
County Issues RFP for HPN Privatization
After an initial proposal offered to one firm without competition was defeated, bidding on the bizav hub is now open.
General aviation accounts for nearly 80 percent of traffic at the airport, yet the county did not request input or feedback on the earlier deal from stakeholders, according to private operators and businesses that serve the industry.
In December, county legislators agreed to draft and issue the RFP. The due date for proposals is July 14, and according to the timeline issued by the county, it expects to make its selection by the end of August, with an eye toward completing the process by year-end. If the deal is approved, HPN would become the first commercially served airport in the U.S. (aside from Puerto Rico's Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan) to be privatized.