East Hampton Airport

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East Hampton Airport

IATA: HTO - ICAO: KHTO - FAA: HTO
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Town of East Hampton
Serves		East Hampton, New York
Elevation AMSL		56 ft (17.1 m)
Coordinates		40°57′34″N, 072°15′07″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
10/28	4,255	1,297	Asphalt
16/34	2,223	678	Asphalt
4/22 CLOSED	2,501	762	Asphalt

East Hampton Airport (IATA: HTO, ICAO: KHTO, FAA LID: HTO) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district (CBD) of East Hampton, in Suffolk County, New York, USA.

There is considerable debate about the airport which is prominently used by private jets visiting the Hamptons. Residents of newly built houses around the airport have complained about the noise. Other residents have complained about the money spent on the airport. Much of the debate now centers on whether to repair the 2,501 foot runway 4/22 which is cracked with vegetation and is currently closed.

The airport currently has no scheduled commercial service although at various times there has been service including Trump Air helicopters which flew into the airport in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The last scheduled airline was East Hampton Airlines which now offers chartered service.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 420 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004 and 103 enplanements in 2005.^[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, East Hampton is classified as a general aviation airport.^[2]

1 Facilities
2 Trivia
3 References
- 3.1 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Facilities

East Hampton Airport covers 570 acres and has three runways:

Runway 10/28: 4,255 x 100 ft. (1,297 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 4/22: 2,501 x 100 ft. (762 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt (currently closed)
Runway 16/34: 2,223 x 75 ft. (678 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt

[edit] Trivia

Marine One was based at the airport for one week in August of 1998 and 1999 during week-long visits by Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton to the Georgica Pond home of director Steven Spielberg.