| Tiny Teterboro, New Jersey is situated just south of | | | | Since then the authority has operated the airport |
| Hackensack at the edge of the Meadowlands only | | | | through contractors or has managed it directly; vast |
| twelve miles from midtown Manhattan. This Bergen | | | | improvements to Teterboro Airport have been made |
| County borough is mostly known for its airport, as the | | | | since the authority assumed control. |
| residential properties in the town are few. Indeed, | | | | Teterboro is the home to numerous aviation |
| recent census figures put the town's population at just | | | | companies including Atlantic Aviation, Million Air, Jet |
| 18 souls! Meanwhile, business dominates the town and | | | | Aviation, First Aviation Services, and Signature Flight |
| the airport, named for the town, is the chief job | | | | Support. All five companies operate what are known |
| generator in the town as well as in surrounding | | | | as Fixed Based Operations {FBOs} which provide |
| communities. | | | | essential airport services including aircraft fueling, |
| At just over one square mile, Teterboro certainly is | | | | passenger processing, and more. In addition, aircraft |
| easily missed. Bordered by state highways 46 to the | | | | hangars occupy key sections of the airport for |
| north and 17 to the west, the town would certainly be | | | | operators to house their expensive business jets |
| overlooked unless you failed to notice the regular flow | | | | within. |
| of general aviation traffic entering and leaving the | | | | One of the most famous landmarks in the Teterboro |
| airport. Indeed, Teterboro Airport {TEB} ranks as one | | | | is the Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of NJ. |
| of the busiest general aviation airports in the country | | | | Located on the airport grounds the museum, which |
| serving Piper and Cessna owners all the way up to | | | | opened in 1972, was the first state aviation museum in |
| Gulfstream V charter operators. | | | | the nation. Aviation pioneers Charles Lindbergh and |
| In 1917, a Mr. Walter C. Teter purchased what is now | | | | Amelia Earhardt both flew in and out of Teterboro. |
| known as Teterboro from North American Aviation, | | | | Towns bordering Teterboro include: South |
| who had operated a plant on its site during the first | | | | Hackensack, Little Ferry, Moonachie, Wood-Ridge, and |
| world war. Over the years, the airport changed hands | | | | Hasbrouck Heights. Indeed, the entire lower third of the |
| several times until, finally, in 1949 the Port Authority of | | | | airport actually falls within the boundaries of Moonachie. |
| New York and New Jersey purchased the airport. | | | | |