Airport Name and ICAO/IATA Code
John F. Kennedy International Airport (ICAO: KJFK / IATA: JFK)
Location (City, Country)
New York City, NY, United States
Airport Type & Size
New York JFK is the primary airport serving the city of New York and is the sixth busiest airport in the united states. However, it is the busiest airport in North America when calculated by number of international passengers. The airport is one of the most well-connected airports in the world with flights to all six inhabitted continents and over 90 different airlines serving it.In addition to being a large, well connected airport, it serves as a hub for American Airlines, Delta, and JetBlue, as well as a cargo hub for Kalitta and Atlas Air.
Terminals
JFK currently has five active terminals numbered 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, however, the airport is undergoing large renovations. For history of why the terminals are numbered as they are, feel free to read the wikipedia article.
The renovations include the current expansion of Terminal 1, a refurbished and expanded Terminal 4 (Delta hub) [complete], the construction of Terminal 6 which will also replace Terminal 7, and the refurbishment and expansion of Terminal 8 (American Airlines hub) [complete]
Runways
JFK has four runways, two sets of parallel runways:| Runway | Length |
|---|---|
| 04L/22R | 12,079 ft / 3,682 m |
| 04R/22L | 8,400 ft / 2,560 m |
| 13L/31R | 10,000 ft / 3,048 m |
| 13R/31L | 14,511 ft / 4,423 m |
Why should this airport be added to World of Airports?
The airport is super well-connected and gives a hub airport to Delta, American and JetBlue given that IAD is a United hub and SAN is a major focus city for Alaska and Southwest. Furthermore, the number of different terminals and international flights to/from the airport make it super unique and would allow for a diverse set of possible AI contracts.
Major Airlines & Routes
Terminal 1
| Airline | Destination(s) | Aircraft Type(s) |
|---|---|---|
 Air China |
Beijing (PEK) | B748 |
 Air France |
Paris (CDG), Nice (NCE) | A359, B77W |
 Air New Zealand |
Auckland (AKL) | B789 |
 Air Serbia |
Belgrade (BEG) | A332 |
 Asiana Airlines |
Seoul (ICN) | A359, A388 |
 Austrian Airlines |
Vienna (VIE) | B789 |
 Azores Airlines |
Ponta Delgada (PDL), Terceira (TER) | A20N, A21N |
 Brussels Airlines |
Brussels (BRU) | A333 |
 Cayman Airways |
Grand Cayman (GCM) | B38M |
| China Eastern |
Shanghai (PVG) | B77W |
 EgyptAir |
Cairo (CAI) | B77W |
 EVA Air |
Taipei (TPE) | B77W |
 Flair Airlines |
Toronto (YYZ) | B38M |
 ITA Airways |
Rome (FCO) | A332, A339, A359 |
| Korean Air |
Seoul (ICN) | A388, B748, B77W |
 Lufthansa |
Frankfurt (FRA), Munich (MUC) | A343, A346, A388, B744, B748 |
| Neos |
Bari (BRI), Milan (MXP), Palermo (PMO) | B789 |
 Philippine Airlines |
Manila (MNL) | A359, B77W |
 Royal Air Maroc |
Casablanca (CMN) | B788, B789 |
 Saudia |
Jeddah (JED), Riyadh (RUH) | B77W |
  Scandinavian Airlines |
Copenhagen (CPH), Oslo (OSL) | A21N, A333 |
 Swiss |
Zürich (ZRH), Geneva (GVA) | A333 |
| TAP Portugal |
Lisbon (LIS) | A332, A339 |
 Turkish Airlines |
Istanbul (IST) | A333, A359, B77W, B789 |
 Viva |
Mexico City (MEX) | A320, A20N |
| Volaris |
Guadalajara (GDL) | A320, A20N |
Terminal 4
| Airline | Destination(s) | Aircraft Type(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Aeroméxico |
Mexico City (MEX), Monterrey (MTY) | B738, B38M, B789 |
 Air Europa |
Madrid (MAD) | B788, B789 |
 Air India |
New Delhi (DEL), Mumbai (BOM) | A359, B77W |
 Arkia |
Tel Aviv (TLV) | A332 |
 Avianca |
Bogotá (BOG), Medellín (MDE), Cali (CLO), Cartagena (CTG), Pereira (PEI), Quito (UIO), Guayaquil (GYE), San Salvador (SAL), Guatemala City (GUA), San Pedro Sula (SAP) | A320, A20N, B788 |
  Caribbean Airlines |
Port of Spain (POS), Tobago (TAB), Georgetown (GEO), Grenada (GND), Bridgetown (BGI), St. Vincent (SVD), Kingston (KIN) | B38M |
| China Airlines |
Taipei (TPE) | B77W |
 Copa Airlines |
Panama City (PTY) | B738, B39M |
 Delta |
Domestic Phoenix (PHX), Los Angeles (LAX), Palm Springs (PSP), San Diego (SAN), San Francisco (SFO), Denver (DEN), Eagle (EGE), Washington (IAD, DCA), Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Fort Myers (RSW), Jacksonville (JAX), Miami (MIA), Orlando (MCO), Tampa (TPA), West Palm Beach (PBI), Atlanta (ATL), Savannah (SAV), Honolulu (HNL), Chicago (ORD), St. Louis (STL), Indianapolis (IND), New Orleans (MSY), Bangor (BGR), Portland (PWM), Boston (BOS), Marta’s Vineyard (MVY), Nantucket (ACK), Detroit (DTW), Minneapolis (MSP), Kansas City (MCI), Bozeman (BZN), Las Vegas (LAS), Albuquerque (ABQ), Buffalo (BUF), Ithaca (ITH), Rochester (ROC), Syracuse (SYR), Charlotte (CLT), Raleigh / Durham (RDU), Cincinnati (CVG), Cleveland (CLE), Columbus (CMH), Portland (PDX), Pittsburgh (PIT), Charleston (CHS), Memphis (MEM), Nashville (BNA), Austin (AUS), Dallas (DFW), Houston (IAH), San Antonio (SAT), Salt Lake City (SLC), Burlington (BTV), Norfolk (ORF), Richmond (RIC), Seattle (SEA), Milwaukee (MKE), San Juan (SJU), St. Thomas (STT) North & Central America Toronto (YYZ), Mexico City (MEX), San José del Cabo (SJD), Cancún (CUN), Bermuda (BDA), Nassau (NAS), Grand Cayman (GCM), Montego Bay (MBJ), Kingston (KIN), Providenciales (PLS), Santiago de los Caballeros (STI), Santo Domingo (SDQ), Punta Cana (PUJ), Sint Maarten (SXM), St. Kitts (SKB), St. Johns (ANU), Bridgetown (BGI), Aruba (AUA) South America São Paulo (GRU), Rio de Janeiro (GIG), Buenos Aires (EZE) Africa Dakar (DSS), Accra (ACC), Lagos (LOS) Europe, Middle East Reykjavik (KEF), Dublin (DUB), Shannon (SNN), London (LHR, LGW), Edinburgh (EDI), Amsterdam (AMS), Brussels (BRU), Paris (CDG), Nice (NCE), Madrid (MAD), Barcelona (BCN), Lisbon (LIS), Stockholm (ARN), Copenhagen (CPH), Berlin (BER), Frankfurt (FRA), Prague (PRG), Zürich (ZRH), Geneva (GVA), Milan (MXP), Venice (VCE), Rome (FCO), Naples (NAP), Catania (CTA), Athens (ATH), Tel Aviv (TLV) |
BCS1, BCS3, A319, A320, A321, A21N, A332, A333, A339, A359, B738, B739, B752, B763, B764, CRJ9, E175 |
| El Al |
Tel Aviv (TLV) | B788, B789 |
 Emirates |
Dubai (DXB), Milan (MXP) | A388 |
| Etihad |
Abu Dhabi (AUH) | A35K, B789 |
 Kenya Airways |
Nairobi (NBO) | B788 |
 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
Amsterdam (AMS) | B772, B78X, |
  LATAM |
Santiago (SCL), São Paulo (GRU), Lima (LIM), Guayaquil (GYE) | A320, B763, B788, B789 |
 Singapore Airlines |
Singapore (SIN), Frankfurt (FRA) | A359, B77W |
 Uzbekistan Airlines |
Tashkent (TAS) | B788 |
 Virgin Atlantic |
London (LHR), Manchester (MAN) | B789, A339, A35K |
| WestJet |
Calgary (YYC) | B737, B738, B38M |
| XiamenAir |
Fuzhou (FOC) | B789 |
Terminal 5
| Airline | Destination(s) | Aircraft Type(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Air |
Saranac Lake (SLK) | P212 |
| JetBlue |
Domestic Seattle (SEA), Bozeman (BZN), Burbank (BUR), Los Angeles (LAX), Ontario (ONT), Sacramento (SMF), San Diego (SAN), San Francisco (SFO), Las Vegas (LAS), Reno (RNO), Salt Lake City (SLC), Phoenix (PHX), Albuquerque (ABQ), Denver (DEN), Houston (IAH), New Orleans (MSY), Nashville (BNA), Chicago (ORD), Detroit (DTW), Atlanta (ATL), Savannah (SAV), Pittsburgh (PIT), Charleston (CHS), Raleigh / Durham (RDU), Washington (DCA), Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Fort Myers (RSW), Jacksonville (JAX), Miami (MIA), Orlando (MCO), Sarasota (SRQ), Tampa (TPA), West Palm Beach (PBI), Buffalo (BUF), Rochester (ROC), Syracuse (SYR), Hartford (BDL), Providence (PVD), Boston (BOS), Hyannis (HYA), Martha’s Vineyard (MVY), Nantucket (ACK), Manchester (MHT), Portland (PWM), Aguadilla (BQN), Ponce (PSE), San Juan (SJU) North, Central & South America Vancouver (YVR), San José del Cabo (SJD), Cancún (CUN), Tulum (TQO), Belize (BZE), Guatemala City (GUA), San Pedro Sula (SAP), San José (SJO), Liberia (LIR), Nassau (NAS), Bermuda (BDA), Providenciales (PLS), Grand Cayman (GCM), Montego Bay (MBJ), Kingston (KIN), Santo Domingo (SDQ), Punta Cana (PUJ), Santiago de los Caballeros (STI), Puerto Plata (POP), Sint Maarten (SXM), St. Kitts (SKB), St. John’s (ANU), St. Lucia (UVF), St. Vincent (SVD), Bridgetown (BGI), Grenada (GND), Port of Spain (POS), Georgetown (GEO), Aruba (AUA), Curaçao (CUR), Bonaire (BON), Cartagena (CTG), Guayaquil (GYE) Europe Dublin (DUB), Glasgow (GLA), London (LHR), Amsterdam (AMS), Paris (CDG) |
BCS3, A320, A321, A21N, E190 |
Terminal 7
| Airline | Destination(s) | Aircraft Type(s) |
|---|---|---|
 Aer Lingus |
Dublin (DUB), Shannon (SNN), Manchester (MAN) | A21N, A333 |
| Air Canada |
Toronto (YYZ), Montreal (YUL) | E175 |
| Alaska Airlines |
Anchorage (ANC), Seattle (SEA), Portland (PDX), San Francisco (SFO), San Diego (SAN), Palm Springs (PSP), Puerto Vallarta (PVR) | B738, B739, B38M, B39M |
 All Nippon Airways |
Tokyo (HND) | B77W |
| Condor |
Frankfurt (FRA), Düsseldorf (DUS) | A339 |
 Ethiopian Airlines |
Addis Ababa (ADD) via Abidjan (ABJ) | B788, B789 |
| Frontier |
Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA), Orlando (MCO), Tampa (TPA), Atlanta (ATL), Las Vegas (LAS), Dallas (DFW), San Juan (SJU) | A320, A321, A20N, A21N |
 HiSky Europe |
Bucharest (OTP) | A332 |
 Icelandair |
Reykjavik (KEF) | B38M, B752, B763 |
 Kuwait Airways |
Kuwait City (KWI) | B77W |
 LOT Polish |
Warsaw (WAW) | B788 |
| Norse Atlantic |
Oslo (OSL), Berlin (BER), Paris (CDG), Rome (FCO), Athens (ATH) | B789 |
| Norse UK |
London (LGW) | B789 |
| Sun Country Airlines |
Minneapolis (MSP) | B738 |
Terminal 8
| Airline | Destination(s) | Aircraft Type(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines[1] |
Seattle (SEA), San Francisco (SFO) | B738, B739, B39M |
| American Airlines |
Domestic San Francisco (SFO), Los Angeles (LAX), Santa Ana (SNA), Las Vegas (LAS), Phoenix (PHX), Eagle (EGE), Dallas (DFW), Austin (AUS), Chicago (ORD), Indianapolis (IND), Cincinnati (CVG), Columbus (CMH), Cleveland (CLE), Pittsburgh (PIT), Washington (DCA), Nashville (BNA), Miami (MIA), Charlotte (CLT), Raleigh / Durham (RDU), Norfolk (ORF), Boston (BOS), Worcester (ORH), St. Thomas (STT) North & Central America Toronto (YYZ), Mexico City (MEX), Cancún (CUN), Montego Bay (MBJ), Liberia (LIR), Providenciales (PLS), Bermuda (BDA), Punta Cana (PUJ), Sint Maarten (SXM), St. Kitts (SKB), St. John’s (ANU), St. Lucia (UVF), St. Vincent (SVD), Bridgetown (BGI), Georgetown (GEO) South America São Paulo (GRU), Rio de Janeiro (GIG), Buenos Aires (EZE) Asia New Delhi (DEL), Tokyo (HND) Europe London (LHR), Paris (CDG), Madrid (MAD), Barcelona (BCN), Milan (MXP), Rome (FCO), Athens (ATH) |
|
| British Airways |
London (LHR, LGW) | B772, B77W |
 Cathay Pacific |
Hong Kong (HKG) | A359, A35K, B77W |
| China Southern |
Guangzhou (CAN) | B77W |
 Finnair |
Helsinki (HEL) | A333, A359 |
| Hawaiian |
Honolulu (HNL) | B789 |
| Iberia |
Madrid (MAD), Barcelona (BCN) | A21NY, A332, A333, A359 |
| Japan Airlines |
Tokyo (HND) | A35K |
 Qantas |
Sydney (SYD) via Auckland (AKL) | B789 |
 Qatar Airways |
Doha (DOH) | A359, A35K, B77W |
 Royal Jordanian |
Amman (AMM) | B788 |
Unique Features or Challenges
Large airport with many terminals, complicated taxi, and limited throughput with maximimum 2 active runways. Very high international traffic
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Operates primarily out of T7 but select flights operate from T8 ↩︎
