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History of Aviation
        New York jumped into aviation's history with Glenn Curtiss. In 1907 Curtiss began his aviation career as a member of the Aerial Experiment Association (a group of men focused on getting a man into the air). The AEA was made up of Glenn Curtiss, Alexander Graham Bell, FW "Casey" Baldwin, JAD McCurdy and US Army Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge.
        On March 12, 1908 the AEA "Red Wing" made the first public flight in America of a heavier-than-air machine with Casey Baldwin at the controls. The aircraft took off from the frozen surface of Keuka Lake and remained aloft for 20 seconds covering a distance of 318 feet before it crashed. Two months later AEA's "White Wing" piloted by Curtiss covered a distance of 1,017 feet in controlled flight.
        On July 4 1908 Curtiss piloted the "June Bug" across Pleasant Valley covering a distance of 5,090 feet. In 1910 made a flight from Albany and New York City following the Hudson River in his "Hudson Flyer" aircraft establishing the aeroplane as having some practical value.
        Postmaster General FH Hitchcock granted permission for the aerial transport of mail ship-to-shore from the deck of a steamer which had recently departed from New York City returing the mail to Governor's Island airport. JA McCurdy was to fly from the deck of the North German Lloyd Steam Ship, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria but bad weather forced postponement. A back-up attempt was scheduled on November 12, 1910 for JC Mars to fly from the deck of the Hamburg-American Steam Ship, SS Pennsylvania (see above pix) but during his preparation he broke his propeller and his flight was cancelled. The prepared souvenir mail was returned back to NY by a pilot boat where it was cancelled at the Hudson Terminal NY or Rutherford NJ.
        Calbraith Perry Rogers (aka the Pioneer Aerial Postman) flying his Wright Model FX aircraft (aka Vin Fiz Flyer) made the first transcontinental flight westward across the US. His flight was financed by the Armour Company who made the Vin Fiz soft drink. Cal's wife, Mabel acquired postmaster status for mail carried by Cal on various legs of his trip. Cal's took off from Sheepshead Bay and his flight took 14 legs, 50 days (September 17 ~ December 10, 1911) and was plagued with accidents and injury. Sadly, Cal died in a plane accident while on the west coast in a flight over Long Beach CA.
        Between September 23 and October 1, 1911 an International Aviation Meet was held at the Aerodrome in Garden City Estates in Mineola Long Island NY. Postmaster General Frank H Hitchcock authorized mail to be flown at this meet. Earle L Ovington was sworn in as the first official air mail pilot. He flew mail in his Bleriot aircraft on the opening day of the Meet. TOM Sopwith and Paul W Beck also flew mail during this event.
        Postmaster General Frank H Hitchcock authorized mail to be flown coast-to-coast with Earl L Ovington as pilot. On October 11, 1911 Ovington departed the Aerodrome in Garden City Estates in Mineola Long Island NY heading for the airport on Governor's Island NY. Unforturnately on his way to Governor's Island, his Bleriot plane was damaged in a forced landing terminating his transcontinental flight attempt.

More NY Aviation History

		Akron	Akron Airport
A-155	281003	Albany	Albany Airport		$4.50
A-156	281004	Albany	Albany Airport		$4.50
A-157	281005	Albany	Albany Airport		$4.50
A-158	281006	Albany	Albany Airport		$4.50
A-159	281007	Albany	Albany Airport		$9.00
L-081	390825	Albany	NYA Seaplane Base		$38.00
		Albany	Albany International Airport
AL-002	640106	Albion	Pine Hill Airport		$26.25
L-096	390827	Alexandria Bay	NYA Seaplane Base		$30.00
		Alexandria Bay	Maxson Airfield
		Arcade	Arcade Tri-County Airport
		Argyle	Argyle Airport
E-123	320910	Armonk	Westchester Aviation Country Club Airport		$12.00
A-057	280727	Auburn	West Genesee Street Landing Field		$15.00
A-058	280728	Auburn	West Genesee Street Landing Field		$15.00
N-118	410727	Auburn	Throop Airport		$38.00
K-010	380515	Babylon	Babylon Seaplane Base		$9.00
AO-064	670709	Batavia	Genesee County Airport		$26.25
		Bayport	Bayport Aerodrome
X-046	510530	Binghamton	Broome County Airport		$4.50
		Binghamton	Greater Binghamton Airport Edwin A Link Field
		Brockport	Ledgedale Airpark
C-252	300626	Brooklyn	Floyd Bennett Airport		$3.00
D-073	310523	Brooklyn	Floyd Bennett Airport		$3.00
J-010	370320	Brooklyn	US Coast Guard Flying Base		$15.00
K-055	380617	Brooklyn	US Coast Guard Air Station		$9.00
N-070	410602	Brooklyn	Floyd Bennett Naval Air Station		$6.00
E-086	320702	Buffalo	Marine Airport		$3.00
		Buffalo	Buffalo Niagara International Airport
		Buffalo	Buffalo Airfield
		Buffalo	Clarence Aerodrome
		Cambridge	Chapin Airport
		Camillus	Camillus Airport
		Canandaigua	Canandaigua Airport
		Canandaigua	Hopewell Airpark
A-095	280828	Canastota	Canastota Airport		$4.50
		Chittenango	Luther Airport
Q-023	441029	Cicero	Syracuse Airport		$38.00
		Cicero	Michael Airfield
		Clay	Airlane Enterprises Airport
		Cooperstown	Cooperstown-Westville Airport
		Corning	Corning-Painted Post Airport
C-092	300420	Cortland	Cortland Airport		$53.00
C-235	300623	Cortland	Cortland Airport		$12.00
C-236	300624	Cortland	Cortland Airport		$12.00
C-237	300625	Cortland	Cortland Airport		$9.00
C-238	300626	Cortland	Cortland Airport		$12.00
C-239	300627	Cortland	Cortland Airport		$12.00
C-240	300628	Cortland	Cortland Airport		$12.00
C-241	300629	Cortland	Cortland Airport		$12.00
N-108	410713	Cortland	Municipal Airport		$6.00
AR-126	690927	Cortland	Cortland County Airport Chase Field		$53.00
		Dansville	Municipal Airport
		Degrasse	Moores Airport
		Dolgeville	Dolgeville Airport
		Duanesburg	Duanesburg Airport
B-281	290817	Dunkirk	Dunkirk Airport		$3.00
R-018	450530	Dunkirk	Municipal Airport		$9.00
		Dunkirk	Chautauqua County Airport
AZ-022	770820	Durhamville	Kemp Airport		$12.00
AZ-023	770821	Durhamville	Kemp Airport		$12.00
L-089	390826	Eagle Bay	NYA Seaplane Base		$19.00
		East Hampton	East Hampton Airport
		East Moriches	Spadaro Airport
		East Moriches	Lufker Airport
AM-135	651205	Edgemere	Peninsula General Hospital Heliport		$6.00
		Edinburg	Plateau Sky Ranch Airport
		Ellenville	Joseph Y Resnick Airport
A-047	280630	Elmira	Elmira Airport		$22.50
A-048	280701	Elmira	Elmira Airport		$22.50
A-252	281222	Elmira	General Aviation Airport		$12.00
A-253	281223	Elmira	General Aviation Airport		$12.00
		Elmira	Elmira Corning Regional Airport
D-082	310530	Endicott	Endicott Airport
X-048	510530	Endicott	Broome County Airport		$9.00
		Endicott	Tri-Cities Airport
		Farmingdale	Republic Airport
T-266	470824	Ferndale	Ferndale Airport		$7.50
		Fishers Island	Elizabeth Airport
B-041	290316	Flushing	Holmes Airport		$3.00
B-197	290705	Flushing	Holmes Airport		$3.00
AK-086	631016	Flushing	World's Fair Heliport		$4.50
H-170	350928	Fort Plain	Fort Plain Intermediate Landing Field		$3.00
M-113	400818	Fort Plain	NYA Seaplane Base		$6.00
B-282	290817	Fredonia	Fredonia Airport		$3.00
		Freehold	Freehold Airport
A-154	280930	Freeport	Freeport Airport		$9.00
H-060	350601	Fulton	Municipal Airport		$45.00
P-093	431024	Fulton	Municipal Airport		$15.00
		Fulton	Oswego County Airport
		Gallupville	Blue Heron Airport
		Ganesvoort	Heber Airpark
AT-005	710426	Garden City	Roosevelt Field Heliport		$12.00
		Gasport	Royalton Airport
		Geneseo	Geneseo Airport
M-114	400818	Geneva	NYA Seaplane Base		$4.50
L-080	390825	Germantown	NYA Seaplane Base		$19.00
		Ghent	Kline Kill Airport
L-077	390825	Glen Cove	NYA Seaplane Base		$45.00
K-023	380519	Glens Falls	Floyd Bennett Airport		$3.00
N-123	410801	Glens Falls	Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport		$3.00
		Gorham	Midlakes Airport
		Gowanda	Gowanda Airport
		Granville	Granville Airport
Y-075	520822	Great Bend	Camp Drum Airport		$38.00
		Great Valley	Great Valley Airport
		Greene	Greene Airport
		Greenville	Greenville-Rainbow Airport
		Hamburg	Hamburg Inc Airport
		Hamilton	Municipal Airport
AL-044	640627	Hammondsport	Taylor-Van Gelder Airport		$45.00
		Haverstraw	Haverstraw Heliport
		Holcomb	Creekside Airport
		Honeoye Falls	Honeoye Falls Airport
A-074	280818	Hornell	Hornell Airport		$12.00
A-075	280819	Hornell	Hornell Airport		$12.00
B-255	290803	Hornell	Hornell Airport		$6.00
AS-089	700909	Hornell	Municipal Airport		$9.00
AP-038	680505	Hudson	Columbia County Airport		$45.00
		Islip	Long Island MacArthur Airport
G-181	340915	Ithaca	Municipal Airport		$4.50
G-182	340916	Ithaca	Municipal Airport		$7.50
T-305	470928	Ithaca	Cornell Robinson Airport		$23.00
		Ithaca	Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport
U-070	480731	Jamaica	Idlewild International Airport		$3.00
AK-098	631224	Jamaica	John F Kennedy International Airport		$6.00
L-140	391001	Jamestown	Jamestown Airport Chautauqua County Airport		$6.00
X-047	510530	Johnson City	Broome County Airport		$6.00
		Johnstown	Fulton County Airport
		Keene	Marcy Airport
		Kingston	Kingston-Ulster Airport
M-155	400928	Kirkville	Bennett Airport		$15.00
L-085	390826	Lake George	NYA Seaplane Base		$26.25
		Lake Placid	Lake Placid Airport
		Lancaster	Buffalo-Lancaster Regional Airport
A-178	281012	LeRoy	Donald Woodward Airport		$7.50
A-179	281013	LeRoy	Donald Woodward Airport		$4.50
A-180	281014	LeRoy	Donald Woodward Airport LeRoy Airport		$9.00
		Livingston	Green Acres Airport
C-300	300704	Lockport	Lee Van DeMark Airport		$12.00
C-301	300705	Lockport	Lee Van DeMark Airport		$12.00
		Lockport	North Buffalo Suburban Airport
		Long Lake	Long Lake-Helms Seaplane Base
		Long Lake	Sagamore Seaplane Base
V-117	490724	Malone	Municipal Airport		$9.00
		Malone	Malone-Dufort Airport
B-091	290512	Massapequa	Fitzmaurice Flying Field		$3.00
M-115	400819	Massena	Massena Airport		$3.00
		Massena	Massena International Airport Richards Field
		Mattituck	Mattituck Airport
		Mayville	Dart Airport
		Mechanicville	Burrello-Mechanicville Airport
		Middlesex	Middlesex Valley Airport
		Middletown	Randall Airport
		Millbrook	Sky Acres Airport
AE-030	580621	Montauk Point	Municipal Airport		$3.00
		Montgomery	Orange County Airport
AN-059	660626	Monticello	Sullivan County International Airport		$26.25
B-310	290902	Newark	Newark Airport		$6.00
L-079	390825	Newburgh	NYA Seaplane Base		$26.25
O-042	420825	Newburgh	Newburgh Airport		$19.00
		Newburgh	Stewart AFB
AS-006	700301	Newburgh	Stewart International Airport		$12.00
		Newfane	Hollands International Airport
		New Hope	Maus Marineland Seaplane Base
G-054	340528	New York	115th Street Seaplane Base		$18.75
G-166	340905	New York	Wall Street Seaplane Base		$7.50
H-045	350508	New York	31st Street Midtown Skyport		$23.00
M-028	400331	New York	Pan American Marine Air Base		$12.00
M-037	400501	New York	East 23rd Street NYA Seaplane Base
P-065	430730	New York	American Export Lines Seaplane Base		$15.00
		New York	New York Skyports Seaplane Base
		New York	Evers Seaplane Base
V-040	490518	New York	Pier 41 Heliport		$7.50
V-063	490620	New York	Midtown Aviation Center		$23.00
W-100	500608	New York	Police Heliport		$30.00
Z-055	530611	New York	Heliport #2		$12.00
AC-087	560926	New York	Heliport #3	111-36	$3.00
AG-115	601208	New York	Heliport #4		$9.00
		New York	East 34th Street Heliport
		New York	Port Authority Downtown Manhattan Wall Street Heliport
		New York	West 30th Street Heliport
AM-140	651221	New York	Pan American Building Heliport		$3.00
AP-187	661104	New York	Pan American 60th Street Metroport Heliport		$12.00
B-144	290613	Niagara Falls	Municipal Airport		$3.00
AN-036	660528	Niagara Falls	Goat Island-Niagara Frontier Heliport		$9.00
		Niagara Falls	Niagara Falls International Airport
B-157	290615	North Beach	Glenn H Curtiss Airport		$22.50
H-003	350105	North Beach	Glenn H Curtiss Airport		$30.00
L-151	391015	North Beach	North Beach Municipal Airport		$4.50
		North Beach	La Guardia Airport
A-039	280614	Norwich	Norwich Airport		$12.00
		Norwich	LT Warren Eaton Airport
L-095	390827	Ogdensburg	NYA Seaplane Base		$38.00
N-132	410814	Ogdensburg	Ogdensburg International Airport		$9.00
AK-048	630706	Old Forge	Old Forge Airport		$12.00
AF-018	590530	Olean	Municipal Airport Cattaraugus County Airport		$12.00
		Olean	Giemek Executive Airport
A-054	280725	Oneida	Oneida Airport		$18.75
AN-096	660917	Oneonta	Municipal Airport		$4.50
L-094	390827	Oswego	NYA Seaplane Base		$15.00
		Ovid	Ovid Airport
B-471	291110	Ozone Park	Ozone Park Airport		$12.00
M-061	400608	Penn Yan	NYA Seaplane Base		$4.50
		Penn Yan	Penn Yan Airport
		Perry	Perry-Warsaw Airport
		Piseco	Piseco Airport
C-177	300531	Plattsburg	Plattsburg Airport		$7.50
C-178	300601	Plattsburg	Plattsburg Airport		$6.00
L-086	390826	Plattsburg	NYA Seaplane Base		$38.00
		Plattsburg	Plattsburgh International Airport
H-110	350707	Port Jervis	Port Jervis Airport		$4.50
B-353	290914	Port Washington	Sands Point Seaplane Base		$3.00
		Potsdam	Municipal Airport Damon Field
L-078	390825	Poughkeepsie	NYA Seaplane Base		$38.00
		Poughkeepsie	Dutchess County Airport
		Quaker Street	Knox Airport
		Randolph	Randolph Airport
A-111	280903	Red Creek	Red Creek Airport		$12.00
AM-074	650808	Red Hook	Stark-Tator Sky Park Airport		$9.00
C-421	300816	Rochester	Rochester Airport		$4.50
C-422	300817	Rochester	Rochester Airport		$4.50
Z-067	530621	Rochester	Rochester County Airport		$19.00
AK-075	630908	Rochester	Monroe County Airport		$6.00
		Rochester	Greater Rochester International Airport
A-078	280819	Rockville Centre	Rockville Centre Airport		$7.50
O-071	421107	Rome	Army Air Depot		$45.00
U-110	480918	Rome	Griffiss Airport		$26.25
W-201	500830	Rome	Oneida County Airport		$26.25
X-106	510728	Rome	Oneida County Airport		$19.00
X-108	510729	Rome	Oneida County Airport		$19.00
		Rome	Becks Grove Airport
		Round Lake	Round Lake Airport & Seaplane Base
		Rouses Point	Rouses Point Seaplane Base
V-092	490710	Saranac Lake	Harrietstown Airport		$15.00
		Saranac Lake	Adirondack Regional Airport
		Saratoga Springs	Saratoga County Airport
A-031	280601	Schenectady	Schenectady Airport	20E6 20W6	$15.00 $7.50
P-095	431031	Schenectady	Schenectady County Airport		$12.00
		Schenectady	Wells Seaplane Base
		Schroon Lake	Schroon Lake Airport
		Schuylerville	Garnseys Airport
		Scotia	Mohawk Valley Airport
		Seneca Falls	Finger Lakes Regional Airport
		Sharon Springs	Sharon Airport
		Sherman	Pratt's Eastern Divide Airport
		Shirley	Brookhaven Airport
AX-049	750921	Sidney	Municipal Airport		$6.00
		Skaneateles	Skaneateles Aero Drome
		South Bethlehem	South Albany Airport
		Southampton	Southampton Heliport
L-084	390826	Speculator	NYA Seaplane Base		$40.00
		Spencerport	Spencerport Airpark
		Staatsburg	Airhaven Airport
		Stormville	Stormville Airport
A-081	280822	Syracuse	Syracuse Airport		$4.50
A-082	280823	Syracuse	Syracuse Airport		$4.50
I-074	360919	Syracuse	Syracuse Airport		$30.00
I-075	360920	Syracuse	Syracuse Airport		$38.00
U-156	481230	Syracuse	Mattydale-Hancock Airport		$26.25
V-188	490917	Syracuse	Mattydale-Hancock Airport		$19.00
V-189	490918	Syracuse	Mattydale-Hancock Airport		$6.00
AB-085	550825	Syracuse	Hancock Air National Guard Base		$9.00
		Syracuse	Syracuse Hancock International Airport
		Syracuse	Syracuse Suburban Airport
M-143	400915	Ticonderoga	Site 22 Airport		$6.00
M-144	400915	Ticonderoga	NYA Seaplane Base		$7.50
		Ticonderoga	Municipal Airport
R-008	450401	Tonawanda	Mutual Aviation Airport		$12.00
G-226	341027	Troy	Municipal Airport		$4.50
		Troy	Rensselaer County Airport
B-386	290927	Utica	Utica Airport		$3.00
L-088	390826	Utica	NYA Seaplane Base		$15.00
W-202	500830	Utica	Oneida County Airport		$26.25
X-105	510728	Utica	Oneida County Airport		$9.00
X-107	510729	Utica	Oneida County Airport		$9.00
		Utica	Frankfort-Highland Airport
		Wallkill	Kobelt Airport
AJ-018	620530	Wantagh	Nassau County Airport		$9.00
		Warwick	Municipal Airport
		Waterloo	Airtrek Airport
H-147	350828	Watertown	Scherer-Laverty Municipal Airport		$38.00
Q-010	440827	Watertown	Municipal Airport		$53.00
Y-076	520822	Watertown	Camp Drum Airport		$38.00
		Watertown	Watertown International Airport
		Weedsport	Whitfords Airport
AT-024	710620	Wellsville	Tarantine Airport		$9.00
		Wellsville	Municipal Airport
AP-037	680505	West Ghent	Columbia County Airport		$26.25
		Westhampton Beach	Francis S Gabreski Airport
O-041	420825	West Point	Stewart Field		$7.50
E-093	320704	Westport	Westport Airport		$18.75
L-087	390826	Westport	NYA Seaplane Base		$40.00
R-003	450213	White Plains	Westchester County Airport		$9.00
		Williamson	Williamson-Sodus Airport
		Wurtsboro	Wurtsboro-Sullivan County Airport
M-099	400801	Yonkers	NYA Seaplane Base		$9.00
N-064	410525	Yonkers	NYA Seaplane Base		$9.00

INDEX: US Airport Dedication Covers by State

Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields in New York.