Located approximately 4. It is jointly owned by the two cities, and the airport itself is leased to its operator, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The airport is near the Newark Airport Interchange , the junction between both Interstate 95 and Interstate 78 both of which are components of the New Jersey Turnpike , and U.
Routes 1 and 9 , which has junctions with U. Route 22 , Route 81 , and Route Amtrak 's Northeast Regional and Keystone Service routes also make stops at the station. The airport was constructed adjacent to Port Newark and U. Route 1. After the Port Authority took over the facility in , an instrument runway, a terminal building, a control tower , and an air cargo center were constructed. During , the airport served The busiest year to date was , when it served Newark Liberty International serves 50 carriers, and is the largest hub for United Airlines by available seat miles.
United and FedEx Express , its second-largest tenant, operate in three buildings covering approximately 2 million square feet 0. In the s, Newark, New Jersey , was the site of two airfields: Heller Field, which opened in , [ 5 ] and Hadley Field , which opened in , [ 6 ] that were used by the United States airmail service.
In May , Heller Field was closed and all air mail services moved to Hadley Field, which by also served four airlines. The U. Postal Service , however, desired to have an airfield closer to New York City. On August 3, , Raymond ordered plans for a new airport. In addition to the 6,, cubic yards ,, cu ft; 5,, m 3 of earth required for the reclamation, 7, Christmas trees and bank safes donated by a local junk vendor were used.
The airport opened on October 1, , dubbed the Newark Metropolitan Airport. The nation's first air traffic control tower and airport weather station opened at Newark in Construction of the Brewster Hangar began in and continued through This hangar was the most advanced of its time.
