Photos: Take a Vintage Tour of New York City's First Municipal Airport, Floyd Bennet Field

Howard Hughes arrives at Floyd Bennett Field.

One of Brooklyn's best kept secrets, Hangar B, filled with vintage aircraft being restored.

Many of the Art Deco styled hangars lie empty and abandoned.

The main terminal was the height of luxury air travel when it opened.

One of the last long range propeller aircraft, the C-97 was soon eclipsed by the jet age.

Aerial view of Floyd Bennett Field in the 1940s.

When Howard Hughes set the world record for flying around the world, thousands flocked to Floyd Bennett.

Inside the cockpit of the Boeing Stratofreighter on the day the volunteers tested the landing gear.

It was planes like these that saved Berliners during the airlift.

A 1930s-era poster for Floyd Bennett Field

New York's first municipal airport, Floyd Bennett's fate was sealed with the opening of LaGuardia.

Floyd Bennett Field - United Air Services | This Depression-Era building is but a shadow of its former glorious self - or selves.

Before the 2 major airports JFK and Laguardia, we had Floyd Bennett Field, New York City's first municipal airport.

Designed in stunning Art Deco style, it was once the most modern airport in the world, a glittering gateway into America’s principal metropolis. Many of the leading aviators of their day started daring adventures here during the golden age of aviation—pilots like Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh and Roscoe Turner

In this gallery, take a tour of the historic location with Atlas Obscura's Luke Spencer. Read the full article for the rich history behind the now abandoned hangers of Floyd Bennett Field.

via Atlas Obscura

Floyd Bennet Field

1 Floyd Bennett Fld, Brooklyn, NY 11234

Joshua Mu

Contributing Writer

When he is not attempting to hustle the hustlers of Central Park, Joshua enjoys exploring the depths of what New York has to offer. He one day hopes to pilot a drone without immediately crashing it.

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