Teterboro Airport
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Teterboro Airport (IATA airport code TEB) is a public airport in Teterboro, New Jersey 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.
Teterboro 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.
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 NTSB. Port Authority press release about the incident (http://www.panynj.gov/AboutthePortAuthority/PressCenter/PressReleases/PressRelease/tbt_info.php)
There is much opposition to the airport in the surrounding communities, especially after a two accidents in the first week of June 2005.
In January 1954, Arthur Godfrey buzzed the Teterboro control tower with his Douglas DC-3. His license was then suspended.
External links
- Official Website (http://www.teb.com/)