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Newport State Airport is a state owned, public use airport in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.〔 It serves the city of Newport and is located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of its central business district.〔 This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a ''general aviation'' facility.〔 〕 There is no scheduled airline service available, but it once was served by Air New England. Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned UUU by the FAA〔 and NPT by the IATA〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 Newport State Airport (IATA: NPT, ICAO: KUUU, FAA: UUU) ) 〕 (which assigned UUU to Manumu, Papua New Guinea).〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 IATA Airport Code Search (UUU: Manumu) ) 〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 Manumu Airport, Papua New Guinea (IATA: UUU) ) 〕 Newport State Airport is one of six active airports operated by the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, the other five being T.F. Green State Airport, North Central State Airport, Westerly State Airport, Quonset State Airport, and Block Island State Airport. == History == At the turn of the 20th Century the site was home to Aquidneck Park, a horse racing track. Wealthy summer residents such as Willie K Vanderbilt, John Jacob Astor and I. Townsend Burden would occasionally race automobiles of various types there. The airport site was acquired by the state in July 1960, and construction of the runways and taxiways was completed by September 1967.〔 〕 At least one runway was operational by July 1964, when the first aircraft accident at the Newport airport (a gear-up landing) was documented by the National Transportation Safety Board.〔 〕 The first fatal accident at Newport State Airport was a mid-air collision between two general aviation aircraft on April 23, 1969. In 2011 part of the film Moonrise Kingdom was filmed at the airport.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 Upcoming filming locations for ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ in Rhode Island ) 〕 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「Newport State Airport (Rhode Island)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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