Republic Airport In The News
Scoping Meeting for SheltAir Farmingdale, LLC Relocation and Modernization and Republic Airport Safety Improvements Project |
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The New York State Department of Transportation will be preparing an Environmental Impact Statement on a proposal to relocate and modernize a fixed-based-operator (FBO) at Republic Airport and conduct safety improvements to the infrastructure on the airport. This project proposes construction of one 20,000 sf light general aviation hangar and one 5,000 sf FBO building located along New Highway. Also included would be tie-downs for 70 aircraft and 13 T-hangars with 168 parking spaces. Along NY109, the proposal includes one FBO building of 30,000 sf, a maintenance facility of 3,000 sf, seven buildings each consisting of 30,000 sf of hangar space with 6,000 sf of office space, and 14 tie-downs. The fuel farm currently located along New Highway will be relocated to this area. There will be a total of about 500 parking spaces. Also included in this project will be the demolition of hangars 2 & 3, located along New Highway about 1,110 feet south of Conklin Street, the horizontal relocation of 850 feet of Taxiway Golf, and the relocation of Runway 1/19 approximately 450 feet north with the installation of new or relocated lighting, guidance systems, and pavement markings. Alternatives under consideration include (1) taking no action; (2) the alternative mentioned above; (3) an alternative location on airport; (4) an alternative location at another airport. Issues that will be analyzed in depth include the project's effect on stormwater runoff and recharge, soils through erosion and sedimentation, ecology, water supply, sanitary waste, air quality, noise quality, construction impacts, and traffic flow. As part of the process for determining the scope of issues to be addressed in the Environmental Impact Statement and for identifying the important issues related to the proposed action, we request your comments on the above issues and any other issues that you can identify as important. We intend to use your comments to:
A Scoping Center is scheduled for April 30, 2008 in the main terminal building at Republic Airport (7150 Republic Airport, East Farmingdale, NY) from 3pm to 8pm. At this center, staff will be available to discuss the project and the scope of issues to be addressed in the Environmental Impact Statement. We request your comments by May 15, 2008. If you do not reply by that date, we will assume that you have no comments at this stage of project development. Please send your comments to: Airport Director Very truly yours, Michael J. Geiger Airport Director |
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The Heroes In Our Own Home |
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| A New York State Assembly tribute to the thousands of women who worked in Long Island defense plants during World War II was held at the American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport, Farmingdale, where they were presented with citations and offered the chance to rivet aircraft aluminum once more during the ceremony. | |
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| Joining Republic Airport Director Michael Geiger is (left) Grace Georgette Kiefer-Maier and Lynn Maher. Ms. Kiefer-Maier was an aircraft inspector for Curtis Wright, an engine company while Ms. Maher started out riveting and went on to electric spot welding on the Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bomber. After returning to civilian life, she married an Air Force pilot and lived on Long Island. Lynn went to work at Republic as an electric spot welder working on the F-84 Thunderjet. | |
New Room at the Inn - Newsday Article - January 23, 2006 |
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Republic Airport Snow Snapshots – Blizzard of `05Moving nearly 3.7 million cubic feet of snow at Republic |
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Tons of Snow Pushed Aside - Republic Airport, Farmingdale, Long Island says it wasn’t the snow but high winds that might have prevented aircraft from departing the day the Blizzard of 05 left town. That’s because the operations people at Republic worked around the clock to keep the airport open. The airport saw its first corporate jet go “wheels up” some 22 hours after the arrival of the storm and snow removal crews say that reflects a personal victory against high winds, snow drifts of ten feet and miserable plowing conditions. Airport operations chief John Lauth says it is a matter of professional pride that they have the runways under control even in the worst of weather. “We are down to the pavement and we have cleared selected taxiways to allow aircraft out of here if they wish to depart.” The Republic team has figured out that they moved some 3,690,000 cubic feet of snow in the Blizzard of 2005. |
