Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport

Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport (IATA: GFL, ICAO: KGFL, FAA LID: GFL) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Warren County, New York, United States. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Glens Falls, in the town of Queensbury. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerWarren County
ServesGlens Falls, New York
LocationQueensbury, New York
Elevation AMSL328 ft / 100 m
Coordinates43°20′28″N 073°36′37″W
Map
GFL
Location of airport in New York
GFL
GFL (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
12/30 3,999 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations33,015
Based aircraft50

The airport is named in honor of Floyd Bennett. It was formerly known as Warren County Airport.

The annual Adirondack Balloon Festival is held at this airport.

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