Airport Driving Range & Pro Shop

Good place to knock a couple of balls around. Great scenery for planes landing. Place is ok in terms of its cleanliness and upkeep. $ 10 for a large bucket (~100 balls), $ 8 for a medium (~70 balls) and $ 6 for a small (~30 balls). I’d go again if I was in the area, could just use a bit more frills however.

I have never been to a driving range before, and as first times go, this was one of the best. The staff was very friendly and accommodating, and the price for a bucket of balls was reasonable. They also rented clubs, which was very helpful. I would definitely recommend this place to friends.

The Facility is the Best in WNY!
Whether it’s hitting off Mats or
Off real turf in the Grass Tee areas, the
Experience is world Class!!!

The Airport Driving Range is a little out of the way and definitely very easily missed if you were just driving by it. It is a pretty small shack that is not very noticeable, but you know you are in the right place when you see the food truck right next to it.
There is nothing fancy about the place but the price for a jumbo bucket of balls is $ 10 which is pretty reasonable considering the amount of balls in it. From there it goes $ 8 and $ 6 for the next sizes down. If you buy a $ 15 annual membership, every time you buy a large bucket, the next bucket is only $ 2. What’s also nice is that they have both a covered area for hitting on mats, but they also offer a grass area to hit on the grass. They also offer $ 1 hot dogs if you decide to go to the driving range during a lunch break.
One thing to note is that they are cash only, so make sure you bring your cash with you. It’s also open pretty late, I believe 11pm if you want to hit the ball late.

I’ve been using the Airport driving range as my go to range for the past few years now, despite it being much further than other ranges I could go to.
First off, they have an area of grass that you can hit off of. I do believe there are some other ranges around that also have grass hitting areas. So many, though, are just mats and I just never feel like I’m getting good practice then. They also have a putting green with chipping practice as well, which is certainly useful. I believe they used to have a sand trap as well, but I do not remember if it is still there.
They have covered hitting (on the mats) if you want to shoot in the rain, and last year I believe they started being open 24 hours a day, though I do not know for sure if they still are.
What I really like about Airport though is that they, in my opinion, work for your business. They know there are other ranges and that they are out of the way so they accommodate to get you to keep coming. A prime example is the LivingSocial deals that they run pretty often. It’s a buy-​one-​get-​one large bucket of balls deal, however the kicker is that they don’t care if you use it in one trip or two. When I go I just ask to use the second bucket at a later time and they mark the paper to say that one bucket was used. That’s another thing, you still deal with people here. It’s not just tokens and machines, you still have some human interaction.
The pro shop has an assortment of different clubs for sale and they sell grips, gloves, tees, balls as well. Mike, the pro, does offer lessons. I don’t know if they still do them, but I once did a weekend group lesson that included a bucket of balls and Mike would record everyone hitting a few balls. We would then go inside and he would analyze everyone’s swing. It wasn’t as helpful as a one-​on-​one lesson would be but it was only $ 15 or $ 20 and it included the $ 10 bucket of balls.
For the summer, it seems like they now have a hot dog truck that will sell you food and drink. They currently offer a free hot dog with the purchase of a medium or large bucket of balls. Again, they are making an effort to get people to choose them and I appreciate that.
They have more deals such as buy-​one-​get-​one buckets for seniors, as well as a season pass which is a certain amount up front and then when you get one bucket, a second bucket is something like $ 2 more. Not bad if you go to the range often.