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The Town of Islip owns and operates MacArthur Airport (ISP), located in Ronkonkoma, 50 miles outside New York City. The airport serves primarily the three million residents of Nassau and Suffolk counties, in addition to travelers from the Greater New York Metropolitan Area and around the nation who seek a more convenient alternative to JFK and LaGuardia airports. MacArthur Airport, which does not share the congested air space of the city-centric airports, has fewer delays and cancelations and is a 5-minute ride to the LIRR. Long Island MacArthur Airport covers 1,311 acres and has three runways and two helipads. The following information is credited from these two articles 1 & 2. |
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John F. Kennedy International Airport is the main international airport serving New York City. The airport is the busiest of the seven airports in the New York airport system, the 13th-busiest airport in the United States, and the busiest international air passenger gateway into North America. The following information is credited from Here. |
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LaGuardia Airport is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City. Covering 680 acres as of August 24, 2022, the facility was established in 1929 and began operating as a public airport in 1939. It is named after former New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia. It is located at the northern part of the New York City borough of Queens. The combination of JFK International, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty International airport creates the largest airport system in the United State and the largest total flight operations in the world. The following information is credited from these two articles 1 & 2 |
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Newark Liberty International Airport, originally Newark Metropolitan Airport and later Newark International Airport, is an international airport straddling the boundary between the cities of Newark in Essex County and Elizabeth in Union County, New Jersey. The following information is credited from Here. |
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Republic Airport is a regional airport in East Farmingdale, New York, located one mile east of Farmingdale village limits. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport. The following information is credited from Here. |
