Teterboro Airport
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FAA diagram of Teterboro Airport (TEB) |
Teterboro Airport is a
general aviation "reliever"
airport located in the Boroughs of
Teterboro,
Moonachie, and
Hasbrouck Heights in
Bergen County,
New Jersey[Teterboro Airport: Location, accessed July 18, 2006]. It is operated by the
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The airport is 12 miles (19 km) from midtown
Manhattan in the
Meadowlands, which makes it very popular for private and corporate
airplanes.
The airport takes up almost all of Teterboro and consists of 827
acres (3.3 km²): 90 acres (0.4 km²) for aircraft hangar and
offices, 408 acres (1.7 km²) for aeronautical use and
runways, and 329 acres (1.3 km²) undeveloped. The airport has more than 1,137
employees, and more than 90% are full time.
The
Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of New Jersey is located on the airport grounds. Founded in 1972, it is the first state aviation hall of fame in the nation, honoring the men and women who brought outstanding aeronautical achievements to the state. The recently expanded museum offers visitors an opportunity to view historic air and space equipment and artifacts, photographs, fine art and an extensive model collection. The Library has more than 4000 volumes and hundreds of aviation video tapes.
Teterboro Airport is the oldest operating airport in the
New York and
New Jersey metropolitan area.
Walter C. Teter acquired the property in
1917.
North American Aviation operated a manufacturing plant on the site during
World War I. After the war, the airport served as a base of operations for
Anthony Fokker, the Dutch aircraft designer. The first flight from the present airport site was made in
1919. During
World War II, the
U.S. Army and
U.S. Air Force operated the airport. The
Port Authority of NY & NJ purchased it on
April 1,
1949 from Fred L. Wehran, a private owner and later leased it to
Pan American World Airways, and then to its successor organization,
Johnson Controls, for 30 years until
December 1,
2000, when the Port Authority assumed full responsibility for the operation of Teterboro.
In January 1954,
Arthur Godfrey buzzed the Teterboro control tower with his
Douglas DC-3. His license was then suspended.
In 2003, U.S. Congressman
Steve Rothman helped to authorize a federal bill to stop aircraft exceeding a weight of 100,000 pounds (45 t) from taking off from Teterboro because there was excessive
noise levels in the surrounding residential communities.
Also in 2003, Teterboro briefly served as the base for
Indigo Airlines, a "public charter" airline that offered daily flights to
Chicago Midway Airport in small jet aircraft, with private ground facilities offering much faster check-in times than airlines at other New York airports. Rothman pressured the Port Authority and
Transportation Security Administration to shut down Indigo's operations.
On
February 2,
2005 at approximately 7:15am, the pilot of a
Canadair CL-600 jet departing for
Chicago Midway Airport aborted takeoff, possibly because of icy conditions. The jet ran off the end of the runway through traffic on adjacent
U.S. Highway 46, struck a vehicle, and crashed into a warehouse. No one was killed, but several people were injured, some seriously. The incident is being investigated by the
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
[ Port Authority press release: Update on the Teterboro Airport Plane Crash, accessed July 18, 2006].
There is much opposition to the airport in the surrounding communities, especially after two accidents in the first week of June 2005.
Buildings:
* Nineteen
hangars on the airport have a total area of approximately 412,000 square feet.
* Two large office buildings centrally located, one at 90 Moonachie Ave and the other on Fred Wheran Drive, which houses the
Department of Homeland Security. Both buildings occupy a total area of 133,418 square feet.
* Additional office and shop space with a total area of 165,611 square feet.
* An operations building, maintenance facility and two
fuel farms.
Control Tower:
* The
control tower was constructed on the east side of the airport by the FAA and went into operation on
October 29,
1975.
Runways:
*
Runway 6-24 is 6,013 feet long and 150 feet wide, equipped with
High Intensity Runway Lights (HIRL). Runway 6 approach has an
Instrument Landing System (ILS) and a
Medium Approach Lighting System-R (MALS-R). Runway 24 approach is equipped with both
Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI) and
Runway End Indentification Lighting (REIL) systems. Runway 6-24 underwent complete overlay and grooving in 1987.
*
Runway 1-19 is 7,000 feet long and 150 feet wide, equipped with
HIRL. Both runways 1 and 19 are equipped with
REIL systems. Runway 1 approach is equipped with a
VASI system. Runway 19 approach has an
ILS. Runway 1-19 was overlaid and grooved in the summer of 2000, and included the installation of centerline and touchdown zone lighting. Runway 1 is the preferred runway for noise
abatement procedures.
Taxiways:
* Approximately 4.2 miles of
taxiways exist on the airport. Most are 60 feet wide and are equipped with centerline lighting systems.
*
Teterboro Airport (official site)*
Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey* Teterboro crash reports and photos:
**
December 9, 1999**
March 9, 2002**
February 2, 2005**
May 31, 2005**
September 2, 2005*
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