Airport turned into parking lot for cars damaged in Superstorm Sandy

US: The extraordinary scene when a disused New York airport was turned into massive parking lot for thousands of cars damaged in Superstorm Sandy.

A small neglected Long Island airport, once used as a U.S. Naval base, is the new home of thousands of derelict cars damaged in Superstorm Sandy.

About 15,000 storm-ravaged vehicles are parked bumper-to-bumper on runways and taxiways at the Calverton Executive Airport, which years ago was the site of a Grumman aircraft-manufacturing plant where the military assembled F-14 and tested lunar roving vehicles.

Insurance Auto Auctions Corp. has agreed to pay the town of Riverhead, which owns the airport, $3,200 per month for every acre taken up by the cars.

The town estimates it'll rake in $2.7 million from the deal, reports the New York Post. According to town supervisor Sean Walter the money will be used to offset property taxes.

More than 200,000 cars in the New York area are believed to have been damaged by Hurricane Sandy's floods and rains. Some of the cars can't be driven again and will end up being salvaged just for parts.

Daily Mail