Teterboro is the oldest operating airport in the New York & New Jersey Metropolitan Area. Walter C. Teter acquired the property in 1917. During World War I, North American Aviation operated a manufacturing plant on the site. 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 Army and Air Force operated the airport. The Port Authority 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. The Port Authority assumed full responsibility for the operation of Teterboro on December 1, 2000.
Since the 1950s, Teterboro Airport has been creating large economic benefits and job opportunities in the local community. Since 1970, the Port Authority has invested $174 million dollars to upgrade the airport's facilities and open new areas of service to the aviation community.
The airport embraces its own history and that of the entire aviation industry with the inclusion of the Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of NJ on the airport grounds. For more information, visit the museum's website here.
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