At the 41st Annual International Aviation Snow Symposium on April 25th, 2007 in Buffalo, NY; awards were presented to the "Snow Crews" of the airports in the Snow Belt for their dedicated efforts in maintaining their airports in safe and operational status during the 2006 - 2007 winter season. This is the 31st consecutive year that such awards have been presented. All categories of airports -
Commercial, General Aviation and Military - compete for these awards.

Applications are submitted by the airport operators on behalf of the local work force in recognition of their efforts in keeping the airports operationally safe at all times. Recommendations for selection may come from the users of airports, airlines, pilots, general aviation, the military and the entire aviation community. In addition, the members of the Awards Selection Committee provide feedback from their own organizations as to the performance of competing airports.

The 2006 - 2007 awards were presented to the following airports:

Military Winner: 3rd Civil Engineer Squadron Elmendorf AFB Alaska
Honorable Mention: 735th Civil Engineer Squadron Ramstein AB Germany