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This is a list of airports in New York (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Teterboro Airport is the oldest operating airport in the New York metropolitan area. Walter C. Teter (1863–1929) acquired the property in 1917. [9] While other localities had municipal airports, New York City itself had a multitude of private airfields, and thus did not see the need for a municipal airport until the late 1920s.
Ithaca Tompkins International Airport: P-N 99,070 New York: JFK: JFK KJFK John F. Kennedy International Airport (was New York International Airport) P-L 30,620,769 New York: LGA: LGA KLGA LaGuardia Airport (and Marine Air Terminal) P-L 15,058,501 Islip / Brookhaven: ISP: ISP KISP Long Island MacArthur Airport: P-S 811,535 Newburgh: SWF: SWF KSWF
The Port of New York Authority (now the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey) leased the Idlewild property from the City of New York in 1947 [19]: 3 and maintains this lease today. [1] In March 1948, the City Council changed the official name to New York International Airport, Anderson Field , but the common name remained "Idlewild" until ...
List of airports in New York may refer to: Aviation in the New York metropolitan area; List of airports in New York (state) This page was last edited on 3 ...
The country’s 5,000 public-use airports manage over two-thirds of global aviation traffic and more than half of all international air travel. For these reasons, the U.S. is home to some of the ...
A 2007 plan envisioned changing Stewart's image over the next 20 years: major renovations such as a new terminal, a train station next to the new terminal connecting the airport to Metro North via a new spur from the Port Jervis Line, a 2,000-foot (610 m) extension of runway 16–34, new taxiways, and a major expansion of the cargo facilities.
Long Island, New York, is the largest island in the continental United States. Its proximity to New York City and favorable topography made it especially good for air flights. At the dawn of the aviation age, Long Island assumed a role as one of the, if not the, aviation capitals of the world.