John F. Kennedy International Airport

John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport in 2018
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorPort Authority of New York and New Jersey[1]
ServesNew York metropolitan area
LocationJamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
OpenedJuly 1, 1948 (1948-07-01)
Hub for
Focus city forPolar Air Cargo
Operating base for
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL13 ft / 4 m
Coordinates40°38′23″N 73°46′44″W / 40.63972°N 73.77889°W / 40.63972; -73.77889
Websitejfkairport.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram as of 2019
FAA airport diagram as of 2019
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4L/22R 12,079 3,460 Concrete[2]
4R/22L 8,400 2,560 Asphalt
13L/31R 10,000 3,048 Concrete
13R/31L 14,511 4,423 Concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 60 18 Asphalt
H2 60 18 Asphalt
H3 60 18 Asphalt
H4 60 18 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations480,793
Passengers62,440,306
Total cargo and mail (short tons)1,576,766

John F. Kennedy International Airport[a] (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK) is a major international airport serving New York City, United States. The airport is the busiest of the seven airports in the New York airport system, the 6th-busiest airport in the United States, and the busiest international air passenger gateway into North America.[5] The facility covers 5,200 acres (2,104 ha) and is the largest and busiest airport in the New York City area.[6]

Over 90 airlines operate from the airport, with nonstop or direct flights to destinations in all six inhabited continents.[7][8]

JFK is located in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens,[9] 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Midtown Manhattan. The airport features five passenger terminals and four runways. It is primarily accessible via car, bus, shuttle, or other vehicle transit via the JFK Expressway or Interstate 678 (Van Wyck Expressway), or via train. JFK is a hub for American Airlines and Delta Air Lines as well as the primary operating base for JetBlue.[10]

JFK is also a former hub for Braniff, Eastern, Flying Tigers, National, Northeast, Northwest, Pan Am, Seaboard World, Tower Air and TWA.

The facility opened in 1948 as New York International Airport[11][12][13] and was commonly known as Idlewild Airport.[14]

Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport as a tribute to the 35th President of the United States.[15][16][17]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference panynj_pr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "AirNav: John F Kennedy International Airport". Archived from the original on November 14, 1999. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "General Information". The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. May 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "JFK (KJFK): JOHN F KENNEDY INTL, NEW YORK, NY – UNITED STATES". Aeronautical Information Services. Federal Aviation Administration. February 27, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "Top 25 U.S. Freight Gateways, Ranked by Value of Shipments: 2008". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. United States Department of Transportation. 2009. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
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  7. ^ "Airlines". John F. Kennedy International Airport. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  8. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. April 3, 2007. p. 86.
  9. ^ "Service Providers – JFK Airport – Air Cargo – Port Authority of New York & New Jersey". Panynj.gov. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  10. ^ Radka, Ricky (December 23, 2021). "Airline Hub Guide: Which U.S. Cities Are Major Hubs and Why it Matters". airfarewatchdog.com. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  11. ^ James, Nancy (October 3, 2023). "Best New York Airport – A Comparison of JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark". Airlines Policy. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  12. ^ "Welcome to JFK Airport Guide". JFK Airport Guide. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  13. ^ "JFK Airport: New York's Kennedy International Airport and Port Authority Flights". January 17, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  14. ^ "N.Y. Airport Has Troubles". Reading Eagle. Reading, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. August 4, 1949. p. 31. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  15. ^ "Idlewild becomes Kennedy". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. December 6, 1963. p. 1. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  16. ^ "N.Y. airport takes name of Kennedy". Toledo Blade. Toledo, Ohio. Associated Press. December 25, 1963. p. 2. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  17. ^ "Idlewild's New Code is JFK". The New York Times. United Press International. January 1, 1964. p. 40. The FAA code became JFK at the beginning of 1964; the Airline Guide used JFK and it seems the airlines did too; the airlines must print millions of new baggage tags carrying the initials JFK


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