East Hampton Airport

Town of East Hampton Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate (in litigation)
Owner/OperatorTown of East Hampton
ServesEast Hampton, New York
LocationWainscott, New York
Opened1937; 87 years ago (1937)
Elevation AMSL55 ft / 17 m
Coordinates40°57′34″N 072°15′06″W / 40.95944°N 72.25167°W / 40.95944; -72.25167
Websiteehamptonny.gov/airport
Map
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 4,255 1,297 Asphalt
16/34 2,060 628 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations31,612
Based aircraft89

Town of East Hampton Airport (IATA: HTO[2], ICAO: KJPX, formerly KHTO, FAA LID: JPX, formerly HTO) — formerly known as East Hampton Airport prior to May 19, 2022 — is an airport located in the Wainscott section of the Town of East Hampton, New York, just west of East Hampton Village.[1] The airport is owned and operated by the Town of East Hampton.[1][3]

Helicopter flights take 32 minutes between Manhattan and the airport while driving time from Manhattan via the Long Island Expressway and the two-lane Montauk Highway can take 3 hours or more.[4]

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for HTO PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (JPX: East Hampton)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "Airport Location and Hours of Operation" (PDF). Town of East Hampton. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2014. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  4. ^ Huber, Mark (November 3, 2021). "Election Likely Seals Fate of East Hampton Airport". Aviation International News.