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OverviewThe New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) fosters the development of an efficient air transportation system that responds to the needs of its users and the public.NJDOT, through its Division of Aeronautics, has general oversight of 48 public use airports and 361 heliports. The Department promotes aviation safety. It gives information about relevant forms and how to obtain them online, and explains regulations to 15,000 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) licensed aviators and the general public. Information about aviation federal grants and Transportation Trust Fund obligated funds for aviation is found in the NJ Transportation Fact Book published regularly by the Department. The Department serves as a conduit for FAA funds, grants and loans to airport managers for safety, repairs, maintenance and capital improvements and has some safety policing responsibilities for the National Transportation Safety Board. The Department keeps pilots and the public informed of aviation news and events, about individual airports and its employees answer questions daily about licensing and registration of public use airports and heliports. HistoryAlthough the history of aviation in New Jersey follows the national story, the Division of Aeronautics joined NJDOT only in 1966 when the Highway Department officially became the Department of Transportation.The State Legislature had originally created the State Department of Aviation, the State Aviation Commission and the Office of the State Director of Aviation in 1931 due to the increasing popularity of the airplane in New Jersey. Some of the state’s earlier airports
and the dates they opened are:
In 1948 the Legislature transferred the
Department of Aviation from a stand-alone
department to a part of the Department
of Conservation and Economic Development.
By 1950 there were 82 public use and general aviation airports in the state. Today there are 48 public use airports in New Jersey that base about 4,200 aircraft. |
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