Westchester County Airport
White Plains, the northern suburbs, and lower Connecticut, with a reservoir off the end of the runway.
Westchester County Airport is in White Plains, and it belongs to the northern suburbs of New York City and lower Connecticut. Greenwich, Stamford, and the rest of the Gold Coast are a short drive. From there it is a shorter trip than Teterboro, and the commercial airports are farther still. The pace is slower. Off the ends of the runways is the Rye Lake reservoir.
Who flies here
HPN carries a modest amount of airline service beside heavy private and corporate traffic. It runs under a long-standing terminal-use limit that caps passenger throughput, and the limit keeps the field calmer than its demand would allow. The private side goes around it.
On the field
As of mid-2026 the FBOs at Westchester include Million Air, Signature Aviation, and Atlantic Aviation, all on the general-aviation side, away from the small commercial terminal. A separate, lodge-style private terminal opened here in 2019 to handle private-jet passengers apart from the airline building.
The reservoir
The airport was built in 1942 as a wartime Air National Guard base, to defend New York City and the Rye Lake reservoir behind the field. It was returned to the county and opened to civilian use in 1945. The Air National Guard kept a base here until 1983. The reservoir the field was built to protect is the water you see off the runways.
FBO and history details were checked mid-2026 against the airport's and operators' own published information. Tenants change, so confirm the departure terminal with your operator.
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