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| owner = Grossinger's Resort | | owner = Grossinger's Resort | ||
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| footnotes = Source: <ref name="airfields">{{Cite web|url=https://www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/Airfields_NY_SE.htm#grossinger|title=Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields|date=6 August 2026|accessdate=27 September 2026|first=Paul|last=Freeman}}</ref> | | footnotes = Source: <ref name="airfields">{{Cite web|url=https://www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/Airfields_NY_SE.htm#grossinger|title=Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields|date=6 August 2026|accessdate=27 September 2026|first=Paul|last=Freeman}}</ref> | ||
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'''Liberty Airport''' also known as Grossinger's Airport was a public use [[airport]] in [[Liberty, New York]], United States. The airport was owned by [[Grossinger's Resort|Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel]] and located | '''Liberty Airport''' also known as Grossinger's Airport was a public use [[airport]] in [[Liberty, New York]], United States. The airport was owned by [[Grossinger's Resort|Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel]] and located {{convert|2|mi|km}} north of the resort. | ||
== Facilities and aircraft == | == Facilities and aircraft == | ||
Liberty Airport covered an area of {{convert|100|acres|m2}} at an [[elevation]] of {{convert|1590|ft|m}} above [[mean sea level]]. By April 1947, Liberty Airport had a {{convert|2800|ft|m}} north/south runway and had expansion plans to {{convert|4000|ft|m}}. A second {{convert|1800|ft|m}} rock and stone runway ran east/west.<ref name="airfields" /> | Liberty Airport covered an area of {{convert|100|acres|m2}} at an [[elevation]] of {{convert|1590|ft|m}} above [[mean sea level]]. By April 1947, Liberty Airport had a {{convert|2800|ft|m}} north/south runway and had expansion plans to {{convert|4000|ft|m}}. A second {{convert|1800|ft|m}} rock and stone runway ran east/west.<ref name="airfields" /> | ||
Consolidated Air Transit of East Orange, NJ<ref name="c47a">{{Cite web|url=https://questmasters.us/C-47A_43-15137.html|title=C-47A 43-15137|accessdate=27 September 2026|publisher=Questmasters}}</ref> operated DC-3s with tail numbers | Consolidated Air Transit of East Orange, NJ<ref name="c47a">{{Cite web|url=https://questmasters.us/C-47A_43-15137.html|title=C-47A 43-15137|accessdate=27 September 2026|publisher=Questmasters}}</ref> operated DC-3s with tail numbers {{Airreg|NC|79057}}<ref name="airfields"/> and {{Airreg|NC|36699}} at Liberty Airport in April 1947. | ||
[[Mohawk Airlines]] flew a Sikorsky S-55 per July 1954's OAG with 13 flights a week between Liberty Airport and [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark Airport]]. | [[Mohawk Airlines]] flew a Sikorsky S-55 with tail number {{Airreg|N|424A}} per July 1954's OAG with 13 flights a week between Liberty Airport and [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark Airport]]. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Airports in New York]] | |||
[[Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Sullivan County, New York]] | [[Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Sullivan County, New York]] | ||
{{NewYork-airport-stub}} | {{NewYork-airport-stub}} | ||
Revision as of 03:27, 28 September 2026
Template:Use American English Template:Infobox airport Liberty Airport also known as Grossinger's Airport was a public use airport in Liberty, New York, United States. The airport was owned by Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel and located 2 miles ({{rnd/cTemplate:Rnd/b|3.2|(1−0)|1}} km) north of the resort.
Facilities and aircraft
Liberty Airport covered an area of Template:Convert/acres at an elevation of 1,590 feet ({{rnd/cTemplate:Rnd/b|480|(−1+(0-−0.515985037−0−0.1989700043)round0)|0}} m) above mean sea level. By April 1947, Liberty Airport had a 2,800 feet ({{rnd/cTemplate:Rnd/b|850|(1−2)|0}} m) north/south runway and had expansion plans to 4,000 feet ({{rnd/cTemplate:Rnd/b|1,200|(1−3)|0}} m). A second 1,800 feet ({{rnd/cTemplate:Rnd/b|550|(1−2)|0}} m) rock and stone runway ran east/west.[1]
Consolidated Air Transit of East Orange, NJ[2] operated DC-3s with tail numbers Template:Airreg[1] and Template:Airreg at Liberty Airport in April 1947.
Mohawk Airlines flew a Sikorsky S-55 with tail number Template:Airreg per July 1954's OAG with 13 flights a week between Liberty Airport and Newark Airport.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedairfields - ↑ "C-47A 43-15137". Questmasters. https://questmasters.us/C-47A_43-15137.html. Retrieved on 27 September 2026.