Established 1920
The home of Gates Flying Circus. Teterboro built Fokker tri-motors flown by Richard E. Byrd over the North Pole (1926); South Pole (1929); Atlantic (1927); and by Amelia Earhart over Atlantic (1928). Clarence Chamberlin, Ruth Nichols, Floyd Bennett, Charles A. Lindbergh, Bernt Balchen and Bill Odom flew here. First airmail route flown to Boston (1926). Teterboro is now (1972) a general aviation airport.| HM Number | HM45U |
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| Series | This marker is part of the New Jersey: Bergen County Historical Society series |
| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 57 |
| Year Placed | 1972 |
| Placed By | Bergen County Historical Society, sponsored by Teterboro Aviation Hall of Fame |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, September 26th, 2014 at 5:20pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 578858 N 4523193 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 40.85600000, -74.06438333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 51.36', W 74° 3.863' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 51' 21.60" N, 74° 3' 51.78" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 201 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 411-459 Industrial Ave, Teterboro NJ 07608, US |
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