Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport

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Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport
IATA: GFL - ICAO: KGFL
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Warren County
Serves		Glens Falls, New York
Elevation AMSL		328 ft (100 m)
Coordinates		43°20′28.4″N, 73°36′37.1″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
1/19	5,000	1,524	Asphalt
12/30	4,000	1,219	Asphalt

Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport (IATA: GFL, ICAO: KGFL), formerly known as Warren County Airport, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of the city of Glens Falls in Warren County, New York, USA.

The annual Adirondack Balloon Festival is held at this airport.

[edit] History

Ground was broken in 1941. The airport has been served commercially by Colonial Airlines (1940's), Eastern Air Lines (1950's), Mohawk Airlines(1950's - 1970's), Allegheny Airlines (1970's), and Air North (1960's-1980's).

[edit] Facilities

Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport covers 550 acres and has two runways:

Runway 1/19: 5,000 x 150 ft. (1,524 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 12/30: 4,000 x 100 ft. (1,219 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt

The north-facing runway 1 is equipped with an instrument landing system and a medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment lights. GPS-based instrument approaches are available to all four runway ends. A VORTAC is located at the field and during the 1990s and earlier was used as the basis for IFR approaches to the main runway.