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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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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Aircraft operations (PANYNJ) | 448,903 |
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Passengers (PANYNJ) | 58,956,288 |
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John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK), often referred to as Kennedy Airport, or simply JFK, is the primary international airport serving New York City. It is the busiest international air passenger gateway into North America, the sixteenth busiest airport in the world, the fifth busiest airport in the United States and the busiest airport in the New York City airport system, handling just under 59 million passengers in 2016. Over ninety airlines operate out of the airport, with non-stop or direct flights to destinations in all six inhabited continents.
JFK is located in the neighborhood of Jamaica in the New York City borough of Queens, 10 miles (20 km) southeast of Midtown Manhattan. 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.