{"id":36038,"date":"2022-03-04T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=36038"},"modified":"2022-03-04T13:11:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:11:59","slug":"taxpayer-funded-east-hampton-airport-reopens-as-a-private-facility-for-the-richest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/04\/taxpayer-funded-east-hampton-airport-reopens-as-a-private-facility-for-the-richest\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxpayer-funded East Hampton airport reopens as a private facility for the richest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today was supposedly the day that the East Hampton airport (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airnav.com\/airport\/KHTO\">KHTO<\/a>) reopened as a private-only facility. More or less everything there was paid for with federal funds (raised by taxes on aviation fuel, not from the general treasury), but enough years ago that the town was free to wall it off from the public. (See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aopa.org\/news-and-media\/all-news\/2022\/january\/20\/members-only-east-hampton-airport-moves-to-private-use\">&#8220;&#8216;MEMBERS ONLY&#8217;: EAST HAMPTON AIRPORT MOVES TO PRIVATE USE&#8221;<\/a> (AOPA))<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It isn&#8217;t cheap to pave runways, so presumably the airport will be business-as-usual for Wall Streeters&#8217; Gulfstreams (subject to big fees even when it was an ordinary public use airport). For peasants renting Cessnas and Pipers from regional flight schools, however, it may be another story&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From September 2020:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2020-09-24-12.29.30-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1140\" data-id=\"36040\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2020-09-24-12.29.30-1-1520x1140.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2020-09-24-12.29.30-1-1520x1140.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2020-09-24-12.29.30-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2020-09-24-12.29.30-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2020-09-24-12.29.30-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2020-09-24-12.29.30-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2020-09-24-12.29.30-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2020-09-24-12.28.17-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1140\" data-id=\"36039\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2020-09-24-12.28.17-1520x1140.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2020-09-24-12.28.17-1520x1140.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2020-09-24-12.28.17-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2020-09-24-12.28.17-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2020-09-24-12.28.17-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2020-09-24-12.28.17-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2020-09-24-12.28.17-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundaircraftservices.com\/\">FBO&#8217;s Web page<\/a> suggests that the scheme is going forward, but with closure on May 17 and reopening on May 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/03\/faa-furious-over-east-hampton-airport-privatization-scheme\/\">&#8220;FAA \u2018furious\u2019 over East Hampton Airport\u2019s privatization scheme&#8221;<\/a> (New York Post):  &#8220;East Hampton politicians\u2019 scheme to close and then immediately reopen the town airport \u2014 and collect $10 million in surplus funds in the process \u2014 hit turbulence Wednesday&#8221; (i.e., it may be that enough Gulfstreams had landed over the years for the airport to accumulate $10 million in profit on the federally funded runways)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was supposedly the day that the East Hampton airport (KHTO) reopened as a private-only facility. 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