Aviation in the New York metropolitan area

Teterboro Airport is the oldest operating airport in the New York metropolitan area. Walter C. Teter (1863–1929) acquired the property in 1917.{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/education/at-least-he-s-still-got-his-diner-the-name-dropper-1.1301213|title=The Name-Dropper: Teterboro Airport and the Bendix Diner|first=Jay|last=Levin|date=April 2, 2015|work=NorthJersey.com|access-date=26 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310120545/http://www.northjersey.com/news/education/at-least-he-s-still-got-his-diner-the-name-dropper-1.1301213|archive-date=10 March 2016}}

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.{{cite journal |last1=Blakemore |first1=Porter R. |last2=Linck |first2=Dana C. |title=Historic Structure Report: Floyd Bennett Field ; Gateway National Recreation Area, New Jersey-New York |volume=1 |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/gate/floyd_bennett_hsr1.pdf |publisher=United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |date=May 1981 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911214633/http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/gate/floyd_bennett_hsr1.pdf |archive-date=September 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |page=3 }}{{cite book|last=Davies |first=R.E.G.|title=A history of the world's airlines|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1964|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=52qmAAAAIAAJ|pages=39–55}} Flushing Airport opened in 1927, quickly becoming the city's busiest airport; it closed in 1984.{{cite web |url=http://www.queenstribune.com/anniversary2003/1977.htm |publisher=Queens Tribune |work=The Queens Spin |title=1977 |access-date=2007-09-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195944/http://www.queenstribune.com/anniversary2003/1977.htm |archive-date=2007-09-27 }} Newark Liberty International Airport opened in 1928.{{cite news |last=Belson |first=Ken |title=Newark Liberty International Airport (NJ) |work=The New York Times |date=July 10, 2008 |url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/newark_liberty_international_airport_nj/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=newark%20airport&st=cse |access-date=2011-04-12}} It was followed in 1930 by Floyd Bennett Field: New York City's first municipal airport, built largely to serve the growth of commercial aviation after World War I.{{cite news |title=Byrd Dedicates Bennett Air Field |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |date=June 27, 1930 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1930/06/27/96162776.pdf| access-date=December 28, 2017}} LaGuardia Airport was opened in 1939,{{cite news|title=150,000 TO SEE NORTH BEACH OPENING FETE: Dedication Of Airport Tomorrow Is Hailed As Boon To Queens|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201939%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201939%2520-%25201105.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F17e13c260e18cbe32edf7e2b3f46db75#page=1|access-date=March 26, 2016|work=Long Island Star-Journal|agency=Fultonhistory.com|date=October 14, 1939|page=2}} and Floyd Bennett Field was closed for general aviation two years later.{{cite news |title=Floyd Bennett Field Turned Over to Navy |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |date=May 26, 1941 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1941/05/26/85500432.pdf | access-date=January 2, 2018}} John F. Kennedy International Airport opened as Idlewild Airport in 1948.{{cite web | title=IDLEWILD AIRPORT OFFICIALLY OPENED; Six Foreign Flag Carriers and Two Others Will Not Begin Operations for a Week | website=The New York Times | date=July 1, 1948 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/07/01/archives/idlewild-airport-officially-opened-six-foreign-flag-carriers-and.html | access-date=January 2, 2019}}

From the 1940s through the 1970s, many airlines provided ticketing, baggage, and airport ground transportation services at remote terminals located in Manhattan. The need for remote terminals arose because at that time airlines were competing with traditional forms of transportation (e.g., railroads) that operated between city centers and there were limitations in passenger processing capacity and parking supply at airports.{{cite conference |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_dkgSr6xmyUC&pg=PA90 |title=The Variety of Concepts in Airport Ground Transportation Terminals |last=Gosling |first=Geoffrey |date=February 1981 |conference=Airport Ground Transportation: Problems and Solutions |editor-last=Mundy |editor-first=Ray A. |publisher=United States Department of Transportation |pages=90–91 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |via=Google Books}} The 42nd Street Airlines Terminal opened in 1941 on Park Avenue across from Grand Central Terminal. Traffic congestion on streets in the area of the 42nd Street Airlines Terminal led to the opening of the East Side Airline Terminal in 1953 to provide service to Idlewild and La Guardia airports from its location near the entrance to the Queens–Midtown Tunnel and the opening of the West Side Airlines Terminal in 1955 to provide service to Newark Airport from its location near the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. After the opening of these new remote terminals the 42nd Street Airlines Terminal was renamed the Airlines Building and became a ticketing-only facility.{{cite web |title=Vanished New York City Art Deco: The Airlines Terminal |url=https://www.drivingfordeco.com/new-york-city-art-deco-airlines-terminal/ |website=Driving for Deco |date=August 5, 2016 |access-date=December 4, 2024}} By the early 1970s, there was less need for remote terminals because most airlines had acquired better ticketing and baggage handling facilities at the airports and more air passengers were traveling to or from the suburbs rather than having trip origins or destinations in Manhattan. The West Side Airlines Terminal closed in 1972, the Airlines Building was demolished in 1978, and the East Side Airline Terminal closed in 1984.{{cite news |last1=Berger |first=Joseph |title=Airlines Terminal on East Side Sold for $90.6 Million |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/14/nyregion/airlines-terminal-on-east-side-sold-for-90.6-million.html |work=The New York Times |date=February 14, 1985 |access-date=December 4, 2024}}

The Cradle of Aviation Museum, the Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey, and Newark Metropolitan Airport Buildings preserve the history of aviation in the New York metro area.

• September 11 attacks
• Airliner accidents and incidents in New York City
• Airliner accidents and incidents in New Jersey

The vast majority of airspace above the metropolitan area is controlled by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and split into complex sectors that organize the flow of inbound and outbound flights to and from the area's many airports, as well as transitory air traffic between neighboring regions.

• New York Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZNY), located in Ronkonkoma, Long Island, is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC) in the United States. It is responsible for high-altitude traffic above both the New York Metropolitan Area and Philadelphia/Delaware Valley metro area, as well as {{convert|325,0000|sqmi|km2}} of oceanic airspace.[http://aviationtoolbox.org/raw_data/FAA/sectionals/current/Terminal-Area-Charts/New%20York%20TAC%2069.tif New York area aviation chart (VFR Terminal Area Chart)] (high-resolution TIFF, ~31 MB) The unit originally existed at JFK Airport, before moving in July 1963 to a purpose-built site in Suffolk County. The new Cold War-era facility was designed to resist the effects of a hypothetical nuclear attack.{{Cite news |last=Hudson |first=Edward |date=July 21, 1963 |title=Air-Traffic Control Is Moved to Suffolk |pages=1, 46 |work=The New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/07/21/93840886.pdf |access-date={{today}}}}
• New York TRACON (N90), located in Westbury, Long Island, is one of seven large terminal radar approach control units in the United States. It handles southern New York State air traffic.
• Philadelphia TRACON as of July 2024 handles air traffic for Northern New Jersey airports.{{cite web |last=Epstein |first=Curt |date=July 24, 2024 |url=https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2024-07-24/newark-atc-control-switch-philadelphia-tracon |title=Newark ATC Control To Switch to Philadelphia Tracon |website=Aviation International News |access-date=August 14, 2024}}
• VFR corridors

Regulations are in effect in the airspace where flight is permitted under visual flight rules (VFR), the East River VFR corridor and the Hudson River VFR corridor. The southern end of both begins at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The corridor along the Hudson River allows VFR flight along the entire length between Manhattan and the New Jersey Hudson Waterfront north to the Alpine Tower, while that along the East River ends southwest of LGA airspace at the northern end of Roosevelt Island.{{cite web | title = New York Class B Airspace Hudson River and East River Exclusion Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA) | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = November 2009 | url = https://www.faasafety.gov/files/gslac/courses/content/79/776/kneeboard.pdf | access-date = January 22, 2013}}{{cite web | title = New York Special Flight Rules Area for Flight Below Class B Airspace | publisher = Schodack Aviation | url = http://www.docsteve.com/SchodackAviation/airspace_files/SFRA_VFR.pdf | access-date = January 22, 2013}}

As of 2014, about 1% of flights to the Port Authority-controlled airports use the Next Generation Air Transportation System, which relies on the Global Positioning System instead of radar.{{cite news | last = Strunsky | first = Steve | title = Satellite tracking used on just 1% of NYC-area flights, IG report says | newspaper = The Star-Ledger | date = July 29, 2014 | url = http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/satallite_tracking_used_on_just_1_nyc-area_flights_ig_report_says.html | access-date = August 5, 2014}}

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2) LaGuardia
3) Newark Liberty]]

John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is the major entry point for international arrivals in the United States, and it is the largest international air freight gateway in the nation by value of shipments.{{cite news|title=America's Freight Transportation Gateways|author=Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation|year=2004|url=http://www.bts.gov/publications/americas_freight_transportation_gateways/pdf/entire.pdf|access-date=2007-02-18 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060927192933/http://www.bts.gov/publications/americas_freight_transportation_gateways/pdf/entire.pdf|archive-date = September 27, 2006}} Sections of the airport have been a foreign trade zone since 1984.{{cite web|title = U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones|work = Import Administration|publisher = International Trade Administration|date = January 13, 2013|url = http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ftzpage/letters/ftzlist-map.html|access-date = January 20, 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160113084141/http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ftzpage/letters/ftzlist-map.html|archive-date = January 13, 2016|url-status = dead}}{{Citation|first = Susan |last = Tiefenbrun|title = Tax Free Trade Zones Of The World And In The United States|publisher = Edward Elgar Publishing|year = 2012|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Bdz5eG3b2nwC|isbn = 978-1-84980-243-7}} About 100 airlines from more than 50 countries operate flights to JFK. The JFK–London Heathrow route is the leading U.S. international airport pair with over 2.9 million passengers in 2000.{{cite news|title=U.S. International Travel and Transportation Trends, BTS02-03|author=Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation|year=2002|url=http://www.bts.gov/publications/us_international_travel_and_transportation_trends/pdf/entire.pdf|access-date=2007-02-18 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061002072819/http://www.bts.gov/publications/us_international_travel_and_transportation_trends/pdf/entire.pdf |archive-date = October 2, 2006}} Other top international destinations from JFK are Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, Incheon International Airport in Seoul, Barajas Airport in Madrid, Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Cibao International Airport in Santiago de los Caballeros, Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt, Narita and Tokyo International Airports in Tokyo, Changi Airport in Singapore, and Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo. The airport is located along Jamaica Bay near Howard Beach, Queens. The elevated AirTrain JFK people mover system connects JFK to the New York City Subway and the Long Island Rail Road.

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Opened in 1928, Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) is considered the first major commercial airport in North America. Amelia Earhart dedicated the Newark Metropolitan Airport Administration Building in 1935. It is the fifth busiest international air gateway.{{cite web|url=http://www.bts.gov/publications/us_international_travel_and_transportation_trends/html/table10.html |title=Table 10: Top 20 U.S. Gateways for Nonstop International Air Travel: 1990, 1995, and 2000 |work=U.S. International Travel and Transportation Trends, BTS02-03 |year=2002 |publisher=Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=2007-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002072626/http://www.bts.gov/publications/us_international_travel_and_transportation_trends/html/table10.html |archive-date=2006-10-02 |url-status=live }} From 2003, Newark became the terminus of the world's longest non-stop scheduled airline route, Continental's service to Hong Kong by United Airlines and Cathay Pacific in 2014 respectively.

In 2004, Singapore Airlines broke Continental's record by starting direct 18-hour flights to Singapore. The airport is located in Newark, New Jersey, about {{convert|12|mi}} west of downtown Manhattan. The top three international destinations from Newark are London, Toronto and Tel Aviv.{{cite report|url=https://www.transportation.gov/office-policy/aviation-policy/us-international-passenger-raw-data-calendar-year-2014|title=U.S.-International Passenger Raw Data for Calendar Year 2014|date=July 6, 2015|location=Washington|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=November 6, 2017}} It connects to NJ Transit commuter trains and Amtrak intercity trains via the AirTrain Newark monorail. In 2022, the International Air Transport Association removed Newark from the NYC city code.{{Cite news |last=Waldek |first=Stefanie |date=September 22, 2022 |title=Newark Airport Will No Longer Be Considered an NYC Hub — What That Means for Travelers|url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/newark-airport-removed-nyc-iata-code-6665740|access-date=2023-01-06 |magazine=Travel + Leisure|location=New York|publisher=Dotdash Meredith}}

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LaGuardia Airport (LGA), the smallest of the New York area's primary airports, handles domestic air service and flights to Canada. It is named for Fiorello H. La Guardia, the city's Depression-era mayor known as a reformist and strong supporter of the New Deal. The airport is located in northern Queens, about {{convert|6|mi}} from downtown Manhattan.

In 1984, a "perimeter rule" was introduced to reduce congestion, which prohibits incoming and outgoing flights that exceed 1,500 miles (2,400 km) except on Saturdays, when the ban is lifted, and to Denver, Colorado, which has a grandfathered exemption. As a result, most transcontinental and international flights use JFK and Newark (although there are short-haul international flights to the Canadian cities of Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa).{{cite news|title=Long Distance at LaGuardia|work=The New York Sun|date=2005-08-05|url=http://www.nysun.com/article/18053|access-date=2007-02-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050907035320/http://www.nysun.com/article/18053|archive-date=2005-09-07}}

Plans were announced in July 2015 to entirely rebuild LaGuardia Airport itself in a multibillion-dollar project to replace its aging facilities, and this project would accommodate a new AirTrain LaGuardia connection.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/nyregion/la-guardia-airport-to-be-rebuilt-by-2021-cuomo-and-biden-say.html|title=La Guardia Airport to Be Overhauled by 2021, Cuomo and Biden Say|first=Patrick|last=McGeehan|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 27, 2015|access-date=July 28, 2015}}{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/cuomo-announces-plan-building-airtrain-laguardia-airport-article-1.2085807 |title=Andrew Cuomo announces $450M plan to build AirTrain connecting LaGuardia Airport to the subway |first=Erin |last=Durkin |newspaper=New York Daily News |date=January 20, 2015 |access-date=July 28, 2015}}{{cite web |last=Honan |first=Katie |date=January 20, 2015 |title=Cuomo Announces AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport from Subway, LIRR |url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150120/east-elmhurst/cuomo-announces-airtrain-laguardia-airport-from-subway-lirr |work=DNAinfo |access-date=July 28, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120233716/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150120/east-elmhurst/cuomo-announces-airtrain-laguardia-airport-from-subway-lirr |archive-date=January 20, 2015 }}

Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP), otherwise known as Islip Airport, is located in Ronkonkoma, New York, in Suffolk County, about {{convert|44|mi|km}} east of Manhattan. It is owned and operated by the Town of Islip, and has been designated by the FAA an official New York airport. This airport is primarily served by low-cost carriers Southwest Airlines, JetBlue, Frontier Airlines, and Breeze Airways to domestic destinations mostly in the southeast.{{cite web |title=Long Island MacArthur Airport |url=https://www.macarthurairport.com/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |publisher=Town of Islip}}

Stewart International Airport (SWF) is located about {{convert|60|mi|km}} northwest of the city in Orange County, New York. In 2007, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey took control of operations at Stewart and has committed $500 million to its upgrade and expansion.{{cite web | title = History | work = Stewart International Airport | publisher = PANYNJ | url = http://www.panynj.gov/airports/swf-history.html | access-date = January 1, 2013}} From June 2017 to September 2019 Stewart was the only secondary airport in the New York metro area offering flights to Europe. This was enabled by a main runway of over 11,000 feet.

Trenton–Mercer Airport (TTN) is located in and owned by Mercer County, New Jersey, near Trenton. It began to see a return of scheduled passenger service in 2013, becoming a focus city for Frontier Airlines, servicing 9 nonstop destinations.{{Cite web |last=Painter |first=Kristen Leigh |date=2013-01-29 |title=Frontier Airlines' shifting market strategy avoids competition |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2013/01/29/frontier-airlines-shifting-market-strategy-avoids-competition/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}

Westchester County Airport (HPN) is located in and owned by Westchester County, New York, about {{convert|33|mi|km}} north of the city, along the border with Connecticut. It sees service to a dozen destinations, and has seen increases of nearly 100,000 enplanements in the period from 2008 to 2010.{{cite web| url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf|title=Enplanements for CY 2008|format=PDF, 1.0 MB|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|date=December 18, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf|title=Enplanements for CY 2010|format=PDF, 189 KB|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|date = October 4, 2011}}

Republic Airport (FRG) is a general aviation reliever airport located in East Farmingdale, Long Island, on the border of Nassau and Suffolk counties. It is the busiest general aviation airport in the New York Metropolitan region, primarily serving Long Island and is owned by the New York State Department of Transportation, who contracts its operation to a third-party. The airport is about {{convert|28|mi}} from midtown Manhattan.

Teterboro Airport (TEB) is a general aviation reliever airport located in the Boroughs of Teterboro, Moonachie, and Hasbrouck Heights in Bergen County, New Jersey. It is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, who contracts its operation to a third-party company. The airport is {{convert|12|mi}} from midtown Manhattan in the New Jersey Meadowlands, which makes it very popular for private and corporate aircraft.

In addition, there are many smaller general aviation airports, as well as several seaplane bases in the port district and the adjoining region. Among them are:

• Brookhaven Airport (HWV)
• Central Jersey Regional Airport (JVI)
• Danbury Municipal Airport (DXR)
• Essex County Airport (CDW)
• Greenwood Lake Airport (4N1)
• Hackettstown Airport (N05)
• Hudson Valley Regional Airport (POU)
• Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR)
• Lincoln Park Airport (N07)
• Linden Airport (LDJ)
• Little Ferry Seaplane Base (2N7)
• Meriden Markham Municipal Airport (MMK)
• Monmouth Executive Airport (BLM)
• Morristown Municipal Airport (MMU)
• New York Skyports Inc. Seaplane Base (QNY)
• Newton Airport (New Jersey) (3N5)
• Old Bridge Airport (3N6)
• Princeton Airport (39N)
• Sands Point Seaplane Base (7N3)
• Solberg–Hunterdon Airport (N51)
• Somerset Airport (SMQ)
• Trenton–Robbinsville Airport (N87)
• Waterbury–Oxford Airport (OXC)

There are numerous heliports in the New York metro area. Three of the busiest are in Manhattan:

• Downtown Manhattan Heliport (JRB), at the eastern end of Wall Street on Pier 6, on the East River, was the first heliport in the United States to be certified for scheduled passenger helicopter service by the FAA. The heliport was the normal landing spot for US presidents visiting New York. The soundproof terminal contains gift shops, administrative offices, a VIP lounge and general passenger waiting area, as well as X-ray and bomb-detection machines at a security checkpoint.
• East 34th Street Heliport has a terminal building and fuel station; it averages 20,000 take-offs and landings each year.
• West 30th Street Heliport opened on September 26, 1956, and three months later began hosting scheduled passenger flights by New York Airways, the first airline flights to Manhattan.{{cite news | title = Heliport to Open Sept. 26 | work = The New York Times | date = August 27, 1956 | url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10E14F63B5A16738FDDAE0A94D0405B8689F1D3 | access-date = August 25, 2009}}

A heliport operated from the roof of the Pan Am Building in midtown Manhattan from 1965 through 1968 and again for a short period in 1977, before a fatal accident caused it to close.{{cite news |last=Hudson |first=Edward |date=December 22, 1965 |title=Heliport Opened Atop Skyscraper |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/12/22/archives/heliport-opened-atop-skyscraper-pan-am-building-terminal-starts.html |access-date=October 18, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}{{cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=May 17, 1977 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/05/17/archives/5-killed-as-copter-on-pan-am-building-throws-rotor-blade-one-victim.html |title=5 Killed As Copter on Pan Am Building Throws Rotor Blade |work=The New York Times |access-date=October 18, 2024}} In 1968, the East 60th Street Heliport was opened to divert general aviation aircraft from the major commercial airports to smaller airfields (such as Teterboro), where passengers could board a helicopter and travel onward to Midtown Manhattan; the heliport was shut down in the late 1990s amid noise and safety concerns.{{cite news |last=Hudson |first=Edward |date=November 5, 1968 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/11/05/archives/helicopter-taxi-stand-for-busy-people-opens-in-midtown-on-east.html |title=Helicopter 'Taxi Stand' for Busy People Opens in Midtown on East River |work=The New York Times |access-date=October 18, 2024}}{{cite news |last=Levy |first=Clifford J. |date=April 30, 1997 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/30/nyregion/giuliani-plans-to-reduce-copter-flights.html |title=Giuliani Plans To Reduce Copter Flights |work=The New York Times |access-date=October 18, 2024}}

Seaplane bases in the New York metropolitan area include:

• New York Skyports Seaplane Base
• Sands Point Seaplane Base

From 1934 to the mid-1980s, Wall Street Skyport served as a seaplane base that was primarily used by suburban commuters working in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. Since 2015, New Jersey has largely prohibited the use of seaplanes on navigable waters.{{cite news |last=Maag |first=Christopher |date=June 29, 2015 |title=N.J. A Wet Blanket for Seaplanes |work=The Record |id={{ProQuest|1691588471}}}}

An average of 40% of passenger aircraft delays in the U.S. originated in the New York metropolitan area, some in the area and others due to cascading effects.GAO report, p. 10 One-third of aircraft in the national airspace system move through the New York area at some point during a typical day.[http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08934t.pdf GAO-08-934T], Statement of Susan Fleming, Director Physical Infrastructure Issues, in Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate. "NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM: DOT and FAA Actions Will Likely Have a Limited Effect on Reducing Delays during Summer 2008 Travel Season. July 15, 2008 The three major airports rank among the worst airports for delays in the U.S. despite FAA caps limiting the number of takeoffs and landings per hour to 83 at both JFK and EWR and 71 at LGA.{{cite news | title = FAA limits at Newark, N.Y. airports have not curbed delays, need to be adjusted, U.S. report shows | newspaper = The Star-Ledger |date = November 2, 2010 | url = http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/faa_limits_at_newark_ny_airpor.html | access-date = January 16, 2012 | quote= Newark and Kennedy takeoffs and landings are limited to 81 an hour from 6 a.m. to 10:59 p.m. daily; LaGuardia flights are restricted to 71 hourly from 6 a.m. to 9:59 p.m. Monday through Friday and from noon to 9:59 p.m. on Sunday. The FAA placed the cap on LaGuardia in 2001 after letting carriers exceed limits the previous year that had been in place since 1968. The FAA extended the LaGuardia cap in 2006 and in 2009 lowered it to 71 from 75.}} While an increased demand for passengers and freight is foreseen, limited land availability in the heavily urbanized area and prohibitive costs constrict expansion of JFK, EWR, and LGA. Approaches to mitigate delays and increase capacity include costly runway expansion projects and greater use of reliever airports. Before the establishment of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in 1960, the PANYNJ had proposed to build an airport at the location in Morris County, New Jersey but was widely opposed. Studies conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration, the Regional Plan Association, the PANYNJ, and others have identified few sites within the region that would satisfy the requirements for a major airport and evaluated potential dispersion of flights to outlying commercial airports, including Atlantic City International Airport (ACY), Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE), Bradley International Airport (BDL), and Tweed New Haven Regional Airport (HVN).{{cite news | last = McGeehan | first = Patrick | title = To Expand, Airports May Need Radical Alterations, Report Says | newspaper = The New York Times | date = January 27, 2012 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/nyregion/27airports.html | access-date = December 31, 2012 }}{{Citation | last1 = Zupan | first1 = Jeffrey M. | last2 = Brone | first2 = Richard E. | last3 = Lee | first3 = Matthew H. | title = Upgrading to World Class The Future of the New York Region's Airports | publisher = Regional Plan Association | date = January 2011 | url = http://www.rpa.org/pdf/RPA-Upgrading-to-World-Class.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924092424/http://www.rpa.org/pdf/RPA-Upgrading-to-World-Class.pdf | archive-date = September 24, 2015 }}{{cite web | title = FAA Regional Air Service Demand Study Summary Report | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = May 2007 | url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/eastern/planning_capacity/ | access-date = January 16, 2012 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120119034044/http://www.faa.gov/airports/eastern/planning_capacity/ | archive-date = January 19, 2012}} In July 2013, the PANYNJ took control of ACY.{{cite news | last = Bogdan | first = Jennifer | title = Atlantic City Airport taken over by Port Authority | newspaper = Press of Atlantic City | date = July 2, 2013 | url = http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/atlantic-city-airport-taken-over-by-port-authority/article_af34df48-13f4-51c5-a361-3097b96bf45c.html | access-date = November 15, 2013}}

The first municipal airport in New York City was Floyd Bennett Field, developed to lure business away from Newark, but it was ultimately unsuccessful as a general aviation airport and became a Naval Air Station in 1941. It is now part of Gateway National Recreation Area. The New York City Police Department leases facilities for their helicopter operations from the National Park Service.

Flushing Airport was another early airport in New York City. It opened in 1927 and was the busiest airport in New York for a time. A decade later it was overshadowed by the larger LaGuardia Airport located nearby. The airport was decommissioned in 1984 after a fatal accident in 1977. Now the area is wetlands owned by the New York City Economic Development Corporation.

Holmes Airport existed in the Jackson Heights section of Queens from 1929 until 1940. It was put out of business by competition from the new LaGuardia Airport, nearby. Naval Air Station Rockaway near Fort Tilden and Miller Field on the South Shore of Staten Island were military airfields facing Lower New York Bay. Rockaway was active in the 1920s, and Miller from 1921 until 1969. Both are part of Gateway National Recreation Area.

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• [http://aviationtoolbox.org/raw_data/FAA/sectionals/current/Terminal-Area-Charts/New%20York%20TAC%2069.tif New York area aviation chart (VFR Terminal Area Chart)] (high-resolution TIFF, ~31 MB)
• {{cite web | title = New York Class B Airspace Hudson River and East River Exclusion Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA) | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = November 2009 | url = https://www.faasafety.gov/files/gslac/courses/content/79/776/kneeboard.pdf | access-date = 2013-01-22}}
• {{cite web | title = New York Special Flight Rules Area for Flight Below Class B Airspace | publisher = Schodack Aviation | url = http://www.docsteve.com/SchodackAviation/airspace_files/SFRA_VFR.pdf | access-date = 2013-01-22}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120910031319/http://jetpartners.aero/newyorkmetro.html New York City Metro Area International and Executive Airports]
• {{cite news |author = Frommer's |title = Getting to and from New York City Airports |newspaper = The New York Times |url = http://travel.nytimes.com/frommers/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/new-york/new-york-city/frm_new-york-c_0021020193.html |access-date = 2013-01-15}}

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