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Robertson Field , also known as Robertson Airport, is a public use airport in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.〔 It is owned by the town of Plainville〔 and located two nautical miles (4 km) north of its central business district.〔 This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation ''reliever airport''.〔 〕 It is primarily used for charter flights and flight training.〔 〕 == History == Opened in 1911, Robertson Field is the oldest airport in Connecticut.〔 〕 John H. Trumbull, a Plainville native and Connecticut's Governor from 1925 to 1931, is known to have used the airfield. He was dubbed "The Flying Governor".〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 Died: John H. Trumbull ) 〕 In 1990 the Tomasso family completed renovation and expansion of the runway.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 Projects – Robertson Airport ) 〕 The Town of Plainville had explored a purchase of the airport beginning in 1995. It was appraised by Tomasso at $6.5 million, double its tax assessment by the town. In July 2007, the town received a $116,850 federal grant to further study buying the airport.〔 〕 The Town of Plainville purchased the airport from Tomasso Brothers, Inc. for a price of $7.7 million USD on December 30, 2009. In December, 2012 the runway was repaved and the airport received several upgrades. One of them being the addition of different and updated Pilot-controlled lighting along with precision markings on the runway for an Instrument approach procedure the airport received in April 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robertson Field (Connecticut)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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