Present Day
US Airways Express, which formerly flew from New Haven to both Philadelphia and Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., now is the only passenger airline that offers daily flights in and out of Tweed New Haven to Philadelphia. The airport is also popular with both private aircraft and companies providing flights for tourists who want to view the Connecticut shoreline from the air.
During major events at Yale University, the general aviation ramp is often crowded with private jets - during the 1997 commencement, the corporate jets of Coca Cola and Procter & Gamble were parked nose to nose on the tarmac. The airport also gets heavy use during the annual New Haven Open at Yale tennis tournament.
Today the airport is operated by AvPorts of Teterboro, New Jersey, under contract by the Tweed-New Haven Airport Authority.
Public transit to the airport is available on Connecticut Transit's "G" route.
The future of the airport has been the subject of disagreement between the City of New Haven and the Town of East Haven. New Haven has advocated airport runway expansion, which would be required to attract more commercial air service and larger planes. However, many East Haven residents have been opposed, alleging that expansion would negatively affect the mostly residential neighborhoods surrounding the airport.
In 2007, the Federal Aviation Administration and the State of Connecticut approved the proposed addition of safety overruns to Tweed's main runway. The City of New Haven issued the necessary wetlands and building permits for the project. However, officials in the town of East Haven voted to reject the upgrade proposal and deny permits for work on the East Haven (North) side; the Airport Authority and the City of New Haven filed a lawsuit against the Town of East Haven to allow for work to proceed on the north overrun and won.
Since the lawsuit, The Airport Authority has completed the necessary work for the $25 million safety overruns on the New Haven (south) side of the airport, as well as the East Haven (north) side.
On March 16, 2009, New Haven and East Haven announced that an agreement had been reached, keeping the main runway at 5,600 feet (1,700 m), with all obstructions in the approach zones to be removed. Departures are to be capped at 30 per day, with a passenger cap of 180,000 boardings per year.
Read more about this topic: Tweed New Haven Regional Airport
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