John F. Kennedy International Airport
New York metropolitan area
- IATAJFK
- ICAOKJFK
- FAAJFK
- Serves
- New York metropolitan area
- Operator
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- Owner
- City of New York
- Opened
- 1 July 1948
- Elevation
- 13 ft (4 m)
- Runways
- 4 (longest 4,423 m)
- Airlines based here
- American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines, Kalitta Air
- Website
- www.jfkairport.com
About the airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK) is the primary international airport serving the New York metropolitan area. It is located on the southwestern shore of Long Island, in Queens, New York City, bordering Jamaica Bay. It is the busiest of the three airports in the New York airport system, the sixth-busiest airport in the United States. The airport, which covers 5,200 acres (2,104 ha), is the largest in the New York metropolitan area. Nearly 100 airlines operate from JFK Airport, with nonstop or direct flights to destinations on all six permanently 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 by car, bus, shuttle, or other vehicular 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,…
This summary is adapted from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence. Passenger and runway figures come from the same source and can lag the latest annual totals, so check the figures the operator publishes for the current total.