Waterbury Oxford Airport
Oxford, United States
Waterbury–Oxford Airport (IATA: OXC, ICAO: KOXC, FAA LID: OXC), also known as Oxford Airport, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) north of the central business district of Oxford, a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The land on which the airport now exists was farmland until the mid-1960s. The first purchase of land by the State of Connecticut for the new airport occurred on August 22, 1966, from Adrian V. and Emeline (Miller) Lillis, who owned Trails End Farm, comprising 50 acres; the second purchase was from Michol and Agnes Ploch, containing three parcels totaling 133.75 acres. The groundbreaking ceremony for the airport was held on May 17, 1968, and the airport was officially opened with limited service on December 15, 1969. Uniroyal, Inc., did not own the airport land or the airport itself, but did own a few parcels near it, and in 1972 it contributed the land on which Airport Road was to be built, connecting the airport to Route 188, to the State of Connecticut. Uniroyal, Inc., was the first fixed-base operator of the airport. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, i
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