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Long Island MacArthur Airport (IATA: ISP, ICAO: KISP, FAA LID: ISP), formerly known as Islip Airport, is a public airport in Ronkonkoma, New York, within the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, on Long Island. Covering 1,311 acres (531 ha), the airport was established in 1942, was activated in 1943, and began serving as a commercial airport in 1960.
Republic Airport (IATA: FRG, ICAO: KFRG, FAA LID: FRG) is a public airport in East Farmingdale in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States [3] [2] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport . [ 4 ]
The airport, which opened in 1937, predates all of the major airports on Long Island including those in New York City and has long been used by celebrities, Wall Streeters, and the wealthy visiting the Hamptons. The airport's commercial commuter traffic is mostly between East Hampton and New York City, which is roughly 100 miles (160 km) away.
Grumman, Republic Aviation and Curtiss, all called Long Island home. For these reasons, Long Island is known as the Cradle of Aviation. At approximately 1,400 square miles, Long Island has had and continues to have, a disproportionate number of airports in comparison to its physical size. This page attempts to provide a list of all active and ...
LaGuardia Airport (IATA: LGA, ICAO: KLGA, FAA LID: LGA) (/ l ə ˈ ɡ w ɑːr d i ə / lə-GWAR-dee-ə) – colloquially known as LaGuardia or simply LGA – is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, situated on the northwestern shore of Long Island, bordering Flushing Bay.
Aline Rhonie Hofheimer (1909–1963), painted a 126-foot fresco representing aviation history in Roosevelt Field, Long Island. It has since been relocated to the Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in Queens, NY. Aline Hofheimer (1909–1963) painting a 126-foot fresco representing aviation history in Roosevelt Field, Long Island (c. 1935)
Columbia Field, originally Curtiss Field, is a former airfield near Valley Stream within the Town of Hempstead on Long Island, New York. Between 1929 and 1933 it was a public airfield named Curtiss Field after the Curtiss-Wright aircraft corporation that owned it. The public airfield closed after 1933, but aircraft continued to be manufactured ...
Elizabeth Field (IATA: FID, FAA LID: 0B8) is a public use airport located on Fishers Island, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is owned by the Town of Southold. [1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009-2013, Elizabeth Field is classified as a general aviation airport. [2]