John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aerial view of John F. Kennedy International Airport in November 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | New York metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jamaica, Queens, New York City, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 1, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operating base for | Norse Atlantic Airways | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4 m / 13 ft | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°38′23″N 73°46′44″W / 40.63972°N 73.77889°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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FAA airport diagram as of 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey FAA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK) is a major international airport serving New York City and its metropolitan area. JFK Airport is located on the southwestern shore of Long Island, in Queens, New York City, bordering Jamaica Bay. It is the busiest of the seven airports in the New York airport system, the sixth-busiest airport in the United States, and the busiest international commercial airport in North America. The airport, which covers 5,200 acres (2,104 ha), is the largest in the New York metropolitan area. Over 90 airlines operate from JFK Airport, with nonstop or direct flights to destinations on all six inhabited continents.
JFK Airport is located in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, 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 by train. JFK is a hub for American Airlines and Delta Air Lines as well as the primary operating base for JetBlue. The airport 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 and was commonly known as Idlewild Airport. Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport in tribute to him.