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 (1948-07-01)
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 / 40.63972; -73.77889
Website	jfkairport.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram as of October 2016
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4L/22R 12,079 3,682 Concrete[1] 4R/22L 8,400 2,560 Asphalt 13L/31R 10,000 3,048 Asphalt 13R/31L 14,511 4,423 Concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 60 18 Asphalt H2 60 18 Asphalt H3 60 18 Asphalt H4 60 18 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations (PANYNJ) 455,529 Passengers (PANYNJ) 61,909,148
Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey[2]

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]

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