Anderson Airport in 1943 after a Queens resident who had commanded a Federalized National Guard unit in the southern United States and died in late 1942. The project was renamed Major General Alexander E. : 2–3Ībout US$60 million was initially spent with governmental funding, but only 1,000 acres (400 ha) of the Idlewild Golf Course site were earmarked for use. Construction began in 1943, though the airport's final layout was not yet decided upon. : 2 Title to the land was conveyed to the city at the end of December 1941. : 2 In late 1941, mayor Fiorello La Guardia announced that the city had tentatively chosen a large area of marshland on Jamaica Bay, which included the Idlewild Golf Course as well as a summer hotel and a landing strip called the Jamaica Sea-Airport, for a new airfield. It was built to relieve LaGuardia Field, which had become overcrowded after its 1939 opening. Kennedy International Airport was originally called Idlewild Airport ( IATA: IDL, ICAO: KIDL, FAA LID: IDL) after the Idlewild Beach Golf Course that it displaced. Map showing New York City and the locations of JFK (1), LaGuardia (2), and Newark (3) airports Construction 3.2.4 TWA Flight Center (Original Terminal 5).3.2.3 International Arrivals Building (Original Terminal 4).3.2.1 Eastern Air Lines terminal (Original Terminal 1).
Kennedy International Airport" as a tribute to the 35th President. Kennedy in 1963, the airport was renamed "John F.
The facility opened in 1948 as New York International Airport and was commonly known as Idlewild Airport. JFK is also a former hub for Pan Am, TWA, Eastern, National, Northwest, and Tower Air. JFK is a hub for both American Airlines and Delta Air Lines, as well as the primary operating base for JetBlue.
The airport features six passenger terminals and four runways. JFK is located in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, 16 miles (26 kilometers) southeast of Midtown Manhattan. Over 90 airlines operate from the airport, with nonstop or direct flights to destinations in all six inhabited continents. The airport is the busiest of the seven airports in the New York airport system, the 13th-busiest airport in the United States, and the busiest international air passenger gateway into North America. Kennedy International Airport ( IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK) (colloquially referred to as JFK Airport, Kennedy Airport, New York-JFK, or simply JFK) is the main international airport serving New York City. Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey FAA
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