John F. Kennedy International Airport

John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport
	Aerial shot of JFK Airport on November 14, 2018
	IATA: JFK; ICAO: KJFK; FAA LID: JFK; WMO: 74486;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of New York
Operator	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Serves	New York metropolitan area
Location	Jamaica, Queens, New York
Opened	July 1, 1948
Hub for	American Airlines; Delta Air Lines; JetBlue;
Focus city for	Norwegian Air Shuttle;
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	13 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	40°38′23″N 073°46′44″W / 40.63972°N 73.77889°W
Website	jfkairport.com
Maps
	; FAA airport diagram as of October 2016
	JFK Location within New York City / NY / US JFK JFK (New York) JFK JFK (the United States) JFK JFK (North America)
Runways
Helipads
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations (PANYNJ)
Aircraft operations (PANYNJ)	455,529
Passengers (PANYNJ)	61,909,148
	Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK) is an international airport. It is on Long Island, in Queens County, New York in southeastern New York City about 12 miles (19 km) from Lower Manhattan. More people who fly into or out of the United States fly though this airport than any other.^[3] Also, the most air cargo is brought into or out of the United States through this airport.^[4]

The airport is run by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which also runs the two other major airports in the New York area, Newark Liberty International Airport and LaGuardia Airport. JFK airport is the base of operations for JetBlue Airways. It is also a major international airline hub for Delta Air Lines and American Airlines. Ninety airlines operate out of JFK.^[5]

Gallery

A Scandinavian Airlines plane at JFK Airport in 1970.
A Song Airlines Boeing 757 parked at Terminal 2 in 2006.
An American Airlines/TWA Boeing 737 at the airport in 2016.
The old United Airlines terminal.
Map of JFK Airport.

References

↑ "AirNav: John F Kennedy International Airport". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on November 14, 1999. Retrieved March 16, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ "General Information". The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. February 2017. Archived from the original on June 10, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
↑ Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation (2006). "U.S. International Travel and Transportation Trends, BTS02-03" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
↑ Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation (2004). "America's Freight Transportation Gateways" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-02-18.
↑ Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (2006). "2006 Airport Traffic Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2008-07-30.

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[1] "AirNav: John F Kennedy International Airport". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on November 14, 1999. Retrieved March 16, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[DEC2014JFK-2] "General Information". The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. February 2017. Archived from the original on June 10, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2017.

[AirportStats-3] Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation (2006). "U.S. International Travel and Transportation Trends, BTS02-03" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-06-15.

[bts-cargo-4] Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation (2004). "America's Freight Transportation Gateways" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-02-18.

[AnnualReport-5] Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (2006). "2006 Airport Traffic Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2008-07-30.

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