[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 22617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08059]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT)

Federal Aviation Administration


Permanent Closure of the Public-Use of East Hampton Airport

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of closure of the public-use of East Hampton Airport 
(HTO).

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SUMMARY: The FAA received written notice on January 20, 2022 from the 
Town of East Hampton, followed by an amended request on February 17, 
2022, advising that effective May 17, 2022, the Town will be closing 
the public-use East Hampton Airport (HTO), East Hampton, New York.

DATES: The closure of the public-use airport is effective as of May 17, 
2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mahendra Raghubeer, Manager, Safety 
and Standards Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, 1 Aviation 
Plaza, Jamaica, NY 11434 Tel: 718-553-3352, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HTO is a general aviation airport in the 
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). The Town of East 
Hampton has owned and operated HTO for several decades. HTO previously 
received federal grants-in-aid for airport development and was subject 
to statutory grant assurances, but the Town is no longer contractually 
obligated to continue operating HTO as a public use airport. On January 
20, 2022, and amended on February 17, 2020, the Town of East Hampton 
notified the FAA that it seeks to deactivate HTO on May 17, 2022 as a 
public-use airport and activate a new private-use airport, at the same 
location, on May 19, 2022. Section 46319 of title 49 of the United 
States Code (49 U.S.C. 46319) provides that a public agency (as defined 
in 49 U.S.C. 47102) may not permanently close an airport in the NPIAS 
without providing written notice to the FAA Administrator at least 30 
days before the date of the closure. In this case, the public-use 
airport will be closed. The FAA recognizes the correspondence received 
on January 20, 2022 from the Town of East Hampton, followed by the 
amended request on February 17, 2022, meets that requirement. The FAA 
is publishing the Town of East Hampton's notice to close the public-use 
of HTO in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 46319(b).

    Issued in Jamaica, New York on April 11, 2022.
David A. Fish,
Director, Eastern Region Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-08059 Filed 4-14-22; 8:45 am]
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