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Bayport Aerodrome

Coordinates: 40°45′30.3″N 73°03′13.4″W / 40.758417°N 73.053722°W / 40.758417; -73.053722
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Bayport Aerodrome
The entrance to Bayport Aerodrome
Summary
Airport typePublic/Antique
Owner/OperatorTown of Islip
LocationBayport, New York
OpenedOctober 1945
Elevation AMSL41 ft / 12 m
Coordinates40°45′30.3″N 73°03′13.4″W / 40.758417°N 73.053722°W / 40.758417; -73.053722
Websitewww.bayportaerodromesociety.com
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 2,740 835 Grass
Davis Field
Bayport Aerodrome is located in New York
Bayport Aerodrome
Bayport Aerodrome is located in the United States
Bayport Aerodrome
Location60 Vitamin Dr., Bayport, New York
Area59.9 acres (24.2 ha)
Built1945
ArchitectDavis, Curtis, Sr.
NRHP reference No.07001456[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 22, 2008

Bayport Aerodrome (FAA LID: 23N), formerly known as Davis Field and Edwards Airport, is a historic rural airport and living history museum located 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Bayport, Long Island, New York, United States.

History

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The airport was established in October 1945 on a portion of local farmer Curtis Davis's cornfield by his son, a World War II Civil Air Patrol pilot.[2][3][4][5] Davis sold the airport in 1953 to George Edwards – the owner of a flight school at the former Flushing Airport in Queens; the field's name subsequently changed to Edwards Airport.[5]

In 1972, the Bayport Aerodrome Society – a historical society focused on antique aircraft – was founded.[5] The Town of Islip purchased the property in 1978, after Edwards sold the property to a developers who had proposed erecting 138 homes and a waste disposal facility on the site, much to the chagrin of local residents & aircraft owners, who protested the sale. Many of the aircraft owners took legal action to stop the sale, as they held leases in perpetuity at the airport for storing their aircraft.[5] The Town of Islip secured Federal Aviation Administration grants and ultimately preserved the airport, in partnership with the Bayport Aerodrome Society.[5] The airport's name changed to Bayport Aerodrome in 1980.[2][5][6]

In 1985, after the Bayport Aerodrome Society leased property from the town, it erected a complex of 24 hangars at the airport for antique aircraft.[2]

On January 22, 2008, the airport was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a national historic district.[1][7]

Facilities and aircraft

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Bayport Aerodrome one grass runway – Runway 18/36; it measures 2,740 by 150 feet (835 m × 46 m) in length.[3][4] It does not have a control tower or a beacon – nor are any instrument approach procedures (IAPs) available.[8]

The airport is home to the Bayport Aerodrome Society – a non-profit historical society that specializes in antique airplanes, which was established in 1972.[2][5][6] Several antique airplanes are also based at the airport, including in hangars.[2][9][6]

Airport operations

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Bayport Aerodrome is owned by the Town of Islip.[2][9][6]

Unlike the town's other airport – Long Island MacArthur Airport in nearby Ronkonkoma, the Bayport Aerodrome is not used for commercial aviation.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Bayport Aerodrome Society History - Bayport Aerodrome Society". www.bayportaerodromesociety.com. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "AirNav: 23N - Bayport Aerodrome". www.airnav.com. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "BAYPORT AERODROME Airport (23N) BAYPORT". Globalair.com. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Janet Sassi (July 19, 2021). "The Bayport Aerodrome: Haven for Aerial Antique Planes". Untapped New York. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Home - Bayport Aerodrome Society". www.bayportaerodromesociety.com. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  7. ^ Virginia L. Bartos (September 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Davis Field". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved February 20, 2010. See also: "Accompanying seven photos".
  8. ^ "23N - Bayport Aerodrome Airport | SkyVector". skyvector.com. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Bayport Aerodrome Society – Home". Bayport Aerodrome Society. Archived from the original on June 18, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
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