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Calverton Executive Airpark is a public-owned private-use airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of the Calverton hamlet, in the Town of Riverhead,〔"(2008 Zoning Map )" (West). ''Town of Riverhead''. Retrieved October 30, 2008.〕 Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is owned by the Town of Riverhead.〔 It was formerly the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Calverton which was owned by the United States Navy and used to assemble, test, refit and retrofit jets built by the Grumman Corporation on Long Island. The airport covers an area of which contains two asphalt and concrete runways: 14/32 measuring 〔 and 5/23 measuring . The airport is lightly used, with most planes using the nearby Francis S. Gabreski Airport. Its most visible commercial air tenant is (Sky Dive Long Island ) which since 2000 had been using the airport for its skydiving operations. In January 2008, the Riverhead Town Board with newly elected officers signed a deal to close and sell the airport for $155 million to Riverhead Resorts.〔(Riverhead officials approve ski mountain project - Newsday - January 3, 2008 )〕 ==History== In 1996, the wreckage of TWA Flight 800, which had exploded, disintegrated and crashed about south of the airport, was reconstructed in a hangar. In September 1998, the bulk of the developed land, , at the airport was donated to Riverhead. Another was donated to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation for wildlife management. In the 1998 transactions, East End Aircraft Long Island Corporation was given on Highway 25 which it is developing into the Grumman Memorial Park and Aerospace Museum. As of January 2006, the Navy still owns 358 acres (mostly areas requiring environment cleanup) at the site.〔(Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant - EPA ID Number: NYD003995198 - January 2006 )〕 As of January 2013, one of the Calverton airport's two runways is being used to store thousands of flood-damaged vehicles from Hurricane Sandy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Calverton Executive Airpark」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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