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Trenton-Mercer Airport is a public Airport located in Ewing, New Jersey , 4 miles (6 km) northwest of the city of Trenton in Mercer County , New Jersey . The airport handles General Aviation , corporate Aviation and limited commercial service. It also serves as the official National Weather Service observation site for Trenton . Trenton-Mercer is the sixth busiest airport in New Jersey overall (after Newark , Essex County , Teterboro , Morristown , and Atlantic City ) and third busiest commercially (after Newark and Atlantic City). In 2000, the airport served a total of 77,466 passengers. HISTORY The first Airplane landed at what is now Trenton-Mercer Airport in 1907, in what was then Alfred Reeder's farm field, just off of Bear Tavern Road in Ewing. Twenty-two years later in 1929, "Skillman Airport" was officially opened to the public. During World War Two , the nearby General Motors plant ceased producing civilian vehicles and began producing TBF Avenger Bomber s for the United States Navy . Skillman Airport was greatly expanded to accommodate test-flights of this aircraft, and after the airport was returned to county control following the end of the war, it was renamed "Mercer County Airport". Airport Air Traffic Control operations based in the Control Tower were 6 AM to Midnight during the 1980s and early 1990s. Since January 1994, tower operations have been slightly shortened to 6 AM to 10 PM. In 1995, the airport's name was officially changed from "Mercer County Airport" to "Trenton-Mercer Airport" in an effort to more closely identify it with the city of Trenton (the Capital of New Jersey and County Seat of Mercer County ). On March 11 , 1998 , an NWS / FAA Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) became operational at the airport, replacing the human weather observers which had previously reported airport weather conditions. For many years, the county has had plans to expand the airport and attract more commercial airlines. However, these plans have been greatly impeded due to vociferous opposition from residents of local suburban housing tracts in Ewing, Lawrence , Hopewell , Lower Makefield , Pennington and Yardley . These residents see aircraft noise as detracting from their quality of life, and feel threatened by the possibility of accidents resulting from increased air traffic. FACILITIES Trenton Mercer Airport covers 1,345 acres and has two Runway s and three Helipad s:
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