Flushing Airport
Flushing Airport was another early airport in New York City. It opened in 1927 and was busiest airport in New York for a time. A decade later it was shadowed by the larger LaGuardia Airport, which is located only a mile away. The airport was decommissioned in 1984 after a fatal accident in 1977. Now the area is a piece of wetland owned by New York City Economic Development Corporation.
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Famous quotes containing the word airport:
“Airplanes are invariably scheduled to depart at such times as 7:54, 9:21 or 11:37. This extreme specificity has the effect on the novice of instilling in him the twin beliefs that he will be arriving at 10:08, 1:43 or 4:22, and that he should get to the airport on time. These beliefs are not only erroneous but actually unhealthy.”
—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1950)