Brookhaven Airport

Brookhaven Calabro Airport
FEMA uses the airport as a staging area after Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
IATA: WSH ICAO: KHWV FAA LID: HWV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Town of Brookhaven
Location	Shirley, New York
Elevation AMSL	81 ft / 25 m
Coordinates	40°49′19″N 072°52′01″W / 40.82194°N 72.86694°W / 40.82194; -72.86694
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 6/24 4,200 1,280 Asphalt 15/33 4,224 1,287 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 135,100 Based aircraft 217
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Brookhaven Calabro Airport (IATA: WSH, ICAO: KHWV, FAA LID: HWV) is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) north of the central business district of Shirley, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. This airport is publicly owned by the Town of Brookhaven. The airport contact information, description, list of fixed-base operators and other tenants is maintained on the Town of Brookhaven's webpage for the Division of Aviation / Department of General Services."Brookhaven Calabro Airport". 

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Brookhaven Airport is assigned HWV by the FAA and WSH by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KHWV.

Brookhaven Airport was constructed during World War II to provide logistical support for U.S. Army Air Corps operations. Known as Mastic Flight Strip, title of the airport was transferred to New York State after the war. In 1961 the airport was acquired by the Town of Brookhaven. It was later renamed in honor of Dr. Frank Calabro, an important figure in the airport's development.