Monmouth Executive Airport

BLM dates back to 1938, when aviation enthusiast Ed Brown acquired the original 700-acre plot of land and, as legend has it, cleared it himself by towing a section of steel railroad track behind a WWI army tank loaned to him by the American Legion. In WWII, Ed served as a Navy pilot, and at the culmination of the war, he returned to the airfield. There were various businesses at the airfield over the years, including a drive-in/fly-in movie theater, an amusement park with a Train Ride, and more. Skydiving companies and the “infamous banner tower fleet” that flew banners along the Jersey Shore during summers also called the airport home. Over the years, Ed had a contentious relationship with the town, including offering to sell them the airport, only to pull out of the deal when they missed his deadline by a few weeks. He passed in 2006, and in 2013 the Wall Aviation consortium purchased the airport from the Brown family. They set out to modernize the airport to serve corporate clients and thereby evicted the skydivers, banner tower businesses, and non-aviation businesses whose practices were not in line with the new vision for the airport. Furthermore, the airport has gone into 24/7 operation, and security fencing has been put up so the runways cannot be accessed by vehicles, and the runway lights are always kept on.

The airport is located in Wall Township, six miles west of Belmar, east of Farmingdale.

• Over the years, the airport has seen its fair share of VIP activity, including Presidents, Vice Presidents, and movie stars. Further, Bruce Springsteen regularly flies in and out of the airport, as it is only 15 minutes from his hometown Asbury Park. 
• In a 2011 analysis by the Regional Plan Association, BLM scored highly as a potential airport for airline flights to expand capacity and relieve congestion at New York airports. 
• The airport has a longer runway than that at LaGuardia Airport, and its new ownership group feels as though it has an unlimited future.