Champagne on tap and no need to put your liquids in a plastic bag – inside New York area’s most exclusive airport
- Miley Cyrus, Usher and Angelina Jolie are among the celebrities spotted leaving Manhattan via the private Teterboro Airport across the river in New Jersey
Just 12 miles (19km) from New York City, Teterboro Airport in New Jersey is the city’s primary private jet airport.
Teterboro is a general aviation airport, which means its main purpose is to keep smaller, slower aircraft – primarily private jets – from the regional air traffic and reduce congestion at commercial airports.
About a half-hour drive from Midtown Manhattan, it’s unsurprising to learn celebrities like Miley Cyrus, Usher, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have all been spotted at Teterboro.
I recently spent a few hours at the airport and got a tour of some of its facilities – here’s what it was like.
Teterboro's interior is far nicer than any airport I've been to – and miles ahead of nearby LaGuardia, one of the most hated airports in the US
Opened in 1919, Teterboro Airport is the oldest operating airport in the New York and New Jersey metro area, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
“During the 1920s, Teterboro Airport was at the centre of America’s golden age of aviation,” The New York Times reported in 1976.
Famous aviators including Charles A Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart spent time at the airport.
Today, many celebrities pass through the airport as an alternative to the area’s major commercial airports: Newark Liberty International Airport, John F Kennedy International Airport, and LaGuardia Airport.