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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.
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.
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.
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.
During the 1950s it was the home of the New York Yankees' private Douglas DC-3, a Grumman G-73 Mallard owned by the New York Daily News, and dozens of privately owned light aircraft. [2] It featured two paved runways, with the longer one (in a north–south orientation) being 4,400 feet (1,300 m) long. [2]
Lufker Airport (FAA LID: 49N, formerly O00) [2] [3] is a privately owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of East Moriches, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. [1] It has a 36/18 2300 ft turf runway and has a pattern altitude of 800 ft MSL and shares a taxiway with Spadaro ...
Francis S. Gabreski Airport (IATA: FOK, ICAO: KFOK, FAA LID: FOK) is a county-owned, joint civil-military airport located 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of Westhampton Beach, in Suffolk County, Long Island, United States. [1] It is approximately 80 miles (130 km) east of New York City.