http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/new_york+airports PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/13972 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/13972 January 25, 2007<br />4th Major Hub for Air Traffic Moves Ahead<br />By PATRICK McGEEHAN<p>The plan to create a fourth major airport that could relieve crowding and delays in the metropolitan region will take a leap forward today, officials of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said yesterday.<br />The Port Authority plans to acquire a 93-year lease on Stewart International Airport, a sleepy and underused airport 60 miles north of New York City, for $78.5 million and begin expanding it starting in the fall, said Anthony R. Coscia, the agency's chairman.<br />With the expected approval of the agency's board today, the acquisition could help solve a problem that has bedeviled aviation officials for almost 50 years: where to send some of the travelers and cargo that are starting to overwhelm Kennedy International, La Guardia and Newark Liberty International Airports.</p><br />