Hackensack council urges FAA to mandate Runway 19 offset approach at Teterboro

The Hackensack City Council adopted a resolution on Oct. 6 asking the Federal Aviation Administration and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to require eligible aircraft to use the Runway 19 Offset Approach and to distribute arrivals more evenly across Teterboro Airport’s runways.

In 2025, Runway 19 accounted for 48.75% of arrivals and 48.58% in the first half of 2026, while the southern approach was used 67% of the time; only 80 of 39,460 eligible arrivals (0.2%) used the Runway 19 Offset Approach in 2025. Total aircraft movements rose 11.5% in the first half of 2026 versus the same period a year earlier, with private jet movements increasing 12.26%.