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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2002
Air Travel:
The Newark meadows were selected for the metropolitan terminal because their situation affords excellent landing facilities and quick transfer
to New York City. Access to Manhattan is greatly facilitated by the
Pulaski Skyway and the Holland Tunnel. The first regular passenger line
was established in 1929 between Newark and Boston by American Air
Lines. While most of the other large cities in the State operate busy commercial airports, Camden, serving Philadelphia, is the only other regular
transport stop in New Jersey. It has recently become a transcontinental
terminus.
Transatlantic Zeppelins have since 1924 used the United States Naval
Air Station at Lakehurst as their American terminal.
Newark Airport is the busiest in the United States and one
of the busiest in the world. Established in 1929 as the eastern terminus of
the Nation's air mail service, it registers 125 take-offs and landings of
transport planes daily. Four of the great transcontinental systems operating passenger lines use it as their terminal. As such, Newark has become
virtually synonymous in the public mind with long-distance air travel.
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