Groton-New London Airport

GON originated in 1929 when it was established as the first State of Connecticut airport. It was originally called Trumbull Airport (for Governor Jonathan Trumbull). In 1941 the U.S. Army Air Corps took over the airport. It was initially used as a First Air Force group training base. In 1942 the airport was designated Groton Army Airfield, with the military had built a base and hard-surfaced runways. In 1943 a total of 10 squadrons of P-47 Thunderbolt fighter groups trained on the field. In January of 1944, the base was turned over to the U.S. Navy, with entire CAGs of three or four squadrons formed up at the base (having initially only hosted individual squadrons). In March of 1945, the base reached its peak of 114 military aircraft. There were three concrete runways at the time, two of which were 4,000 feet and one at 5,000 feet. In July 1996, the airport was returned to the State of Connecticut. The name was changed in 1980 to Groton-New London Airport. In 1997 the terminal building was renovated with a new roof, HVAC system, New carpeting, ADA compliance, and more.

The airport is located three nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Groton. 

• The funds necessary to operate GON are derived from the Connecticut State Transportation Fund, with revenue derived from the airport returned to the fund. 
• The U.S. Coast Guard Academy is nearby. As such, GON has been used by several presidents in the past who had given commencement speeches at the academy. 
• The FBO on site is Mystic Jet Center, which is the result of a merger of Columbia Air Services and Lanmar Aviation, the two FBOs that had been present at the airport since 1983 and 2003, respectively. 
• Whereas the airport has not seen scheduled commercial service since 2004, GON is still operated to commercial airport standards to keep the airport open and prepared for the possible return of scheduled airline service.