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Robertson Field, also known as Robertson Airport, is a public use airport in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is owned by the town of Plainville and located two nautical miles (4 km) north of its central business district. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a local reliever airport facility.It is primarily used for charter flights and flight training.HistoryOpened in 1911, Robertson Field is the oldest airport in Connecticut. John H. Trumbull, a Plainville native and Connecticut's Governor from 1925 to 1931, is known to have used the airfield. He was dubbed "The Flying Governor". In 1990 the Tomasso family completed renovation and expansion of the 3600ft runway.The Town of Plainville had explored a purchase of the airport beginning in 1995. It was appraised by Tomasso at $6.5 million, double its tax assessment by the town. In July 2007, the town received a $116,850 federal grant to further study buying the airport. The Town of Plainville purchased the airport from Tomasso Brothers, Inc. for a price of $7.7 million USD on December 30, 2009.In December, 2012 the runway was repaved and the airport received several upgrades. One of them being the addition of different and updated Pilot-controlled lighting along with precision markings on the runway for an Instrument approach procedure the airport received in April 2015.