Republic Airport | |||||||||||||||
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 The airport, as seen from the air in 2010 | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | New York State Department of Transportation | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | AvPORTS | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Long Island New York metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||
| Location | East Farmingdale, New York | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1928 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 82 ft / 25 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°43′44″N 073°24′48″W / 40.72889°N 73.41333°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | republicairport | ||||||||||||||
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Republic Airport (IATA: FRG, ICAO: KFRG, FAA LID: FRG) is a public airport in East Farmingdale in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States[3][2]
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.[4] Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 3,586 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[5] 2,866 in 2009, and 2,783 in 2010.[6] It is the busiest public general aviation airport within the State of New York and the third largest airport overall by total annual flights – behind only John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport, respectively.[7]
On behalf of the New York State Department of Transportation, the airport is currently managed by AvPORTS – an American operator and manager of airports.
- ^ "Airport Operations". FAAOPSNET. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for FRG PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 21, 2021.
- ^ Bleyer, Bill. "List of Geographical Misnomers". Newsday. Archived from the original on May 28, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2007.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
- ^ Asbury, John (March 13, 2023). "Living close to Republic Airport brings trade-off: The potential for plane crashes". Newsday. Retrieved June 23, 2024.