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Article: Rochester airport gets a new life as state facility: Pease Development Authority gets what the city didn't want.(TRANSPORTATION)
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- New Hampshire Business Review
- Article date:
- July 4, 2008
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Whether it wants it or not, the Pease Development Authority will soon have official ownership of Skyhaven Airport in Rochester.
The 175-acre airfield, home to over 100 private planes, has long been a controversy in the city. At the center of the controversy is ownership of the general aviation airport, which was originally built in the 1930s and acquired by the state in 1968. General aviation airports are facilities that handle private planes, and don't generally offer commercial passenger service.
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Right now, Skyhaven is overseen by the State Aeronautics Commission, a division of the Department of Transportation. It is ...