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See Also: Transportation in New York City Teterboro Airport is a General Aviation "reliever" Airport located in the Boroughs of Teterboro , Moonachie , and Hasbrouck Heights in Bergen County, New Jersey . It is operated by the Port Authority Of New York And New Jersey . The airport is 12 miles (19 km) from midtown Manhattan in the Meadowlands , which makes it very popular for private and corporate Airplanes . The airport takes up almost all of Teterboro and consists of 827 s, 408 acres (1.7 km&2) for aeronautical use and Runway s, and 329 acres (1.3 km&2) undeveloped. The airport has more than 1,137 Employee s, and more than 90% are full time. The Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of New Jersey is located on the airport grounds. Founded in 1972, it is the first state aviation hall of fame in the nation, honoring the men and women who brought outstanding aeronautical achievements to the state. The recently expanded museum offers visitors an opportunity to view historic air and space equipment and artifacts, photographs, fine art and an extensive model collection. The Library has more than 4000 volumes and hundreds of aviation video tapes. HISTORY Teterboro Airport is the oldest operating airport in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area. Walter C. Teter acquired the property in 1917 . North American Aviation operated a manufacturing plant on the site during World War I . After the war, the airport served as a base of operations for Anthony Fokker , the Dutch aircraft designer. The first flight from the present airport site was made in 1919 . During World War II , the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force operated the airport. The Port Authority Of NY & NJ purchased it on April 1, 1949 from Fred L. Wehran, a private owner and later leased it to Pan Am World Airways , and then to its successor organization, Johnson Controls , for 30 years until December 1, 2000, when the Port Authority assumed full responsibility for the operation of Teterboro. In January 1954 , Arthur Godfrey buzzed the Teterboro control tower with his Douglas DC-3 . His license was then suspended. In 2003 , U.S. Congressman Steve Rothman helped to authorize a federal bill to stop aircraft exceeding a weight of 100,000 pounds (45 t) from taking off from Teterboro because there was excessive Noise levels in the surrounding residential communities. Also in 2003, Teterboro briefly served as the base for Indigo Airlines , a "public charter" airline that offered daily flights to Chicago Midway Airport in small jet aircraft, with private ground facilities offering much faster check-in times than airlines at other New York airports. Rothman pressured the Port Authority and Transportation Security Administration to shut down Indigo's operations. On jet departing for Chicago Midway Airport aborted takeoff, possibly because of icy conditions. The jet ran off the end of the runway through traffic on adjacent U.S. Highway 46 , struck a vehicle, and crashed into a warehouse. No one was killed, but several people were injured, some seriously. The incident is being investigated by the NTSB . [http://www.panynj.gov/AboutthePortAuthority/PressCenter/PressReleases/PressRelease/tbt_info.php Port Authority press release about the incident] There is much opposition to the airport in the surrounding communities, especially after two accidents in the first week of June 2005 . FACILITIES Buildings:
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