Michael C. Berch wrote: >On Aug 5, 2004, at 6:07 PM, Gerard M Foley wrote: > >>New York and Washington have three airports apiece. How many does Los >>Angeles have? >> >Depends how you count, but the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside-Orange >County Consolidated Metropolitan Area (CMSA), population 16,373,645 >(2000 census), second largest in the U.S., has 6 airports with >scheduled commercial jet flights: > If you're going by CMSA, then New York City has 7 airports with scheduled commercial jet flights: JFK, LGA, EWR, Islip (ISP) White Plains (HPN), Newburgh/Stewart (SWF), and New Haven (HVN). Throw turboprops into the mix, and you can add Trenton (TTN). That's also not including Teterboro, which is enjoined from scheduled service, but handles tons and tons of traffic nonetheless. The Washington DC CMSA stays at 3 jet airports: DCA, IAD, and BWI, although Hagerstown (HGR) has turboprop service. Matthew :)