Teterboro Airport
General aviation airport in Teterboro, New Jersey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Teterboro Airport (IATA: TEB[3], ICAO: KTEB, FAA LID: TEB) is a general aviation relief airport situated in the boroughs of Teterboro, Moonachie, and Hasbrouck Heights in Bergen County, New Jersey.[4] It is owned and managed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and operated by AFCO AvPORTS Management. The airport is in the New Jersey Meadowlands, 12 miles (19 km) north-northwest of Midtown Manhattan, making it popular for private and corporate aircraft. The airport has a weight limit of 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg) on aircraft, making it nonviable for any commercial service.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Teterboro, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||
Location | Bergen County, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||
Hub for | Tradewind Aviation | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 8.4 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°51′00″N 074°03′39″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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The airport takes up almost all of Teterboro and consists of 827 acres (3.35 km2): 90 acres (0.36 km2) for aircraft hangar and offices, 408 acres (1.65 km2) for aeronautical use and runways, and 329 acres (1.33 km2) undeveloped. The airport has more than 1,137 employees, of whom more than 90% work full-time.
In April 2009, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that the airport had the third-highest rate of wildlife strikes of any airport in the United States, based on takeoffs and landings (43 per 100,000).[5]
Teterboro is home to many private aviation charter companies flying both nationally and globally.[6]