Bayport Aerodrome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The entrance to Bayport Aerodrome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Antique | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Town of Islip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bayport, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | October 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 41 ft / 12 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°45′30.3″N73°03′13.4″W / 40.758417°N 73.053722°W /40.758417; -73.053722 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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United States historic place
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Bayport Aerodrome (FAALID:23N), formerly known asDavis Field andEdwards Airport, is a historic ruralairport andliving history museum located 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest ofBayport,Long Island,New York, United States.
The airport was established in October 1945 on a portion of local farmer Curtis Davis's cornfield by his son, aWorld War IICivil Air Patrol pilot.[2][3][4] Davis sold the airport in 1953 to George Edwards – the owner of a flight school at the formerFlushing Airport inQueens; the field's name subsequently changed to Edwards Airport.[4]
In 1972, the Bayport Aerodrome Society – ahistorical society focused onantique aircraft – was founded.[4] The Town of Islip purchased the property in 1978, after Edwards sold the property to a developers who had proposed erecting 138 homes and a waste disposal facility on the site, much to the chagrin of local residents & aircraft owners, who protested the sale. Many of the aircraft owners took legal action to stop the sale, as they held leases in perpetuity at the airport for storing their aircraft.[4] The Town of Islip securedFederal Aviation Administration grants and ultimately preserved the airport, in partnership with the Bayport Aerodrome Society.[4] The airport's name changed to Bayport Aerodrome in 1980.[2][4][5]
In 1985, after the Bayport Aerodrome Society leased property from the town, it erected a complex of 24 hangars at the airport for antique aircraft.[2]
On January 22, 2008, the airport was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places as a nationalhistoric district.[1][6]
Bayport Aerodrome one grass runway – Runway 18/36; it measures 2,740 by 150 feet (835 m × 46 m) in length.[3] It does not have a control tower or a beacon – nor are anyinstrument approach procedures (IAPs) available.[7]
The airport is home to theBayport Aerodrome Society – a non-profit historical society that specializes in antique airplanes, which was established in 1972.[2][4][5] Several antique airplanes are also based at the airport, including in hangars.[2][8][5]
Bayport Aerodrome is owned by theTown of Islip.[2][8][5]
Unlike the town's other airport –Long Island MacArthur Airport in nearbyRonkonkoma, the Bayport Aerodrome is not used for commercial aviation.[5]
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