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was founded here in 1980, operating landplanes at first. They added floatplane operations the following year.
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Griswold
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669:(Press release). The Trust for Public Land. September 8, 2011.
589:"Connecticut's Smaller Airports Falling Victim to Development"
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1091:Airports in New Haven County, Connecticut
737:Funkhouser, David (December 30, 2006).
724:Funkhouser, David (December 15, 2006).
711:Funkhouser, David (November 15, 2006).
685:Funkhouser, David (February 25, 2006).
631:"Griswold Airport Purchase Is Complete"
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807:Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields
750:Labossiere, Regine (October 1, 2009).
1076:2007 disestablishments in Connecticut
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780:Martineau, Kim (December 31, 2007).
1071:1931 establishments in Connecticut
698:Funkhouser, David (June 2, 2006).
608:Pinto, Amanda (January 26, 2010).
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767:Marteka, Peter (June 27, 2014).
587:Stansbury, Robin (May 1, 2007).
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1096:Defunct airports in Connecticut
1086:Airports disestablished in 2007
297:Federal Aviation Administration
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629:Pinto, Amanda (May 11, 2010).
494:"N04 – Griswold Airport"
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1081:Airports established in 1931
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541:"About Shoreline Aviation"
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386:Trust for Public Land
196:41.27111°N 72.54972°W
168:15 ft / 5 m
1101:Madison, Connecticut
404:). It contained one
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1011:Rentschler Heliport
440:Abandoned Airfields
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331:located three
282:Aircraft operations
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801:Aeronautical chart
615:New Haven Register
517:"Griswold Airport"
371:Shoreline Aviation
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174:Coordinates
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450:References
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154:2007-01-01
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1021:Military
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934:Sikorsky
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843:Airports
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264:Asphalt
242:Surface
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990:Toutant
985:Skylark
949:Windham
914:Chester
906:General
886:Danbury
863:Bradley
855:Primary
546:July 7,
525:July 7,
406:asphalt
351:History
341:Madison
329:airport
239:Length
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101:Summary
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408:paved
258:1,863
147:Closed
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255:6/24
114:Owner
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548:2017
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