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Dutchess County Airport

Hudson Valley Regional Airport
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FAA airport diagram
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Dutchess County
Serves Poughkeepsie, New York
Elevation AMSL 164 ft / 50 m
Coordinates 41°37′36″N 073°53′03″W / 41.62667°N 73.88417°W / 41.62667; -73.88417
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
15/33 2,744 836 Asphalt/Concrete
7/25 1,358 414 Turf/Dirt
Statistics (2014)
Aircraft operations 75,133
Based aircraft 133
Aircraft operations 75,133
Based aircraft 133

Hudson Valley Regional Airport (IATA: POUICAO: KPOUFAA LID: POU), formerly known as the Dutchess County Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport located on State Route 376 in the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York, United States, four miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Poughkeepsie. It is sometimes called Poughkeepsie Airport, which gives it the code POU. The airport provides corporate and general aviation transportation services.

Hudson Valley Regional Airport was built by the United States Department of Commerce in the 1930s and was used for pilot training during World War II by the US Army Air Forces. Known as New Hackensack Field at the time for the nearby hamlet, it was used by students at the United States Military Academy and as an extension of military training conducted at Stewart Field. On June 17, 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill flew from Naval Air Station Anacostia to New Hackensack Field, where he was met by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had driven from his Hyde Park home.


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