Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Warren County | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Queensbury, New York | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 328 ft / 100 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°20′28.4″N 73°36′37.1″W / 43.341222°N 73.610306°W | ||||||||||||||
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Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport (IATA: GFL, ICAO: KGFL), formerly known as Warren County Airport, is a public airport located in the town of Queensbury three miles (5 km) northeast of the city of Glens Falls in Warren County, New York, USA.[1] It is named in honor of Floyd Bennett, the pilot for the first flight ever over the North Pole.[2]
The annual Adirondack Balloon Festival is held at this airport.[3]
History
Ground was broken in 1941. The airport has been served commercially by Colonial Airlines[4] (1940s),[citation needed] Eastern Air Lines[4] (1950s),[citation needed] Mohawk Airlines[4](1950s - 1970s),[citation needed] Allegheny Airlines[4] (1970s),[citation needed] and Air North (1960s-1980s).[citation needed] The airport was originally sited a few miles west of its current location, on what are now the grounds of Queensbury High School on Aviation Road.[citation needed]
Facilities
Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport covers 500 acres (202 ha)[4] and has two runways:
- Runway 1/19: 5,000 x 150 ft (1,524 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt[4]
- Runway 12/30: 4,000 x 100 ft (1,219 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt[4]
The north-facing runway 1 is equipped with an instrument landing system and a medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment lights. GPS-based instrument approaches are available to all four runway ends. A VORTAC is located at the field and during the 1990s and earlier was used as the basis for IFR approaches to the main runway.
Incidents and Accidents
On November 19, 1969, Mohawk Airlines Flight 411 crashed into Pilot Knob Mountain while attempting to land at the conclusion of a flight from Albany. All 14 passengers and crew were killed in the accident.
References
- ^ "Welcome to the Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport". Warren County Department of Public Works. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- ^ "Floyd Bennett". Warren County Department of Public Works. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- ^ "Adirondack Balloon Festival". Adirondack Balloon Festival. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- ^ a b c d e f g "A brief history of the Warren County Airport". Warren County Department of Public Works. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
External links
- Template:PDF
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for GFL
- AirNav airport information for KGFL
- ASN accident history for GFL
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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