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Helicopter Traffic Continues To Swell As East Hampton Town Seeks Options To Reduce It

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Attorney Bill O'Connor told the East Hampton Town Board that the town may be able to convince the FAA to re-impose curfews on flights at East Hampton Airport but likely faces a difficult time finding a regulatory path to reducing the volume of flights into and out of the airport. Michael Wright

Attorney Bill O'Connor told the East Hampton Town Board that the town may be able to convince the FAA to re-impose curfews on flights at East Hampton Airport but likely faces a difficult time finding a regulatory path to reducing the volume of flights into and out of the airport. Michael Wright

Consultants for the town said that overall traffic levels decreased slightly at East Hampton Airport in 2018 but that the number of helicopter flights continued to climb and have increased nearly 50 percent since 2016. Michael Wright

Consultants for the town said that overall traffic levels decreased slightly at East Hampton Airport in 2018 but that the number of helicopter flights continued to climb and have increased nearly 50 percent since 2016. Michael Wright

author on Feb 5, 2019
The total number of flights into and out of East Hampton Airport in 2018 declined slightly from the previous year, but the number of helicopter flights continued to climb and... more

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