Deer Park Airport was an
airport
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in
Deer Park in the
Town of Babylon, on
Long Island
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, in
New York
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, United States.
Description
Deer Park Airport opened in 1946, after approval was granted by the Town of Babylon.
It was owned by Louis and Connie Mancuso and was situated on roughly of land.
The airport closed in 1974, after operating for nearly 3 decades.
After closing, the land was sold and redeveloped.
Incidents and accidents
* May 11, 1946: A
Grumman Widgeon
The Grumman G-44 Widgeon is a small, five-person, twin-engined, amphibious aircraft. It was designated J4F by the United States Navy and Coast Guard and OA-14 by the United States Army Air Corps and United States Army Air Forces.
Design and deve ...
, piloted by M.L. Pruyn of
Great Neck, New York
Great Neck is a region on Long Island, New York, that covers a peninsula on the North Shore (Long Island), North Shore and includes nine villages, among them Great Neck (village), New York, Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, New York, Great Neck Es ...
, missed the runway at the airport by approximately 800 yards after experiencing an engine failure over the
Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound is a marine sound and tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies predominantly between the U.S. state of Connecticut to the north and Long Island in New York to the south. From west to east, the sound stretches from the Eas ...
during a return flight from
; the aircraft made an emergency landing on a field at a farm near the airport. There were no injuries.
* October 20, 1956: Two small planes collided, injuring a 26-year-old student pilot from nearby
Massapequa Park
Massapequa Park is a village and hamlet located within the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 17,008 at the 2010 census.
Areas south and east of the village bo ...
.
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See also
*
Zahn's Airport – Another former airport on Long Island, located in nearby
North Amityville.
References
Defunct airports in New York (state)
Airports in Suffolk County, New York
Babylon (town), New York