Sleepy Stewart termed airport with untapped potential
Stewart International Airport near the small town of Newburgh, N.Y., is poised to become part of the New York City network of airports.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey voted to purchase the remaining 93 years of the operating lease for Stewart Airport … from National Express Group of Great Britain. The Port Authority also runs the three other commercial New York-area airports: LaGuardia, JFK and Newark Liberty.
“Stewart Airport is a facility with untapped potential, covering 2,400 acres of underutilized land with two large runways that can handle major jet service outside of crowded airspace over JFK, Newark and LaGuardia,” said the Authority in a press release.
“In addition to relieving traffic at the area’s three major airports, Stewart Airport could play a key role in the Port Authority’s effort to reduce to reduce flight movements at [private aviation hub] Teterboro Airport,” the release added.
Stewart has long been seen as a reliever airport for congested New York City.
“Access is Stewart’s biggest problem, but one that is being resolved,” writes The Journal News of White Plains, N.Y. Two major interstates are being improved and there’s talk of more rail links to New York City.
“We can turn that sleepy, underutilized facility into a dynamic transportation hub that will allow us to meet the incredible growth in demand for air travel,” suggested Anthony Shorris, executive director of the Authority.
Report by David Wilkening
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