the smaller hangars on the Route 812 side of the airport.

FedEx, one of the world's biggest air cargo operators, uses the airport for loading and unloading freight destined for the Ottawa region. The company stores a small airplane on the airport's apron.

Cape Air officials recently suggested keeping a nine-seat Cessna 402 overnights at the airport, allowing early-morning flights to leave for Albany International Airport. Cape Air was awarded a federal subsidy to provide commercial air service to Watertown, Ogdensburg and Massena. The service will start in mid-September.

OBPA officials also have talked with a helicopter firm about leasing space in the hangar. No timetable was available when it could be constructed.

The board was also informed about the first shipment of wind turbine parts at the Port of Ogdensburg. The 450-foot Beluga Emotion, which arrived late Friday night, will finish unloading the wind turbine parts today.

The ship was carrying cargo for eight complete wind turbines. The ship was loaded with 24 wind blades, 24 steel cylinder tower sections, eight nacelles, eight hubs and other equipment for the turbines.

Canadian Renewable Energy Corp., a subsidiary of Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, is using the port to unload and store turbine parts. The parts will be destined for Wolfe Island, Ontario, in the St. Lawrence River. The Wolfe Island project calls for installation of 86 turbines by year's end.