John F. Kennedy International Airport | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 City, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Passenger airlines Cargo Airlines |
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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°WCoordinates: 40°38′23″N 073°46′44″W / 40.63972°N 73.77889°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | kennedyairport |
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FAA airport diagram as of October 2016. |
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Location within New York City / NY / US | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Statistics (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aircraft operations (PANYNJ) | 448,903 |
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Passengers (PANYNJ) | 58,956,288 |
Passenger airlines
Cargo Airlines
John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK) is a major international airport located in the neighborhood of Jamaica in the borough of Queens in New York City, United States, 12 miles (20 km) southeast of Lower Manhattan. It is the busiest international air passenger gateway into North America, the fifth busiest airport in the United States and the busiest airport in the New York City airport system, handling 58,956,288 passengers in 2016. Over ninety airlines operate out of the airport, with non-stop or direct flights to destinations in all six inhabited continents. The airport features six passenger terminals and four runways. It serves as a hub for American Airlines and Delta Air Lines and is the primary operating base for JetBlue Airways. In the past, JFK served as a hub for Eastern, National, Pan Am, and TWA.
Opened as New York International Airport in 1948, it was commonly known as Idlewild Airport before being renamed in 1963 in memory of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, following his assassination.