Airports
East Hampton Town Board Votes To Make KHTO Private Use
The East Hampton Town board voted unanimously to close down KHTO to public use starting on March 1.
East Hampton, N.Y. elected officials have voted to turn East Hampton Airport into a private-use facility, allowing them to decide who gets to land on the field which services the wealthy communities surrounding it.
East Hampton, N.Y. elected officials have voted to turn East Hampton Airport into a private-use facility, allowing them to decide who gets to land on the field which services the wealthy communities surrounding it.

The saga over New York’s embattled East Hampton Airport (KHTO) reached a new phase last week when the East Hampton town board voted unanimously to close down the field to public use beginning March 1. According to the plan favored by town supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc, who was re-elected in November, the airport serving the wealthy communities on the East end of Long Island would reopen several days later as a private-use facility, subject to prior-permission requirements.