Deer Park Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OwnerLouis and Connie Mancuso
LocationDeer Park, New York
Opened1946
Closed1974
OccupantsPrivate users
Elevation AMSL74 ft / 23 m
Coordinates40°45′49.9″N 73°18′29.4″W / 40.763861°N 73.308167°W / 40.763861; -73.308167

Deer Park Airport was an airport in Deer Park in the Town of Babylon, on Long Island, in New York, United States.

Description

Deer Park Airport opened in 1946, after approval was granted by the Town of Babylon.[1][2][3][4] It was owned by Louis and Connie Mancuso and was situated on roughly 52 acres (21 ha) of land.[1][2][3]

The airport closed in 1974, after operating for nearly 3 decades.[1][4] After closing, the land was sold and redeveloped.[5]

Incidents and accidents

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: New York, Western Suffolk County". www.airfields-freeman.com. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  2. ^ a b "Deer Park Airport Founders Inducted into Hall of Fame". Deer Park-North Babylon, NY Patch. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  3. ^ a b "Protest Town OK Of Deer Park Airport". Newsday. January 4, 1946. p. 3 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ a b Stoff, Joshua. Long Island Airports. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738536768.
  5. ^ "Work to Start On Deer Park Condominiums". Newsday. April 29, 1974. p. 30 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ "Fourth Plane Makes Forced Landing on Deer Park Farm". Newsday. May 13, 1946. p. 3 – via ProQuest.
  7. ^ "L.I. PLANES COLLIDE, WOMAN PILOT HURT". The New York Times. 1956-10-21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
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