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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.
JFK Airport is located in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, [10] 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Midtown Manhattan. The airport features five passenger terminals and four runways. It is primarily accessible via car, bus, shuttle, or other vehicle transit via the JFK Expressway or Interstate 678 (Van Wyck Expressway), or by train.
The airport was officially dedicated in November 1940. The first terminal, named "Manhattan Municipal Airport," opened on April 19, 1953, with a speech by U.S. Senator Frank Carlson, coinciding with the start of Continental Airlines DC-3 flights. Since the 1950s, Manhattan Regional Airport has been served by several airlines.
[a] Its address is 230 Park Avenue. [3] The building is assigned its own ZIP Code, 10169; it was one of 41 buildings in Manhattan that had their own ZIP Codes as of 2019. [4] The Helmsley Building measures 200 feet (61 m) north-south and 344 feet (105 m) west-east. [5] Immediately to the south are Grand Central Terminal and the MetLife Building.
Hays Regional Airport: P-N 11,996 Manhattan: MHK: MHK KMHK Manhattan Regional Airport: P-N 72,883 Salina: SLN: SLN KSLN Salina Regional Airport: P-N 15,977 Wichita: ICT: ICT KICT Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (was Wichita Mid-Continent Airport) P-S 812,252 KENTUCKY: Cincinnati/Covington: CVG: CVG KCVG Cincinnati/Northern ...
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.
This is a list of neighborhoods in the New York City borough of Manhattan arranged geographically from the north of the island to the south. The following approximate definitions are used: Upper Manhattan is the area above 96th Street. Midtown Manhattan is the area between 34th Street and 59th Street. Lower Manhattan is the area below 14th Street.
The East 34th Street Heliport was built to handle about 20 private and charter flights per day of four-passenger helicopters. Its design included an option to expand onto a purpose-built pier into the East River, enabling the heliport to accommodate 30- to 48-passenger helicopters providing scheduled service to regional airports or for intercity service, for a total of 50 to 60 daily flights.