{{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox airport | name = Republic Airport | image = Republic Airport Logo.png | image2 = File:2010 10 23 lhr-iad-bos 164.jpg | image-width = 200 | image2-width = 250 | image_map = FRG_-_FAA_airport_diagram.gif | image_map_caption = FAA airport diagram | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 10 | mapframe-wikidata = yes | IATA = FRG | ICAO = KFRG | FAA = FRG | type = Public | owner = [[New York State Department of Transportation]] | operator = AvPORTS | city-served = [[Long Island]]<br>[[New York metropolitan area]] | location = [[East Farmingdale, New York]] | elevation-f = 82 | website = {{URL|https://republicairport.net/}} | coordinates = {{coord|40|43|44|N|073|24|48|W|region:US-NY_type:airport|display=inline,title}} | r1-number = 14/32 | r1-length-f = 6,833 | r1-surface = Asphalt | r2-number = 1/19 | r2-length-f = 5,516 | r2-surface = Asphalt | stat1-header = Aircraft operations (2019) | stat1-data = 219,672<ref>{{cite web |title=Airport Operations |url=https://aspm.faa.gov/opsnet/sys/Airport.asp |website=FAAOPSNET |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |access-date=22 August 2021}}</ref> | stat2-header = Based aircraft (Aug. 2021) | stat2-data = 350<ref name="FAA" /> | footnotes = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=FRG|use=PU|own=PU|site=15236.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 21, 2021.</ref> | opened = 1928 | caption2 = The airport, as seen from the air in 2010 }}
'''Republic Airport''' {{Airport codes|FRG|KFRG|FRG}} is a public airport in [[East Farmingdale, New York]], on [[Long Island]], immediately east of the [[Farmingdale, New York|village of Farmingdale]].<ref name="eastf"> {{cite web |last = Bleyer | first = Bill |url = http://www.newsday.com/features/printedition/longislandlife/ny-lflist08,0,2822025.story?coll=ny-lilife-print |title = List of Geographical Misnomers |work = [[Newsday]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060528105917/http://www.newsday.com/features/printedition/longislandlife/ny-lflist08,0,2822025.story?coll=ny-lilife-print |archive-date = May 28, 2006 |access-date = September 11, 2007 }} </ref><ref name="FAA" />
The [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2011–2015 [[FAA airport categories|categorized]] it as a [[general aviation]] ''[[reliever airport]]''.<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf | title = 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A | format = [[PDF]], 2.03 MB | work = National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = October 4, 2010 }} </ref> [[Federal Aviation Administration]] records say the airport had 3,586 passenger boardings (enplanements) in [[calendar year]] 2008,<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf | title = Enplanements for CY 2008 | format = PDF, 1.0 MB | work = CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = December 18, 2009 }} </ref> 2,866 in 2009, and 2,783 in 2010.<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf | title = Enplanements for CY 2010 | format = PDF, 189 KB | work = CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = October 4, 2011 }} </ref> It is the busiest public general aviation airport within the State of New York and the third largest airport overall by total annual flights – behind only [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] and [[LaGuardia Airport]], respectively.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Asbury |first=John |date=2023-03-13 |title=Living close to Republic Airport brings trade-off: The potential for plane crashes |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/republic-airport-east-farmingdale-plane-crash-north-lindenhurst-qlj8zrne |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Newsday |language=en}}</ref>
On behalf of the [[New York State Department of Transportation]], the airport is currently managed by AvPORTS – an American operator and manager of airports.
==History==
=== Early history === Republic Airport was developed by [[Sherman Fairchild]] as the Fairchild Flying Field in East Farmingdale in late 1927, after determining that his existing flying field & airplane factory complex on Motor Avenue in [[South Farmingdale, New York|South Farmingdale]] was inadequate to support the mass production of his [[Fairchild FC-2]] and [[Fairchild 71]] airplanes.<ref name=":32">{{Cite book |last=Stoff |first=Joshua |title=Long Island Airports |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |isbn=0738536768}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite book |last1=Neubeck |first1=Ken |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TH_8CwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Republic+Airport%22+%22Airport+Plaza%22&pg=PT185 |title=Airplane Manufacturing in Farmingdale |last2=Douglas |first2=Leroy E. |last3=Society |first3=Long Island Republic Airport Historical |date=2016-03-28 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4396-5498-9 |language=en}}</ref> Fairchild purchased property on the south side of [[New York State Route 24|Conklin Street (New York State Route 24)]] and had the airport's original layout plan prepared on November 3, 1927.<ref name=":32" /><ref name=":13" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2003-02-28 |title=1966: The fight over the future of Republic |website=Long Island Business News |url=https://libn.com/2003/02/28/1966-the-fight-over-the-future-of-republic/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |language=en-US}}</ref>
The {{convert|77.967|acre|m2|adj=on}} flying field was developed in the late winter and early spring of 1928 and was originally owned and operated by [[Fairchild Aircraft|Fairchild Engine & Airplane Manufacturing Company]].<ref name=":13" /> The first flights from the Fairchild Flying Field took place in late spring of 1928 after the Fairchild Airplane and Airplane Engine factories and hangar were completed and aircraft were produced in the new factories. After Fairchild moved to Hagerstown, Maryland in 1931, [[Grumman Aircraft Engineering]] built planes at the airport from 1932 until the spring of 1937.<ref name=":32" /><ref name=":13" />
Seversky Aircraft moved there in January 1935 from College Point in Queens, and became [[Republic Aviation]] in 1939.<ref name=":32" /><ref name=":13" /><ref name=":6" /> Republic built more than 9,000 [[P-47 Thunderbolts]] in Farmingdale during [[World War II]] and expanded Republic Field, erected three hangars and a control tower and lengthened and hardened the runways.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Nicholas |date=2015-07-22 |title=Historical marker placed at East Farmingdale's Airport Plaza pays nod to WWII airplane maker |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/historical-marker-is-placed-in-east-farmingdale-where-fighter-planes-were-once-built-o51051 |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Newsday |language=en}}</ref> Republic built the straight-wing [[F-84 Thunderjet]] and the swept-wing [[F-84 Thunderstreak]] during the [[Korean War]] and extended Runway 14/32 to the southeast over the objections of [[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation|Long Island State Parks Commissioner]] [[Robert Moses]].<ref name=":32" /><ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Republic Airport |url=https://www.republicairport.net/images/history3.htm |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=www.republicairport.net}}</ref>
Republic Aviation produced over 800 [[F-105 Thunderchief]] [[fighter bombers]] during the Vietnam Era.<ref name=":32" /><ref name=":13" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":14">{{Cite book |last=Brady |first=Ralph F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BCp_CQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Republic+Airport%22+%22Airport+Plaza%22&pg=PT72 |title=Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island |date=2012-07-17 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-61423-590-3 |language=en}}</ref> Republic Aviation was acquired by the Fairchild-Hiller Corp. in 1965 for $24.5 million and Fairchild stock.<ref name=":6" /> Flight Safety Inc. ran Republic Airport as a general aviation airport beginning on December 7, 1966, for the Joseph Mailman's Farmingdale Corporation, which had purchased the field from Fairchild Hiller for $8 million in 1965.<ref name=":32" /><ref name=":13" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":14" />
=== Modern history ===
==== MTA era: 1969 – 1983 ==== Republic Airport was acquired by the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)]] on March 31, 1969.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last=Silver |first=Roy R. |date=1971-07-29 |title=Rail-Air-Bus Center Planned by M.T. A. At Republic Airport |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/07/29/archives/railairbus-center-planned-by-mta-at-republic-airport-a-transport.html |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The MTA installed an [[Instrument landing system|instrument landing system (ILS)]] on Runway 14/32, built the terminal building at Republic Airport, and cooperated with the Federal Aviation Administration, which built the current, {{Convert|100|ft|m|adj=on}} control tower.<ref name=":3" />
The MTA also got the US Government to transfer {{convert|94|acre|m2}} to the airport in 1971 and purchased the {{convert|77|acre|m2|adj=on}} Lambert property on the north side of [[New York State Route 109]] and the Breslau Gardens development between New Highway and NY 109 in 1972.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=April 2015 |title=PROPOSED SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TENANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS: Republic Airport, Hamlet of Farmingdale, Town of Babylon, Suffolk County |url=https://republicairport.net/pdf/faa2020/FRG%20-%20FEA%20Volume%20II%20-%20Appendix%20A.pdf |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=www.republicairport.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Republic Airport – Historical Images |url=https://www.republicairport.net/images/history1.htm |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=www.republicairport.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MsU1AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Republic+Airport%22+%22Runway+extension%22&pg=PA2 |title=Republic Airport Runway Extension Transfer, Farmingdale: Environmental Impact Statement |date=1971 |location=Northwestern University |publication-date=1971 |language=en}}</ref>
The MTA also proposed building a major intermodal transportation facility at the airport.<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hudson |first=Edward |date=1969-04-01 |title=M.T.A. Gets Republic Airport for Transport Hub; Air-Rail-Highway Center Is Planned After Expansion of Former Test Field |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/04/01/archives/mta-gets-republic-airport-for-transport-hub-airrailhighway-center.html |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> This hub would have served trains, buses, and general aviation, and would have also been the site of three office buildings built atop the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[Main Line (Long Island Rail Road)|Main Line]] using [[air rights]] – however, this project was ultimately never built.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite news |last=Barron |first=James |date=1981-01-25 |title=TAKEOVER OF REPUBLIC AIRPORT DEBATED |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/25/nyregion/takeover-of-republic-airport-debated.html |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Similar proposals were made in the 21st century – but those, too, were never built.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ain |first=Stewart |date=2001-06-24 |title=Impending Lease Reignites Talk of a Rte. 110 Hub at Airport |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/24/nyregion/impending-lease-reignites-talk-of-a-rte-110-hub-at-airport.html |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==== NYSDOT era: 1983 – present ==== After complaints that the MTA was not contributing taxes to local governments and questions about the MTA spending at Republic, ownership of the airport was transferred to the [[New York State Department of Transportation]] (NYSDOT) by the New York State Legislature in April 1983, to promote economic development in the surrounding Long Island region.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":10" /><ref name=":8" /> The Republic Airport Commission was created by the [[New York State Legislature]] in 1982 (Chap. 370, L.1982) "...as an advisory council to the Commissioner of Transportation in the administration and management of the Republic Airport facilities and its surrounding areas with respect to projects to be undertaken at such airport."<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=New York State Department of Transportation Airport Commission Files B2500 |url=https://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=ead/findingaids/B2500.xml;chunk.id=fullfalink;brand=default |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=iarchives.nysed.gov}}</ref>
The Long Island Republic Airport Historical Society, was formed in 1984, and was chartered by the [[Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York]] in 1987.<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford, Ash Ngu, Brandon |date=2013-05-09 |title=Long Island Republic Airport Historical Society - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/342012390 |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=ProPublica |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=2018-12-19 |title=WORLD WAR II |url=https://www.wgpfoundation.org/historic-markers/republic-p-47/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=William G. Pomeroy Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 1987, Fairchild went out of business. Much of its historic Fairchild-Republic factory complex was subsequently sold and redeveloped as the Airport Plaza shopping center.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":14" /><ref name=":9" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Shaman |first=Diana |date=1997-05-04 |title=The Last of a Historic Plant Making Way for a Mall |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/04/realestate/the-last-of-a-historic-plant-making-way-for-a-mall.html |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
In the early 1990s, NYSDOT proposed extending one of the runways at the airport at its northern end. The proposal was ultimately called-off in 1995.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McQuiston |first=John T. |date=1995-04-08 |title=State Is Abandoning Its Plans To Extend Republic Runway |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/08/nyregion/state-is-abandoning-its-plans-to-extend-republic-runway.html |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
In late May 2015, a major fire broke out in one of the former, vacant Fairchild-Republic aircraft factory buildings, severely damaging the structure.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yan |first=Ellen |date=2015-05-26 |title=Firefighters battle blaze at old Fairchild Republic plane factory in East Farmingdale |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/outdoor-fire-in-east-farmingdale-shuts-down-street-a85870 |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Newsday |language=en}}</ref>
In April 2023, Republic Jet Center announced that it broke ground on a new, $28 million FBO facility at the airport to replace its old one.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Epstein |first=Curt |date=2023-08-28 |title=Republic Jet Center at KFRG Breaks Ground on $28M FBO Facility {{!}} AIN |url=https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2023-08-28/new-york-area-fbo-set-expand |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Aviation International News}}</ref> The {{Convert|50000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility is anticipated to be completed by the end of 2024.<ref name=":2" />
=== Historic airline service === The airport has seen scheduled passenger airlines over the years – including [[Cosmopolitan Airlines]] and [[Provincetown-Boston Airlines]] (operating as [[Continental Express]]) in the 1980s, and [[Northwest Airlink]] in the 1990s.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Waldvogel |first=Robert G. |date=2021-10-13 |title=The Airline History of Long Island's Republic Airport |url=https://metroairportnews.com/the-airline-history-of-long-islands-republic-airport/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Metropolitan Airport News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cosmopolitan Airlines |url=https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/hx1.htm |access-date=26 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CO020187p17 |url=https://www.departedflights.com/CO020187p17.html |access-date=26 April 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.osc.state.ny.us/audits/audits/9899/96d26.pdf Study of Future Use: Republic Airport]. ''State of New York, Office of the State Comptroller''. February 10, 1999.</ref>
==Facilities==
=== Runways and helipads === The airport covers {{convert|530|acre|ha}} of land and has two [[runway]]s and two [[helipad]]s:<ref>{{Cite web |title=FRG - Republic Airport {{!}} SkyVector |url=https://skyvector.com/airport/FRG/Republic-Airport |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=skyvector.com}}</ref><ref name=":28">{{Cite news |date=June 2009 |title=New York State Airport System Plan, 2008 Technical Report |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/opdm/aviation/repository/NYSASP%20Technical%20Report%20for%20Web.pdf |access-date=2024-06-22 |publisher=[[New York State Department of Transportation]]}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=AirNav: KFRG - Republic Airport |url=https://www.airnav.com/airport/KFRG |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=www.airnav.com}}</ref>
* 14/32: {{convert|6833|x|150|ft|m|0}}, asphalt, grooved * 01/19: {{convert|5516|x|150|ft|m|0}}, asphalt, grooved * Helipad H1: {{convert|79|x|79|ft|m|0}}, asphalt * Helipad H2: {{convert|44|x|44|ft|m|0}}, asphalt
=== Airport buildings and structures === Republic Airport has a two-story [[Airport terminal|terminal]] building serving passengers boarding [[charter flights]] to nearby cities, such as [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]].<ref name=":3" /> This terminal building was constructed in the 1980s and has previously been used by regional airlines, including [[Northwest Airlink|Northwest AIrlink]].<ref name=":3" />
[[U.S. Customs and Border Protection]] has an office at the terminal building; however, it is staffed by appointment only and pilots must request immigration services four hours prior to arrival.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pilot Information |url=https://republicairport.net/?page_id=196 |website=Republic Airport |publisher=NYSDOT}}</ref>
=== General aviation === [[File:N1952R FRG Landing 19 Presidential Aviation EMB 505 Phenom 300 Small.png|thumb|An aircraft landing at the airport in 2023.]] There are two [[fixed-base operator]]s that serve corporate and light general aviation customers at Republic Airport: Modern Aviation and Atlantic Aviation.
=== Museums === The Long Island Republic Airport Historical Society maintains historical archives and sixteen photographic exhibits illustrating the history of aviation on the first floor of the Republic Airport terminal building, behind the airport's control tower, on the east side of [[New York State Route 110]].<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" />
Republic Airport is also home to the [[American Airpower Museum]], which offers visitors the opportunity to see [[World War II aircraft]] in flight.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-17 |title=American Airpower Museum Legends of Airpower WWII Warbirds Join Jones Beach Air Show |url=https://www.iloveny.com/thebeat/post/american-airpower-museum-legends-of-airpower-wwii-warbirds-join-jones-beach-air-show/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=www.iloveny.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
== Operations == Charter airlines serving Republic Airport include Air Rutter International, Northeastern Aviation Corporation, Ponderosa Air, Sundance Aviation, Talon Air, and Ventura Air Services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aircraft Charter – Republic Airport |url=https://republicairport.net/?page_id=180 |access-date=2022-09-29 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Alerion Aviation |url=https://www.flyalerion.com/ |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=www.flyalerion.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Northeastern Aviation Corp. |url=https://www.northeasternaviation.com/ |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=Northeastern Aviation Corp. |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Private Jet Charter Company {{!}} Talon Air |url=https://talonairjets.com/ |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=talonairjets.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ventura Air Services Private Jet Services & Charter Flights {{!}} New York Based |url=https://venturajet.com/ |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=venturajet.com}}</ref>
Most [[NHL]] teams flying charter flights onto Long Island to play the [[New York Islanders]] use Republic Airport.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dowd |first=Joe |date=2013-02-19 |title=Delta Jet Landing at Republic was Flyers' Charter |url=https://patch.com/new-york/farmingdale/delta-jet-landing-at-republic-was-flyers-charter |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Farmingdale, NY Patch |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Beach |first=Jerry |date=2020-12-31 |title=The 2021 New York Islanders: One More (Possibly Remote) Stanley Cup Run Before UBS Arena Opens? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jerrybeach/2021/12/31/the-2021-new-york-islanders-one-more-possibly-remote-stanley-cup-run-before-ubs-arena-opens/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>
===Emergency services=== [[File:Republic Airport Fire Rescue Headquarters.jpg|thumb|ARFF Crash Trucks Rescue 3 and Rescue 4]] Troop L of the [[New York State Police]], which provides highway patrol for state parkways in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, is headquartered at the airport.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Troop L |url=https://troopers.ny.gov/location/troop-l |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=New York State Police |language=en}}</ref>
Republic Airport has a full-time Index A [[Aircraft rescue and firefighting|ARFF]] team located at the main headquarters and terminal building. The airport has two crash trucks (Rescue 3 and 4), and a support vehicle pickup truck (Rescue 1). The airport is also served by the East Farmingdale Volunteer Fire Company and Village of Farmingdale Fire Department when mutual aid is requested.<ref>{{Cite web |title=News - East Farmingdale Vol. Fire Company, Inc. |url=https://eastfarmingdalefd.org/gallery/detail/41903 |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=eastfarmingdalefd.org}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |last=Hoey |first=Peggy Spellman |date=2021-01-11 |title=Pilot Survives Long Island Plane Crash |url=https://patch.com/new-york/farmingdale/pilot-dragged-twin-engine-plane-wreck-landfill-survives |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Farmingdale, NY Patch |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last2= |date=March 11, 2019 |title=Van fire on Sunrise Highway, Massapequa |url=https://www.massapequapost.com/articles/van-fire-on-sunrise-highway-massapequa/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Massapequa Post}}</ref>
Republic Airport Fire Rescue also responds to aviation incidents in the general vicinity outside of the airport.<ref name=":15" />
== Accidents and incidents == * On June 1, 1997, a [[Piper PA-28 Cherokee|Piper PA-28]] crashed into a parking lot roughly {{convert|3|mi|km|adj=}} north of the airport while on approach to the runway and subsequently burst into flames.<ref name=":16">{{Cite news |last=McQuiston |first=John T. |date=1997-06-02 |title=4 Killed as a Small Plane Crashes Near Republic Airport |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/02/nyregion/4-killed-as-a-small-plane-crashes-near-republic-airport.html |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The pilot and all three passengers were killed.<ref name=":16" /> * On August 12, 2007, a Learjet 25 (registration N125FT) sustained severe damage after encountering a hailstorm. The airplane was withdrawn from use at Republic Airport and subsequently dismantled.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Learjet 25D N125PT Farmingdale-Republic Field, NY (FRG) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20070812-1 |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref> * On August 16, 2015, a [[Beechcraft Bonanza|Hawker Beechcraft BE35]], en route from [[Francis S. Gabreski Airport]] in [[Westhampton Beach, New York]] to [[Morristown Municipal Airport]] in [[Whippany, New Jersey]], crashed in [[Hicksville, New York]] after experiencing an engine failure.<ref name=":17">{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2015-08-25 |title=Pilot in Fatal Long Island Crash Was Directed to Nonexistent Runway, Report Says |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/nyregion/pilot-in-fatal-long-island-crash-was-directed-to-nonexistent-runway-report-says.html |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":18">{{Cite news |last=Rojas |first=Rick |date=2015-08-16 |title=One Dead in Crash of Small Plane on Long Island |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/nyregion/plane-crash-long-island.html |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":19">{{Cite web |last=Eltman |first=Frank |date=2017-04-12 |title=Crash That Sent Pilot to Shuttered Long Island Runway Prompts FAA Changes |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/deadly-long-island-plane-crash-pilot-killed-directed-closed-airport-mineola-northrup-grumman/95496/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=NBC New York |language=en-US}}</ref> The pilot of the plane was attempting to make an emergency landing at Republic Airport after being advised of nearby airports, but was later advised by an air traffic controller that the closest field was the former [[Grumman Bethpage Airport]] in nearby [[Bethpage, New York|Bethpage]], which closed in 1990 and was subsequently redeveloped.<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |date=2015-08-24 |title=Pilot who died in New York crash sent by air traffic control to closed airport |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pilot-who-died-in-crash-sent-by-air-traffic-control-to-closed-airport/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Perez |first=Chris |date=2015-08-25 |title=Pilot fatally crashed after being told to land on strip that no longer exists |url=https://nypost.com/2015/08/25/pilot-fatally-crash-landed-after-being-told-to-land-on-strip-that-no-longer-exists/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=New York Post |language=en-US}}</ref> The pilot then attempted to divert instead to the nonexistent runway at Grumman Field, and subsequently crashed at the [[County Route 9 (Nassau County, New York)|South Oyster Bay Road]] railroad crossing.<ref name=":20" /> The crash killed the pilot, injured the passenger, and caused service disruptions on the [[Long Island Rail Road]].<ref name=":17" /><ref name=":18" /><ref name=":19" /> * On December 20, 2021, a [[Hawker 800|Raytheon Hawker 800XP]] (registration N412JA), operated by Talon Air, slid off the runway and had its landing gear collapse when landing at Republic Airport from [[Miami–Opa Locka Executive Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Raytheon Hawker 800XP N412JA Farmingdale-Republic Airport, NY (FRG) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20201220-0 |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref> The aircraft's two occupants (both crew members) suffered minor injuries and were transported to [[Nassau University Medical Center]] in [[East Meadow, New York|East Meadow]] for treatment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raytheon Hawker 800XP, N412JA: Accident occurred December 20, 2020 at Republic Airport (KFRG), East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York |url=http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2020/12/hawker-800-n412ja-incident-occurred.html |access-date=2022-10-06}}</ref> * On February 15, 2022, a [[Cessna 152]] (registration N64949) veered off the runway into the grass during its landing at Republic Airport, subsequently damaging a runway light.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cessna 152, N64949: Incident occurred February 15, 2022 at Republic Airport (KFRG), Farmingdale, New York |url=http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2022/02/cessna-152-n64949-incident-occurred.html |access-date=2022-10-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aircraft Inquiry |url=https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N64949 |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=registry.faa.gov}}</ref> * On March 5, 2023, a Piper PA-28 with three people on board caught fire and crashed into the woods on approach to the airport.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Brodsky |first=Robert |date=2023-03-08 |title=Long Island plane crash: Mom Roma Gupta dies; daughter Reeva Gupta, pilot Fayzul Chowdhury in critical condition |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/republic-airport-plane-crash-victims-keosjc4v |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Newsday |language=en}}</ref> The 23-year-old pilot and one of the two passengers received critical injuries. The other passenger was killed as a result of the crash.<ref name=":5" /> * On February 20, 2024, a Piper PA-28 carrying two people experienced an engine failure while on approach back to Republic Airport.<ref name=":21">{{Cite web |date=2024-02-20 |title=Long Island plane crash: Single-engine plane lands on New York roadway |url=https://abc7news.com/small-plane-long-island-crash-lands-on-southern-state-parkway-farmingdale/14449528/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=ABC7 San Francisco |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=McLogan |first=Jennifer |date=2024-02-21 |title=Small plane lands on Southern State Parkway on Long Island |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/small-plane-lands-on-southern-state-parkway/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=CBS New York |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=Pflaumer |first=Erin |date=2024-02-20 |title=Plane crashes on Southern State Parkway in Suffolk County |url=https://pix11.com/news/local-news/small-plane-lands-on-southern-state-parkway-in-suffolk-county/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=PIX11 |language=en-US}}</ref> The pilot subsequently performed an emergency landing on the eastbound lanes of the Southern State Parkway, just west of exit 33 and the airport, after realizing that the plane could not make it back to the runway. The two occupants were treated for minor injuries; there were no serious injuries or deaths.<ref name=":21" /><ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
==See also== * [[Transportation on Long Island]] * [[List of airports in New York (disambiguation)]] * [[New York World War II Army airfields]]
==References== {{AFHRA}} {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.republicairport.net/ Republic Airport official website] * [https://www.americanairpowermuseum.com/ American Airpower Museum] * [http://www.antonnews.com/farmingdaleobserver/2000/08/18/news/republic.html "Hundreds Attend Meeting on Republic Airport". ''Farmingdale Observer''. August 18, 2000.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050115092626/http://antonnews.com/farmingdaleobserver/2000/08/18/news/republic.html |date=January 15, 2005 }} * [https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/opdm/aviation/repository/air_dir/frg.pdf Republic Airport (FRG)] at [[NYSDOT]] Airport Directory * [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=40.7299&lon=-73.4124&w=1100&h=1200&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of April 1994] from [[USGS]] ''[[The National Map]]'' * {{FAA-diagram|00704}} * {{FAA-procedures|FRG}} {{US-airport-ga|FRG}}
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