The East Hampton (Long Island, New York) town board announced plans on Tuesday (Jan. 17) to close East Hampton Airport (KHTO) on Feb. 28 and reopen it four days later as a “new publicly owned, private-use facility.” The airport is a prime destination for celebrities and high-net-worth individuals, with traffic intensifying during the pandemic as part-time residents used the airport to escape high-density areas, such as Manhattan, via private jets and helicopters. But the airport has been a political lightning rod for far longer than that.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/east-hampton-town-board-moves-on-plan-to-privatize-hto