Tweed-New Haven Airport

Richard A. Lamport, Airport Manager
155 Burr Street
New Haven, CT 06512
(203) 466-8833
Fax: (203) 466-1199

The Tweed-New Haven Airport Authority assumed the responsibility for the management and operation of Tweed-New Haven Airport from the City of New Haven on July 1, 1998. The Authority is chartered by the State of Connecticut and governed by a 14 member Board of Directors appointed by the Mayors of City of New Haven and Town of East Haven and the South Central Connecticut Regional Council of Governments.

AMPORT, of Teterboro, NJ, a professional airport management firm, has been hired by the Authority to assume day-to-day operational responsibilities for the airport.

Tweed-New Haven Airport began operation in 1931 and has been operated by the City of New Haven from its inception until the Authority assumed responsibility. The airport has two runways - a 5,600 feet north-south runway and a crosswind 3,200 feet runway.

USAirways Express provides daily service to Philadelphia. Two on-site rental car firms - Avis and Hertz, serve the airport. Metro Taxi provides taxi service and CT Transit provides scheduled public transit. The terminal is host to the only ATM on the east shore neighborhood in New Haven and East Haven and provides Jet Set Java coffee and food service during morning hours.

The operational goal of the Authority is to provide air service to three hubs within 1,200 miles within the next five years.

To meet this ambitious goal considerable on-airport and off-airport enhancements have been initiated. One thousand-feet safety overruns will be constructed at the ends of the north-south runway, the terminal buildings will be enhanced to provide a more consumer friendly environment and parking lots will be reoriented to add 200 more parking spaces. In addition, a FAA sponsored Airport Master Plan Update, which will plot the airport's future, has been initiated and will be completed in the fall of 2000.

The Authority has recently announced over three million dollars in construction that will enhance general aviation. This construction includes a third hanger, 48,000 square feet of additional ramp space and 18-T Hangers.

Additional information concerning the airport can be obtained from the airport's Web site at www.flytweed.com or by calling the airport at (203) 466-8833 and following the voice prompts.