Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport – GFL Glen Falls
Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport is a public airport owned by Warren County situated 3.73 miles northeast of the city center of Glen Falls, New York specifically in the town of Queensbury. It is categorized as a general aviation facility based on the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems from 2011 to 2015. Its location from 1918 to 1946 is now Queensbury High School. The airport was previously known as Warren County airport and later on was changed in honor of Floyd Bennett.
Best Time to Visit
Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport (GFL) has a land area of 254 hectares with an elevation of 100 meters above sea level. It has two asphalt runways measuring 1,524 meters and 1,219 meters in length. An instrument landing system and a medium intensity approach landing system is placed in the north-facing runway while the GPS-based instrument is located in all runway ends. Based in 2011 statistics, the airport handled 33,015 aircraft operations with an average of 90 per day. The airport’s activities include 85% general aviation, 12% air taxi, and 3% military. The airport is near the cities of Whitehall, Putnam Station, Crown Point, Port Henry and many others.
What to Do & Area Attractions
Super 8 by Wyndham Queensbury Glens Falls is located 17 minutes from the GFL airport and is near spots like Hudson Falls Historic District and Fort William Henry. Quality Inn Glen Falls-Queensbury is situated 2.98 miles from glens Falls Civic Center and is only 13 minutes away from the airport.
Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport is 52 miles from Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport (RUT) and 53 miles from Albany International Airport (ALB).
