K
HVN New Haven Regional
Airport, New Haven,
Connecticut
Tweed-New Haven Regional
Airport (IATA: HVN, ICAO:
KHVN, FAA LID: HVN) is
a public airport three miles
southeast of downtown New
Haven, in New Haven County,
Connecticut. The airport is
partly located in the City of New
Haven, which owns the airport,
and partly in the town of East
Haven.
American Eagle, which
flew from New Haven to
Philadelphia and Reagan
National Airport in Washington,
D.C., now is the only
passenger airline at New
Haven, flying to Philadelphia.
Tweed Airport is popular with
private aircraft and companies
carrying tourists who want
to view the Connecticut
shoreline. During 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. The airport also gets
heavy use during the annual
New Haven Open at Yale
tennis tournament. According
to the FAA Air Traffic Activity
System (ATADS) database,
for calendar year 2015, Tweed
hosted some 39,681 aircraft
operations. Each takeoff and
landing counts as an aircraft
operation.
General aviation operations at
the airport are handled by the
Fixed-Base Operator, Robinson
Aviation, Inc, which has been
providing FBO services at the
airport since 1989. Services offered
include on-site maintenance,
flight training via American Flight
Academy, and aircraft rental
in addition to normal ground
handling, fueling and concierge
services. General aviation accounts
for the majority of traffic at the
airport , catering to corporate,
charter, and private use aircraft of
all sizes.
KORH Worcester Regional Airport
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester Regional Airport
(IATA: ORH, ICAO: KORH, FAA
LID: ORH) is a public airport
located three miles (5 km) west
of the central business district of
Worcester, Massachusetts.
On April 3, 2013, it was announced
that JetBlue Airways will offer daily
flights to Orlando, Florida and
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, starting
November 7, 2013. This came
after over a year of negotiating
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with the airline that included a
competition among local residents
to help advertise the city. This
became the first mainline service
out of Worcester in over a decade.
The airline currently uses the 100
seat Embraer 190 and the 150 seat
Airbus A320. With the airport’s
current terminal facility JetBlue
can operate two aircraft at a time
with the pair of jetways and ticket
counters.
Worcester Regional Airport was
used for shooting of the films
Captain Phillips, Knight and Day,
The Judge and The Sea of Trees.
In the calendar year of 2015,
JetBlue carried an estimated
119,000 passengers between the
two destinations, which averages to
about 85% capacity per flight. The
airline has carried approximately
248,000 passengers (as of
December 2015) since starting
service out of Worcester.
For 12-month period ending
September 30, 2015, the airport
had 40,207 aircraft operations,
an average of 110 per day: 92%
general aviation, 4% scheduled
commercial, 3% military and 2%
air taxi. There are 74 aircraft based
at this airport: 93% single engine
and 7% multi-engine.
KBHB Hancock County Bar
Harbor Airport Bar Harbor,
Maine
Hancock County-Bar Harbor
Airport (IATA: BHB, ICAO:
KBHB, FAA LID: BHB) is a county
owned, public use airport located
in Trenton, Maine, eight nautical
miles northwest of the central
business district of Bar Harbor,
Maine.
Lebanon, New Hampshire. Also
known as Lebanon Airport, it is
the northernmost commercial
airport in New Hampshire, near
the Vermont border. The area
is also the home of Dartmouth
College.
For the 12-month period ending
September 30, 2011, the airport
had 33,965 aircraft operations,
an average of 93 per day: 91%
general aviation, 6% scheduled
commercial, 2% air taxi, and
1% military. Cape Air operates
Cessna 402 twin prop aircraft,
Elite Airways flies Canadair CRJ
regional jets and PenAir operates
Saab 340B turboprops. PenAir’s
service also operate as code
sharing flights via an agreement
with Alaska Airlines.
On November 2, 2008, Cape Air
began offering service to Boston.
Airline service is subsidized by
the Essential Air Service program
utilizing the smaller Cessna 402
aircraft. The terminal building has
typical facilities such as baggage
claim, a check-in desk, rental car
services, and airport security. For
the 12-month period ending May
31, 2010, the airport had 39,283
aircraft operations, an average of
107 per day: 77% general aviation,
22% air taxi, and 1% military. At
that time there were 52 aircraft
based at this airport: 58% singleengine, 3.8% multi-engine, 2% jet,
35% helicopter, and 2% glider.
The general aviation community
is served by the Columbia Air
Services – BHB FBO.
The general aviation community is
served by the Granite Air Center
FBO.
KLEB Lebanon Municipal Airport
Lebanon, New Hampshire
Lebanon Municipal Airport (IATA:
LEB, ICAO: KLEB, FAA LID: LEB)
is a city owned, public use airport
located three nautical miles west
of the central business district of
KWST Westerly State Airport
Washington County, Rhode Island
Westerly State Airport (IATA:
WST, ICAO: KWST, FAA LID:
WST) is a public use airport in
Washington County, Rhode Island.
It serves the town of Westerly
and is located two nautical miles
southeast of its central business
district. It is primarily a general
aviation airport, but there is also
scheduled airline service to Block
Island provided by New England
Airlines.
Westerly State began as a grass
strip in the 1920s, and became
the second state-owned airport in
the United States (after T.F. Green
Airport) in the 1940s. The airport
was paved and expanded when it
became a U.S. Navy base during
World War II, due to its prime
location halfway between Boston
and New York City.
For the 12-month period ending
June 30, 2011, the airport had
19,503 aircraft operations, an
average of 53 per day: 68% general
aviation, 32% air taxi, and <1%
military. At that time there were 53
aircraft based at this airport: 85%
single-engine, 13% multi-engine,
and 2% helicopter.
The general aviation community
is served by the Dooney Aviation
FBO and AvPORTS FBO.
The general aviation community is
served by the Rectrix Aerodrome
Center FBO.
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