JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT QUEENS NEW YORK USA 6/14/2023

John F. 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. 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.[5] Over 90 airlines operate from the airport, with nonstop or direct flights to destinations in all six inhabited continents.[6][7]

JFK is located in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens,[8] 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Midtown Manhattan. The airport features five passenger terminals and four runways. It is primarily accessible via car, bus, shuttle, or other vehicle transit via the JFK Expressway or Interstate 678 (Van Wyck Expressway), or via train. JFK is a hub for both American Airlines and Delta Air Lines, as well as the primary operating base for JetBlue.[9] JFK is also a former hub for Braniff, Eastern, National, Northeast, Pan Am, Tower Air, and TWA.

The facility opened in 1948 as New York International Airport[10][11] and was commonly known as Idlewild Airport.[12] Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport as a tribute to the 35th President of the United States