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| | Stewart International Airport. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000 |
 | | Stewart International Airport orange co., E N.Y., 3 mi/4.8 km W of Newburgh, in the lower Hudson Valley, 65 mi/105 km N of N.Y. city; 41°30'N 74°06'W. Occupies the former site of Stewart Air Force Base (closed 1970; then bought, along with dozens of surrounding farms, by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of N.Y city). |
 | | During the big-project era of Gov. Nelson Rockefellers administration, the intention was to create the citys 4th jetport, which was supposed to outstrip JFK Internatl. |
 | | Now owned by N.Y. state Dept. of Transportation, the airport (with the capacity to handle 1 million passengers per year) serves Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, and Rockland cos.; it has easy access to I-84, the N.Y. State Thruway, and the Tappan Zee bridge. |
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