Floyd Bennet Field ca. 1946

Floyd Benett Field is rich with history and activity. It was New York City’s first municipal airport where advances in air travel were celebrated and from which famous flights launched. According to the National Parks Service, 26 around-the-world flights started or ended at Floyd Bennett Field between 1931 and 1939. In 1941, New York City sold the airfield to the United State Navy, and over the course of World War II it served as the most active naval air station in the country. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places and maintained by the National Park Service. Volunteers in Hangar B are dedicated to repairing and preserving historic planes and offer on-board tours of many planes.