On a sunny afternoon at Republic Airport, two airplanes prepare to taxi to the runway.

A special exemption has been requested for Republic Airport, which is 17.3 miles from Kennedy.

Near the interchange, the parkway passes south of Republic Airport, which is connected via exit 34.

They still own property at Republic Airport from Fairchild Hiller.

In those early days, what is now Republic Airport was a grass field used for testing planes.

Now it's time for people like me, who flew those bombers, to return the favor by helping to defend Republic Airport.

Today Republic Airport houses 576 aircraft, and more than 500 planes take off and land daily.

And Republic Airport because of the demographics and population base is the right place for it to be.

Farmingdale's aviation school, with nine aircraft down the road at Republic Airport, is the only public flight-training program in the state.

Its main base was Republic Airport.