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:
“It was like taking a beloved person to the airport and returning to an empty house. I miss the people. I miss the world.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)