Tweed New Haven Airport

Tweed-New Haven Regional Airport
Tweed-New Haven Airport in 2019
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of New Haven
OperatorTweed-New Haven Regional Airport Authority
ServesNew Haven, Connecticut, and the New York metropolitan area
LocationNew Haven County
OpenedAugust 29, 1931 (93 years ago) (1931-08-29)
Operating base forAvelo Airlines
Elevation AMSL12 ft / 4 m
Coordinates41°15′50″N 072°53′12″W / 41.26389°N 72.88667°W / 41.26389; -72.88667
Websiteflytweed.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2/20 5,600 1,707 Asphalt
Statistics (12 months ending August 2022 except where noted)
Passenger volume459,000
Departing passengers372,000
Aircraft operations (2021)36,029
Based aircraft (2022)63
Sources: FAA,[1] BTS[2]

Tweed-New Haven Regional Airport[3] (IATA: HVN, ICAO: KHVN, FAA LID: HVN) is a public airport located three miles southeast of downtown New Haven, in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.[4]

New Haven Airport is partly located in the City of New Haven (which owns the airport) and partly in the Town of East Haven.[4] It one of two airports with regularly scheduled commercial service in Connecticut, the other being Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks.

Tweed Airport is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.

Until 1961, the airport was known as New Haven Municipal Airport – at which time it was renamed for its first airport manager, John H. Tweed.

  1. ^ "Air Traffic Activity System". Federal Aviation Administration. February 9, 2016. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  2. ^ "New Haven (HVN) Summary Statistics". Archived from the original on February 18, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "Tweed New Haven Airport". official website. Archived from the original on May 24, 2004. Retrieved May 21, 2004.
  4. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for HVN PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective Sep 15, 2016.