This hangar was the most advanced of its time. Ĭonstruction of the Brewster Hangar began in 1937 and continued through 1938. It served as the terminal until the opening of the North Terminal in 1953. The Art Deco style Newark Metropolitan Airport Administration Building, adorned with murals by Arshile Gorky, was built in 1934 and dedicated by Amelia Earhart in 1935. The nation's first air traffic control tower and airport weather station opened at Newark in 1930, and it became the first airport to allow nighttime operations after installing runway lights in 1952. The first lease for space at Newark Airport was signed by Canadian Colonial Airways in April 1928. 20th century Albert Einstein at Newark Airport in April 1939 It was the first major airport to serve the New York metropolitan area, and the first commercial airport in the United States with a paved airstrip. The airport opened on October 1, 1928, as the Newark Metropolitan Airport. In addition to the 6,735,000 cubic yards (181,800,000 cu ft 5,149,000 m 3) of earth required for the reclamation, 7,000 Christmas trees and 200 bank safes donated by a local junk vendor were used. The construction involved a land reclamation project to create 68 acres (28 ha) of level ground, 6 feet (1.8 m) above sea level to prevent flooding, upon which a 1,600-foot (490 m) runway was laid. Construction, which was estimated to cost $6 million (equivalent to $101,080,460 in 2022), began on April 1, 1928, along US Route 1 and Port Newark. On August 3, 1927, Raymond ordered plans for a new airport. In 1927, people and organizations both national and local in scope began calling for a new airport in the area of Newark, including Newark's mayor, Thomas Raymond. Postal Service, however, desired to have an airfield closer to New York City. In May 1921, Heller Field was closed and all air mail services moved to Hadley Field, which by 1927 also served four airlines. In the 1920s, Newark, New Jersey, was the site of two airfields, Heller Field, which opened in 1919, and Hadley Field, which opened in 1924, that were used by the United States airmail service. United and FedEx Express, its second-largest tenant, operate in three buildings on 2 million square feet of airport property. The airline serves about 63% of passengers at EWR making it the largest tenant at the airport. Newark serves 50 carriers and is the largest hub for United Airlines by available seat miles. The busiest year to date was 2019 when it served 46.3 million passengers.
The airport's Building 1 from 1935 is a National Historic Landmark.ĭuring 2022, the airport served 43.4 million passengers, which made it the 13th-busiest airport in the nation and the 23rd-busiest airport in the world. After the Port Authority took it over in 1948, an instrument runway, a terminal building, a control tower, and an air cargo center were added. The airport was constructed adjacent to Port Newark and U.S. The City of Newark built the airport on 68 acres (28 ha) of marshland in 1928, and the Army Air Corps operated the facility during World War II. Amtrak's Northeast Regional and Keystone Service trains also stop at the station. The station is served by NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor Line and North Jersey Coast Line. AirTrain Newark connects the terminals with the Newark Liberty International Airport Station. Routes 1 and 9, which has junctions with U.S. The airport is near the Newark Airport Interchange, the junction between Interstate 95 and Interstate 78, both of which are components of the New Jersey Turnpike, and U.S. Kennedy International Airport but far ahead of LaGuardia Airport. It is the second-busiest airport in the New York airport system behind John F. It is jointly owned by the cities and leased to its operator, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Located about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of downtown Newark and 9 miles (14 km) west-southwest of Manhattan in New York City, it is a major gateway to points in Europe, South America, Asia, and Oceania. Newark Liberty International Airport ( IATA: EWR, ICAO: KEWR, FAA LID: EWR), originally Newark Metropolitan Airport and later Newark International Airport (or simply Newark Airport), is an international airport straddling the boundary between the cities of Newark in Essex County and Elizabeth in Union County, New Jersey, in the United States. Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, FAA
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