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What would become known as John F. Kennedy International Airport opened in 1948 as New York International Airport though it was commonly known as Idlewild Airport {{Airport codes|IDL|KIDL|IDL}} after the Idlewild Beach Golf Course that it displaced. It was built to relieve LaGuardia Field, which had become overcrowded after its 1939 opening.{{cite web |date=July 9, 1994 |title=Trans World Airlines Flight Center (Now TWA Terminal A) at New York International Airport |url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1915.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402083810/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1915.pdf |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=June 11, 2020 |publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission}}{{Rp|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.{{Rp|2}}{{Cite news |date=October 6, 1941 |title=Tentative Site of 1,200-Acre City Airport Is Selected by Mayor at Idlewild, Queens |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/10/06/archives/tentative-site-of-1200acre-city-airport-is-selected-by-mayor-at.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} Title to the land was conveyed to the city at the end of December 1941.{{Cite news |date=December 31, 1941 |title=New Airport Site Acquired by City; Title to Land for Defense Field in Idlewild Area of Queens Is Conveyed |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/12/31/archives/new-airport-site-acquired-by-city-title-to-land-for-defense-field.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} Construction began in 1943,{{Cite web |last=Groot |first=Marnix |date=February 28, 2019 |title=The History of JFK Airport - Grand Design |url=https://www.airporthistory.org/kennedy-grand-designs.html |access-date=October 5, 2023 |website=Airporthistory.org}} though the airport's final layout was not yet decided upon.{{Rp|2–3}}

About US$60 million was initially spent with governmental funding, but only {{convert|1000|acre|ha}} of the Idlewild Golf Course site were earmarked for use.{{cite news |title=Major Airports Take Off |first=Rhonda |last=Amon |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/29457155.html |newspaper=Newsday |date=May 13, 1998 |access-date=July 7, 2012 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016151735/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/doc/279134460.html?FMT=&FMTS=&type=current&date=&author=&pub=&edition=&startpage=&desc= |url-status=dead }} The project was renamed Major General Alexander E. 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 renaming was vetoed by Mayor La Guardia and reinstated by the New York City Council; in common usage, the airport was still called "Idlewild".{{Cite news |date=June 25, 1943 |title=Council Overrides Airport Name Veto; Insists by Vote of 19 to 6 on Designating Idlewild Field to Honor Gen. Anderson |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1943/06/25/archives/council-overrides-airport-name-veto-insists-by-vote-of-19-to-6-on.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} In 1944, the New York City Board of Estimate authorized the condemnation of another {{convert|1350|acre||abbr=}} for Idlewild.{{Cite news|date=June 21, 1944 |title=Addition to Idlewild Airport Approved; $5,054,000 Is Voted to Make Site Ready |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1944/06/21/archives/addition-to-idlewild-airport-approved-5054000-is-voted-to-make-site.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} The Port of New York Authority (now the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey) leased the Idlewild property from the City of New York in 1947{{Rp|3}} and maintains this lease today.{{cite press release |title=Governor Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg Announce Closing of Multi-Billion Dollar Agreement to Extend Airport Leases |url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=544 |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |date=November 30, 2004 |access-date=August 30, 2015 |quote=The Port Authority has operated Idlewild and LaGuardia for more than 55 years. The original 50-year lease [with the City of New York] was signed in 1947 and extended to 2015 under a 1965 agreement. |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103348/http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=544 |url-status=dead }} In March 1948, the City Council changed the official name to New York International Airport, Anderson Field, but the common name remained "Idlewild" until December 24, 1963.{{cite report |title=Trans World Airlines Flight Center (now TWA Terminal A) at New York International Airport |url=http://www.npclibrary.org/db/bb_files/Trans-World-Airlines-Flight-Centre.pdf |work=Landmarks Preservation Commission |date=July 14, 1994 |access-date=July 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218161708/http://www.npclibrary.org/db/bb_files/Trans-World-Airlines-Flight-Centre.pdf |archive-date=February 18, 2012 |url-status=dead}} The airport was intended as the world's largest and most efficient, with "no confusion and no congestion".{{Rp|3}}{{Cite news |last=Cullman |first=Howard S. |date=June 8, 1947 |title=Tomorrow's Airport – A World Fair; Howard Cullman sets out his plan for a great terminal, a great spectacle (and no red ink). |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/06/08/archives/tomorrows-airport-a-world-fair-howard-cullman-sets-out-his-plan-for.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}

File:President_Truman_with_Governor_Dewey_at_dedication_of_the_Idlewild_Airport_(cropped).jpg (right) at dedication of the Idlewild Airport]]

The first flight from Idlewild was on July 1, 1948, with the opening ceremony attended by U.S. President Harry S. Truman and Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey,{{Cite news |date=July 1, 1948 |title=Idlewild Airport Officially Opened; Six Foreign Flag Carriers and Two Others Will Not Begin Operations for a Week |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/07/01/archives/idlewild-airport-officially-opened-six-foreign-flag-carriers-and.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} who were both running for president in that year's presidential election. The Port Authority cancelled foreign airlines' permits to use LaGuardia, forcing them to move to Idlewild during the next couple of years.{{cite news |title=Aviation: Hub of the World |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,804776,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925035516/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,804776,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 25, 2009 |magazine=Time Magazine |date=July 12, 1948 |access-date=July 7, 2012}} Idlewild at the time had a single {{convert|79280|ft2|0|abbr=|adj=on}} terminal building;{{Rp|3}} by 1949, the terminal building was being expanded to {{convert|215501|ft2|0|abbr=}}.{{Cite news|date=October 20, 1949 |title=IDLEWILD BEING EXPANDED; Will Be Extended From 79,280 Square Feet to 245,501 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/10/20/archives/idlewild-being-expanded-will-be-extended-from-79280-square-feet-to.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} Further expansions would come in following years, including a control tower in 1952,{{Cite news |date=February 20, 1952 |title=New Control Tower for Idlewild |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/02/20/archives/new-control-tower-for-idlewild.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} as well as new and expanded buildings and taxiways.{{Cite news |date=March 19, 1952 |title=Idlewild Capacity Will Be Enlarged |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/03/19/archives/idlewild-capacity-will-be-enlarged.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |date=January 28, 1953 |title=Expanded Facilities Planned at Idlewild |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/01/28/archives/expanded-facilities-planned-at-idlewild.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}

Idlewild opened with six runways and a seventh under construction;{{cite web |title=Aerial Pic Looking WSW |url=http://iarchives.nysed.gov/PubImageWeb/viewImageData.jsp?id=139671 |work=New York State Archives |date=December 31, 1949 |access-date=June 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713224330/http://iarchives.nysed.gov/PubImageWeb/viewImageData.jsp?id=139671 |archive-date=July 13, 2012}} runways 1L and 7L were held in reserve and never came into use as runways. Runway 31R (originally {{convert|8000|ft|m|0|disp=or|abbr=on}}) is still in use; runway 31L (originally {{convert|9500|ft|m|0|disp=or|abbr=on}}) opened soon after the rest of the airport and is still in use; runway 1R closed in 1957 and runway 7R closed around 1966. Runway 4 (originally 8,000 ft, now runway 4L) opened June 1949 and runway 4R was added ten years later. A smaller runway 14/32 was built after runway 7R closed and was used until 1990{{cite web|url=http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/25224-The-lost-runway-of-JFK |title=The lost runway of JFK? |website=NYCaviation.com |date=July 21, 2007 |access-date=June 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307010131/http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/25224-The-lost-runway-of-JFK |archive-date=March 7, 2014}} by general aviation, STOL, and smaller commuter flights.

The first jet airliner to land at Idlewild was an Avro Jetliner flying from Malton Airport in Toronto carrying the world's first cargo of jet airmail on April 18, 1950.[https://www.nytimes.com/1950/04/19/archives/first-jet-liner-seen-here-flies-from-toronto-in-hour-avro-jet-liner.html "First Jet Liner Seen Here Flies From Toronto in Hour; Avro Jet Liner Arrives Here From Canada"], The New York Times, April 19, 1950. Accessed December 24, 2024. "The Avro jet liner, the first turbojet transport plane ever flown in the United States, arrived yesterday at New York International Airport, Idlewild, Queens, after a flight from Toronto that took slightly less than one hour.... Carrying three crew members, three passengers and the world's first 'jet-borne' airmail, the four-engined plane set a record for the 365-mile flight from Moulton Airport, Toronto, to Idlewild."[https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-gleaner-canadian-jet-sets-speed-re/161518302/ "Avro Jet-Liner In New Record; From Toronto Malton Airport Made New. York Ideewild Airport in One Hour"], The Daily Gleaner, April 19, 1950. Accessed December 25, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "A silver-colored Canadian-built Avro jetliner landed at New York's Idlewild Airport- at 10:33 A. M., EST,- today after flying from Toronto's Malton Airport in one hour and three minutes." A 1951 policy instituted by the Port Authority effectively prohibited jets from landing at the city's airports.[https://www.elr.info/sites/default/files/litigation/7.20772.htm British Airways Board v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey], The Environmental Law Reporter, decided September 29, 1977. Accessed December 24, 2024. "Thus, in 1951 the Authority adopted a regulation prohibiting use of any of its facilities without permission. This rule vividly demonstrated the Port Authority's determination to compel the manufacture of quieter aircraft, a desire which was soon underscored by its refusal to accord landing rights to certain jet airplanes whose din was deemed intolerable to surrounding communities." After tests demonstrating that it was no noisier than the loudest of the then-current propeller plane, approval was granted for a Sud Aviation Caravelle prototype to be the next jet airliner to land at Idlewild, on May 2, 1957.[https://www.nytimes.com/1957/04/13/archives/french-jet-clear-to-use-idlewild-twinengine-airliner-passes-noise.html "French Jet Clear To Use Idlewild; Twin-Engine Airliner Passes Noise Test--WilL Arrive May 2 on U.S. Tour"], The New York Times, April 13, 1957. Accessed December 24, 2024. "France's twin-jet airliner, the Caravelle, has passed a noise test and received permission to operate at New York International Airport, Idlewild, Queens."Hudson, Edward. [https://www.nytimes.com/1957/05/03/archives/french-jet-plane-cracks-citys-ban-caravelle-is-first-to-land-here.html "French Jet Plane Cracks City's Ban; Caravelle Is First to Land Here After Civil Airport Regulation on Noise Others Were Barred"], The New York Times, May 3, 1957. Accessed December 24, 2024. "A French jet airliner broke through New York's own 'sound barrier' yesterday.... The twin-engined plane -- exempted from the city's ban against jets -- became the first commercial jet to land at a New York City airport. The plane, the 500-mile-an-hour Caravelle, touched down at New York International Airport, Idlewild, Queens, at 3:47 P. M.... Until permission was granted to Sud Aviation on April 12, the bi-state agency had refused entry to jet aircraft at the city's major airports, including the British Comet and the Boeing 707. This policy was adopted formally in 1951 and was aimed at jet planes with asserted intolerable noise characteristics." Later in 1957, the Soviet Union sought approval for two jet-powered Tupolev Tu-104 flights carrying diplomats to land at Idlewild; the Port Authority did not allow them, saying noise tests had to be done first.[https://www.nytimes.com/1957/09/04/archives/new-soviet-appeal-to-land-jet-plane-in-city-is-rejected-a.html "New Soviet Appeal To Land Jet Plane In City Is Rejected; A Last-Minute Request"], The New York Times, September 4, 1957. Accessed December 24, 2024. "The State Department turned down today a new Soviet request for permission to land a Soviet jet airliner at Idlewild rather than at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey. The department said the Port of New York Authority would not permit the Soviet planes to land at its Idlewild Airport without advance noise-level tests.... The Soviet Embassy lodged last-minute objections to plans for the two TU-104 jet passenger planes to land at McGuire Air Force Base."

In 1951, the airport averaged 73 daily airline operations (takeoffs plus landings); the October 1951 Airline Guide shows nine domestic departures a day on National and Northwest. Much of Newark Airport's traffic shifted to Idlewild (which averaged 242 daily airline operations in 1952) when Newark was temporarily closed in February 1952 after a series of three plane crashes in the two preceding months in Elizabeth, all of which had fatalities; flights were shifted to Idlewild and La Guardia, which were both able to have planes take off and land over the water, rather than over the densely populated areas surrounding Newark Airport.[https://www.nytimes.com/1952/02/13/archives/newark-airport-stays-closed-pending-results-of-inquiries-safety.html "Newark Airport Stays Closed Pending Results of Inquiries; Safety Group Headed by Rickenbacker Set Up by U. S. and Airlines -- Take-Offs Over Water Pledged at La Guardia, Idlewild; Airport Closed Pending Inquiry"], The New York Times, February 13, 1952. Accessed March 27, 2023. "With La Guardia and New York International (Idlewild) Airports in Queens taking over the bulk of Newark's former flights for the time being, it was also agreed to use their runways to enable planes to take off over water or over least-settled areas as much as possible.... The agreements were announced at the Commodore Hotel after a closed-door conference of five and a half hours, called by the Port of New York Authority as a result of three airplane crashes in Elizabeth, N.J., which have taken 116 lives in the last two months and which caused the closing of Newark Airport early Monday morning." The airport remained closed in Newark until November 1952, with new flight patterns that took planes away from Elizabeth.Sharkey, John B. [https://njpostalhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/222-2021MayFA.pdf "Newark Liberty International Airport, A Postal History"], New Jersey Postal History Society, May 2021. Accessed March 27, 2023. "The airport reopened on November 15, 1952, but only after a new runway was built. The runway directed at the city of Elizabeth was closed forever." L-1049 Constellations and DC-7s appeared between 1951 and 1953 and did not use LaGuardia for their first several years, bringing more traffic to Idlewild. The April 1957 Airline Guide cites a total of 1,283 departures a week, including about 250 from Eastern Air Lines, 150 from National Airlines and 130 from Pan American.{{full citation needed|date=March 2018}}

By 1954, Idlewild had the highest volume of international air traffic of any airport globally.{{Rp|3}}{{Cite news |last=Hudson |first=Edward |date=December 6, 1955 |title=New Structures Rise at Idlewild; Makeshift Buildings Giving Way as Airport Undergoes a Construction Boom |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/12/06/archives/new-structures-rise-at-idlewild-makeshift-buildings-giving-way-as-a.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} The Port of New York Authority originally planned a single 55-gate terminal, but the major airlines did not agree with this plan, arguing that the terminal would be far too small for future traffic.{{cite book |first=Alastair |last=Gordon |title=Naked Airport: A Cultural History of the World's Most Revolutionary Structure |publisher=University of Chicago Press |date=2014 |url={{google books|lUEGAwAAQBAJ |plainurl=yes}} |isbn=978-1-4668-6911-0}} Architect Wallace Harrison then designed a plan for each major airline at the airport to be given its own space to develop its own terminal.{{cite book |first=Hugh |last=Pearman |title=Airports: A Century of Architecture |date=2004 |publisher=Laurence King Publishing |url={{google books|AKHW3onueNQC |plainurl=yes}} |isbn=978-1-85669-356-1 |access-date=August 30, 2015}} This scheme made construction more practical, made terminals more navigable, and introduced incentives for airlines to compete with each other for the best design. The revised plan met airline approval in 1955, with seven terminals initially planned. Five terminals were for individual airlines, one was for three airlines, and one was for international arrivals (National Airlines and British Airways arrived later). In addition, there would be an 11-story control tower, roadways, parking lots, taxiways, and a reflecting lagoon in the center.{{Rp|3}} The airport was designed for aircraft up to {{convert|300000|lb|kg|adj=on}} gross weightAirports and Air Carriers August 1948. The airport had to be modified in the late 1960s to accommodate the Boeing 747's weight.{{cite press release |title=Port Authority Prepares John F. Kennedy International Airport for Next Generation of Quieter, More-Efficient Aircraft |url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=437 |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |date=April 1, 2004 |access-date=March 6, 2010 |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527162455/http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=437 |url-status=dead }}

The International Arrivals Building (IAB) was the first new terminal at the airport, opening in December 1957.{{Cite news |last=Friedman |first=Paul J. c Friedlandersy |date=December 8, 1957 |title=Idlewild Transformed; New Terminal Buildings Give Old Airport Class, Comfort and Style Arrival Center |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/08/archives/idlewild-transformed-new-terminal-buildings-give-old-airport-class.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} The building was designed by SOM.{{Rp|3}} The terminal stretched nearly {{convert|2,300|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} and was parallel to runway 7R. The terminal had "finger" piers at right angles to the main building allowing more aircraft to park, an innovation at the time. The building was expanded in 1970 to accommodate jetways. However, by the 1990s the overcrowded building was showing its age and it did not provide adequate space for security checkpoints. It was demolished in 2000 and replaced with Terminal 4.

United Airlines and Delta Air Lines{{cite web |url=https://www.cardcow.com/342656/john-f-kennedy-international-airport-united-delta-airlines-building-new-york/ |title=John F. Kennedy International Airport, United and Delta Airlines Building |website=CardCow.com}} opened Terminal 7 (later renumbered Terminal 9), a SOM design similar to the IAB,{{Rp|3–4}} in October 1959.{{Cite news |date=October 14, 1959 |title=Big New Terminal Open At Idlewild; United Air Lines Structure Costing $14,500,000 Part of Extensive Project |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/10/14/archives/big-new-terminal-open-at-idlewild-united-air-lines-structure.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} It was demolished in 2008.

Eastern Air Lines opened their Chester L. Churchill-designed Terminal 1{{Rp|4}} in November 1959.{{Cite news |last=Hudson |first=Edward |date=October 30, 1959 |title=Eastern Airlines Opens Terminal; Lone Passenger Puts New $20,000,000 Building Into Operation at Idlewild |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/10/30/archives/eastern-airlines-opens-terminal-lone-passenger-puts-new-20000000.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} The terminal was demolished in 1995 and replaced with the current Terminal 1.{{cite news |title=Bigger Than Grand Central |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,811406,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715072428/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,811406,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 15, 2009 |magazine=Time Magazine |date=November 9, 1959 |access-date=July 7, 2012}}

American Airlines opened Terminal 8 in February 1960.{{Cite news |last=Hudson |first=Edward |date=February 10, 1960 |title=Idlewild to Open Newest Terminal; American Airlines' Offices, With Unusual Facade, to Go Into Use Today |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/02/10/archives/idlewild-to-open-newest-terminal-american-airlines-offices-with.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} It was designed by Kahn and Jacobs{{Rp|3}} and had a {{convert|317|ft|adj=mid}} stained-glass facade designed by Robert Sowers,{{Cite news|last=Knox |first=Sanka |date=December 26, 1959 |title=Airport Window is a Block Long; Stained Glass Art Work is Installed at American's Terminal at Idlewild |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/12/26/archives/airport-window-is-a-block-long-stained-glass-art-work-is-installed.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} the largest stained-glass installation in the world until 1979. The facade was removed in 2007 as the terminal was demolished to make room for the new Terminal 8; American cited the prohibitive cost of removing the enormous installation.{{cite news |title=Demolishing a Celebrated Wall of Glass |first=Ruth |last=Ford |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/23/nyregion/thecity/23glas.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 23, 2006 |access-date=September 16, 2009}}

Pan American World Airways opened the Worldport (later Terminal 3) in 1960, designed by Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton.{{Rp|4}}{{Cite news |last=Knox |first=Sanka |date=June 3, 1960 |title=Idlewild Skyline Gets an Addition; New Pan Am Terminal Looks Like Parasol to Motorists Approaching Airport |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/06/03/archives/idlewild-skyline-gets-an-addition-new-pan-am-terminal-looks-like.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} It featured a large, elliptical roof suspended by 32 sets of radial posts and cables; the roof extended {{convert|114|ft|m}} beyond the base of the terminal to cover the passenger loading area. It was one of the first airline terminals in the world to feature jetways that connected to the terminal and that could be moved to provide an easy walkway for passengers from the terminal to a docked aircraft. Jetways replaced the need to have to board the plane outside via airstairs that descend from an aircraft, truck-mounted mobile stairs, or wheeled stairs.{{cite news|title=Umbrella for Airplanes |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,940622,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925040300/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,940622,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 25, 2009 |work=Time Magazine |date=June 13, 1960 |access-date=July 7, 2012}} The Worldport was demolished in 2013.

Trans World Airlines opened the TWA Flight Center in 1962, designed by Eero Saarinen with a distinctive winged-bird shape.{{cite web |last=Klimek |first=Chris |date=August 18, 2008 |title=Saarinen exhibit at National Building Museum |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/saarinen-exhibit-at-national-building-museum |access-date=July 1, 2020 |website=Washington Examiner}}{{cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=November 7, 2004 |title=Saarinen rising: A much-maligned modernist finally gets his due |work=The Boston Globe |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/11/07/saarinen_rising?pg=full |access-date=July 1, 2020}} With the demise of TWA in 2001, the terminal remained vacant until 2005 when JetBlue and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) financed the construction of a new 26-gate terminal partly encircling the Saarinen building. Called Terminal 5 (Now T5), the new terminal opened on October 22, 2008. T5 is connected to the Saarinen central building through the original passenger departure-arrival tubes that connected the building to the outlying gates. The original Saarinen terminal, also known as the head house, has since been converted into the TWA Hotel.{{cite web |title=JetBlue – Terminal 5 History |url=http://www.jetblue.com/about/jfk/icon.html |work=JetBlue Airways |date=October 22, 2008 |access-date=June 2, 2012 |archive-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217042601/http://jetblue.com/about/jfk/icon.html |url-status=dead }}

Northwest Orient, Braniff International Airways, and Northeast Airlines opened a joint terminal in November 1962 (later Terminal 2).{{Cite news |date=November 9, 1962 |title=Idlewild to Open Terminal Nov. 18; Three Airlines Will Share $10,000,000 Structure Steps Are Saved Waffle Pattern Ceiling |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/11/09/archives/idlewild-to-open-terminal-nov-18-three-airlines-will-share-10000000.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} It was demolished in 2023 to make way for a new Terminal 1.Price, Brian. [https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/jfk-airports-oldest-terminal-is-closing-for-good-so-whats-taking-its-place/4046116/ "JFK Airport's Oldest Terminal Is Closing for Good. So What Is Taking Its Place?"], WNBC-TV, January 13, 2023. Accessed December 24, 2024. "The oldest terminal at the John F. Kennedy International Airport is closing permanently this weekend after 60 years in operation. Terminal 2 opened back in 1962, back when TWA had its own terminal at the airport.... Terminal 2 joins its neighbors (Terminals 1 and 3, the latter was closed in 2014) in making way for the new Terminal 1 that's expected to open in 2026. Officials broke ground in late 2022 on the new state-of-the-art terminal, which is part of an $18 billion airport redevelopment project. The soon-closing terminal was also the last remnant of what used to be called Idlewild Airport, which housed Northwest, Braniff and Northeast airlines."

National Airlines opened the Sundrome (later Terminal 6) in 1969.{{Cite news |last=Fowle |first=Farnsworth |date=November 29, 1969 |title=Superjet Terminal Will Open |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/11/29/archives/superjet-terminal-will-open.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} The terminal was designed by I.M.Pei. It was unique for its use of all-glass mullions dividing the window sections, unprecedented at the time.{{cite web |title=I.M. Pei's JFK |url=http://archpaper.com/e-board_rev.asp?News_ID=4626 |work=The Architect's Newspaper |access-date=June 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619025133/http://archpaper.com/e-board_rev.asp?News_ID=4626 |archive-date=June 19, 2010}} On October 30, 2000, United Airlines and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced plans to redevelop this terminal and the TWA Flight Center as a new United terminal.{{cite press release |title=Port Authority, United Airlines Launch Major Redevelopment of Terminals 5 and 6 at JFK – Project Pushes Total Cost of Kennedy Airport's Record Redevelopment to $10 Billion Mark |url=http://www.panynj.gov/pr/152-00.html |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |date=October 30, 2000 |access-date=May 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002185836/http://www.panynj.gov/pr/152-00.html |archive-date=October 2, 2006}} Terminal 6 was used by JetBlue from 2001 until JetBlue moved to Terminal 5 in 2008. The Sundrome was demolished in October 2011 to make room for additional gates at JetBlue's Terminal 5.Dunlap, David W. [https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/a-modern-masterpiece-no-longer-used-will-soon-disappear-at-kennedy-airport/ "A Modern Masterpiece, No Longer Used, Will Soon Disappear at Kennedy Airport"], The New York Times, October 6, 2011. Accessed December 24, 2024. "Terminal 6 at Kennedy International Airport — a crisp island of aesthetic tranquility by the master architect I. M. Pei — is being demolished.... The main pavilion, whose white steel roof seems to float ethereally over cascades of diaphanous green glass, is expected to come down by the end of October.... The Port Authority said the Terminal 6 site must be cleared to make room for “improvements that will better serve travelers and help reduce delays,” meaning additional boarding gates and aircraft parking spots for JetBlue's Terminal 5."

The airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport on December 24, 1963, a month and two days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy;{{cite news |last=Benjamin |first=Philip |date=December 25, 1963 |title=Idlewild Is Rededicated as John F. Kennedy Airport |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/12/25/archives/idlewild-is-rededicated-as-john-f-kennedy-airport-idlewild-named.html |access-date=May 13, 2010}} Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. proposed the renaming.{{cite web |last=Morgan |first=Richard |date=November 21, 2013 |title=For JFK, the King of Camelot, an Airport in Queens |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2013/11/21/for-jfk-the-king-of-camelot-an-airport-in-queens/ |access-date=December 24, 2013 |work=The Wall Street Journal |location=New York}} The IDL and KIDL codes have since been reassigned to Indianola Municipal Airport in Mississippi, and the now-renamed Kennedy Airport was given the codes JFK and KJFK, the fallen president's initials.{{FAA-airport|ID=IDL|use=PU|own=PU|site=11274.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.

Airlines began scheduling jets to Idlewild in 1958–59; LaGuardia did not get jets until 1964, and JFK became New York's busiest airport. It had more airline takeoffs and landings than LaGuardia and Newark combined from 1962 to 1967 and was the second-busiest airport in the country, peaking at 403,981 airline operations in 1967. LaGuardia received a new terminal and longer runways from 1960 to 1966. By the mid-1970s, the two airports had roughly equal airline traffic (by flight count); Newark was in third place until the 1980s, except during LaGuardia's reconstruction. Concorde, operated by Air France and British Airways, made scheduled trans-Atlantic supersonic flights to JFK from November 22, 1977, until its retirement by British Airways on October 24, 2003.{{cite news |title=Concordes From London and Paris Land at Kennedy As 16-Month Trial Passenger Service Is Initiated |first=Richard |last=Witkin |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E1EF83C5F127A93C1AB178AD95F438785F9 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 23, 1977 |access-date=March 20, 2010}}{{cite news |title=Covering Their Ears One Last Time for Concorde |first=Corey |last=Kilgannon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/25/nyregion/covering-their-ears-one-last-time-for-concorde.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 25, 2003 |access-date=March 20, 2010}} Air France had retired the aircraft in May 2003.

Construction of the AirTrain JFK people-mover system began in 1998, after decades of planning for a direct rail link to the airport.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/nyregion/train-to-jfk-scores-with-fliers-but-not-with-airport-workers.html |title=Train to J.F.K. Scores With Fliers, but Not With Airport Workers |last1=Chan |first1=Sewell |date=January 12, 2005 |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 22, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.omegacentre.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/USA_AIRTRAIN_PROFILE.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817073215/http://www.omegacentre.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/USA_AIRTRAIN_PROFILE.pdf |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |url-status=live |title=Project Profile; USA; New York Airtrain |date=September 6, 2011 |publisher=UCL Bartlett School of Planning |access-date=July 23, 2016 |page=22}} Although the system was originally scheduled to open in 2002,{{Cite news |url=http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2002/16/20020418-archive360.html |title=AirTrain system shoots for October start date |last=Dentch |first=Courtney |date=April 18, 2002 |work=Times Ledger |access-date=September 1, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=September 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902003443/http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2002/16/20020418-archive360.html |url-status=dead }} it opened on December 17, 2003, after delays caused by construction and a fatal crash.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/14/travel/travel-advisory-a-train-to-the-plane-at-long-last.html |title=TRAVEL ADVISORY; A Train to the Plane, At Long Last |last=Stellin |first=Susan |date=December 14, 2003 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=December 21, 2016}} The rail network links each airport terminal to the New York City Subway and the Long Island Rail Road at Howard Beach and Jamaica.{{cite web |url=http://www.panynj.gov/airports/jfk-to-from.html |title=To & From JFK |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |access-date=February 2, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jfk-airport.net/airtrain.html |title=JFK Airport AirTrain |publisher=Jfk-airport.net |access-date=May 19, 2014}}

The airport's new Terminal 1 opened on May 28, 1998; Terminal 4, the $1.4 billion replacement for the International Arrivals Building, opened on May 24, 2001.{{cite news |title=Inside Art |first=Carol |last=Vogel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/22/arts/inside-art.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 22, 1998 |access-date=March 20, 2010}}{{cite press release |title=New Terminal 4 Opens at JFK Airport – A Key Element in Port Authorit's $10.3 Billion JFK Redevelopment Program |url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=8 |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |date=May 24, 2001 |access-date=March 20, 2010 |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527155654/http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=8 |url-status=dead }} JetBlue's Terminal 5 incorporates the TWA Flight Center, and Terminals 8 and 9 were demolished and rebuilt as Terminal 8 for the American Airlines hub. The Port Authority Board of Commissioners approved a $20 million planning study for the redevelopment of Terminals 2 and 3, the Delta Air Lines hub, in 2008.{{cite press release |title=Port Authority Takes Important Step in Overhaul of Domestic and International Gateways at Kennedy Airport |url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=992 |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |date=May 22, 2008 |access-date=March 6, 2010 |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527171338/http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=992 |url-status=dead }}

On March 19, 2007, JFK was the first airport in the United States to receive a passenger Airbus A380 flight. The route, with an over-500-passenger capacity, was operated by Lufthansa and Airbus and arrived at Terminal 1. On August 1, 2008, it received the first regularly scheduled commercial A380 flight to the United States (on Emirates' New York–Dubai route) at Terminal 4.{{cite news |title=Emirates A380 Lands at JFK New York |url=http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1217629915.html |work=Airwise News |agency=Reuters |date=August 1, 2008 |access-date=July 7, 2012 |archive-date=August 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080806020526/http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1217629915.html |url-status=dead }} Although the service was suspended in 2009 due to poor demand,{{cite news |title=Emirates Airline A380 Emirates to Stop Flying A380s to NY |url=http://www.eturbonews.com/8354/emirates-stop-flying-a380s-ny |publisher=eTurboNews |date=March 18, 2009 |access-date=March 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710205050/http://www.eturbonews.com/8354/emirates-stop-flying-a380s-ny |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |url-status=dead}} the aircraft was reintroduced in November 2010. Airlines operating A380s to JFK include Singapore Airlines (on its New York–Frankfurt–Singapore route),{{cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Manny |date=January 17, 2012 |url=http://www.nycaviation.com/2012/01/photos-singapore-airlines-upgrades-new-york-jfk-service-to-airbus-a380-super-jumbo/#.UfWwHI3DwxB |title=PHOTOS: Singapore Airlines Upgrades New York JFK Service to Airbus A380 Super Jumbo |website=NYCAviation.com |access-date=August 16, 2013}} Lufthansa (on its New York–Frankfurt route), Korean Air (on its New York–Seoul route), Asiana Airlines (on its New York–Seoul route), Etihad Airways (on its New York–Abu Dhabi route), and Emirates (on its New York–Milan–Dubai and New York–Dubai routes).{{cite news |last1=Salvioli |first1=L. |title=Dentro l'Airbus A380, il gigante dei cieli che vola tra Milano e New York: tra lussi e doccia a bordo |url=https://st.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2015-06-22/dentro-airbus-a380-gigante-cieli-che-vola-milano-e-new-york-lussi-e-doccia-bordo--194957.shtml?uuid=ACmFo1E |access-date=August 25, 2019 |work=Il Sole 24 Ore |date=June 23, 2015 |language=it}} On December 8, 2015, JFK was the first U.S. airport to receive a commercial Airbus A350 flight when Qatar Airways began using the aircraft on one of its New York–Doha routes.{{cite news |title=Qatar's Airbus A350 takes off for US |url=http://thehimalayantimes.com/business/qatars-airbus-a350-takes-off-for-us/ |access-date=December 9, 2015 |work=The Himalayan Times |agency=Himalayan News Service |date=December 9, 2015}}

The airport currently hosts the world's longest flight, Singapore Airlines Flights 23 and 24 (SQ23 and SQ24). The route was launched in 2020 between Singapore and New York JFK, and uses the Airbus A350-900ULR.

The Air France robbery took place in April 1967 when associates of the Lucchese crime family stole $420,000 (equivalent of approximately ${{Inflation|US|0.42|1967|r=1}} million in {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1}}) from the Air France cargo terminal at the airport. It was the largest cash robbery in the United States at the time. It was carried out by Henry Hill, Robert McMahon, Tommy DeSimone and Montague Montemurro, on a tip-off from McMahon. Hill believed it was the Air France robbery that endeared him to the Mafia.{{cite book | last =Pileggi | first =Nicholas | authorlink= Nicholas Pileggi | title =Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family | publisher =Simon & Schuster | year =1986 | isbn =0-671-44734-3 | url-access =registration | url =https://archive.org/details/wiseguy00nich_aso}}

Air France was contracted to transport American currency that had been exchanged in Southeast Asia for deposit in the United States. Their aircraft regularly delivered three or four $60,000 packages at a time. Hill and associates obtained a key to a cement block strong room where the money was stored. They entered the unsecured cargo terminal and entered the strong room unchallenged. They took seven bags in a large suitcase. The theft was not discovered until the following Monday.{{cite news

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The Lufthansa heist took place on December 11, 1978, at the airport. The robbery netted an estimated US$5.875 million (equivalent to US${{Inflation|US|5.875|1978|r=1}} million in {{Inflation/year|US}}), including US$5 million in cash and US$875,000 in jewelry. It was the largest cash robbery committed on American soil at the time.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SaIrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7234%2C2353206 |work= Nashua Telegraph |location=(New Hampshire) |agency=Associated Press |title=N.Y. theft largest in history |date=December 12, 1978 |page=2}}{{cite news |first=Leslie |last=Maitland |title=Airport Cash Loot Was $5 Million; Bandits' Van Is Found in Canarsie |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/14/archives/airport-cash-loot-was-5-million-bandits-van-is-found-in-canarsie.html |work=The New York Times |page=A1 |date=December 14, 1978 |access-date=August 26, 2009 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215031826/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/14/archives/airport-cash-loot-was-5-million-bandits-van-is-found-in-canarsie.html |url-status=live }}

James Burke, an associate of the Lucchese crime family of New York, was believed to be the mastermind behind the robbery, but was never charged with the crime. Burke is also alleged to have either committed or ordered the murders of many in the robbery, both to avoid being implicated in the heist and to keep their shares of the money for himself.{{Cite web |last=Janos |first=Adam |date= |title=Lufthansa Heist Murders: How Paranoia Led to the Deaths of 6 Mobsters |url=https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/lufthansa-heist-murders-mafia-mobsters |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209060519/https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/lufthansa-heist-murders-mafia-mobsters |archive-date=December 9, 2020 |access-date=February 15, 2021 |publisher=A&E |language=en}} The only person convicted in the Lufthansa heist was Louis Werner, an airport worker involved with the planning.

The money and jewellery have never been recovered. The heist's magnitude made it one of the longest-investigated crimes in U.S. history; the latest arrest associated with the robbery was made in 2014, which resulted in acquittal.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

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All lines of AirTrain JFK, the airport's dedicated rail network, stop at each passenger terminal. The system also serves Federal Circle, the JFK long-term parking lot, and two multimodal rapid transit stations: Howard Beach and Jamaica. While AirTrain travel within airport property is complimentary, external transfers at the latter two locations are paid via OMNY or MetroCard and provide access to the New York City Subway, Long Island Rail Road, and MTA Bus services.

{{As of|2022}}, only the {{NYC bus link|Q3}} bus serves Terminal 8. The {{NYC bus link|Q6|Q7}} serve JFK's cargo terminals. The Q10 and B15 serve the Lefferts Boulevard station on the AirTrain and it includes a free transfer. The B15, Q3, and Q10 buses will return to Terminal 5 in 2026 due to construction. Bus fares are paid via OMNY or MetroCard, with free transfers provided to New York City Subway services.

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Vehicles primarily access the airport via the Van Wyck Expressway (I-678) or JFK Expressway, both of which are connected to the Belt Parkway and various surface streets in South Ozone Park and Springfield Gardens. The airport operates parking facilities consisting of multi-level terminal garages, surface spaces in the Central Terminal Area, and a long-term parking lot with total accommodation for more than 17,000 vehicles.{{cite web |title=Facts and Information |url=http://www.panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/airports/html/ken_facts.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080729053852/http://www.panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/airports/html/ken_facts.html |archive-date=July 29, 2008 |access-date=July 30, 2008 |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey}} A travel plaza on airport property also contains a food court, filling station, and originally four Tesla Superchargers.{{cite web |author=Airport Plazas |title=AP enters into an agreement with Tesla Motors to install a 4 post Supercharger at our JFK International Airport Plaza – Airport Plazas |url=http://www.airportplazas.com/newsitem03.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814184014/http://airportplazas.com/newsitem03.php |archive-date=August 14, 2014}} The original 4 Tesla Superchargers were later replaced with a new station with 12 stalls.{{cite web |author=Tesla Inc. |title=New York JFK Supercharger |url=https://www.tesla.com/findus/location/supercharger/newyorkjfknysupercharger |date=July 5, 2022}}

Taxis and other for-hire vehicles (FHV) serving JFK are licensed by the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission. In 2019, PANYNJ approved the implementation of "airport access fee" surcharges on FHV and taxi trips, with the revenue earmarked to support the agency's capital programs.{{cite news |date=September 26, 2019 |title=Port Authority approves fare and toll hikes, including new fee for airport rides |url=https://pix11.com/news/local-news/port-authority-approves-hikes-including-for-bridges-and-tunnels-air-train-tickets/ |last=Mocker|first=Greg|access-date=October 29, 2021 |work=PIX 11|publisher=Nexstar Media Group|location=New York|agency=Associated Press |language=en-US}}

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JFK has five active terminals, containing 130 gates in total. The terminals are numbered 1, 4, 5, 7, and 8.

The terminal buildings, except for the former Tower Air terminal, are arranged in a deformed U-shaped wavy pattern around a central area containing parking, a power plant, and other airport facilities. The terminals are connected by the AirTrain system and access roads. Directional signage throughout the terminals was designed by Paul Mijksenaar.{{cite web |title=New York and New Jersey Airports |url=http://www.mijksenaar.com/projects-quicktour/30-new_york_and_new_jersey_airports.html |date=May 18, 2009 |access-date=May 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524023852/http://www.mijksenaar.com/projects-quicktour/30-new_york_and_new_jersey_airports.html |archive-date=May 24, 2009 |url-status=dead}} A 2006 survey by J.D. Power and Associates in conjunction with Aviation Week found that JFK ranked second in overall traveller satisfaction among large airports in the United States, behind Harry Reid International Airport, which serves the Las Vegas metropolitan area.{{cite news |title=Survey: JetBlue is Best Low-Cost Carrier |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna13619805 |work=NBC News |agency=Associated Press |date=June 30, 2006 |access-date=September 16, 2009}}

Until the early 1990s, each terminal was known by the primary airline that served it, except for Terminal 4, which was known as the International Arrivals Building. In the early 1990s, all terminals were given numbers except for the Tower Air terminal, which sat outside the Central Terminals area and was not numbered. Like the other airports controlled by the Port Authority, JFK's terminals are sometimes managed and maintained by independent terminal operators. At JFK, all terminals are managed by airlines or consortiums of the airlines serving them, except for the Schiphol Group-operated Terminal 4. All terminals can handle international arrivals that are not pre-cleared.

Many inter-terminal connections require passengers to exit security, then use the AirTrain to get to the other terminal, then re-clear security.

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Terminal 1 opened in 1998, 50 years after the opening of JFK, at the direction of the Terminal One Group, a consortium of four key operating carriers: Air France, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, and Lufthansa.{{cite web |title=Terminal One Group website |url=http://www.jfkterminalone.com/home.html |work=Jfkterminalone.com |access-date=June 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224050125/http://www.jfkterminalone.com/home.html |archive-date=February 24, 2012 |url-status=dead}} This partnership was founded after the four airlines reached an agreement that the then-existing international carrier facilities were inadequate for their needs. The Eastern Air Lines terminal was located on the site of present-day Terminal 1.{{cite web|url=https://www.airporthistory.org/kennedy-terminal-city.html |title=The History of JFK Airport: The Birth of Terminal City - A Visual History of the World's Great Airports |publisher=Airporthistory.org |access-date=August 5, 2022}}

Terminal 1 is served by SkyTeam carriers Air France, China Eastern Airlines, Korean Air, Saudia, and Scandinavian Airlines; Star Alliance carriers Air China, Air New Zealand, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Egyptair, EVA Air, Lufthansa, Swiss International Air Lines, TAP Air Portugal, and Turkish Airlines; and Oneworld carrier Royal Air Maroc. Other airlines serving Terminal 1 include Air Serbia, Azores Airlines, Cayman Airways, Flair Airlines, ITA Airways, Neos, Philippine Airlines, Viva, and Volaris.

Terminal 1 was designed by William Nicholas Bodouva + Associates.{{cite web |title=Aviation Projects |url=http://www.bodouva.com/aviation/ |work=William Nicholas Bodouva and Associates |access-date=June 13, 2012}} It and Terminal 4 are the two terminals at JFK Airport with the capability of handling the Airbus A380 aircraft, which Korean Air flies on the route from Seoul–Incheon and Lufthansa from Munich. Air France operated Concorde here until 2003.{{cite web |title=Final Flight of the Concorde |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/final-flight-of-the-concorde-24-10-2003/ |work=CBS News |date=October 24, 2003 |access-date=October 2, 2018 |language=en}} Terminal 1 has 11 gates.{{cite web |title=JFK Airport – Terminal 1 |url=https://www.airport-jfk.com/jfk-terminal-1.php |website=airport-jfk.com |access-date=October 2, 2018}}

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Terminal 4, developed by LCOR, Inc., is managed by JFKIAT (IAT) LLC, a subsidiary of the Schiphol Group and was the first in the United States to be managed by a foreign airport operator. Terminal 4 currently contains 48 gates in two concourses and functions as the hub for Delta Air Lines at JFK.

• Concourse A (gates A2–A12, A14–A17, A19, and A21) serves primarily Asian and some European airlines along with Delta Connection flights.
• Concourse B (gates B20, B22-B55) primarily serves both domestic and international flights of Delta and its SkyTeam partners.

Airlines servicing Terminal 4 include SkyTeam carriers Aeromexico, Air Europa, China Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Kenya Airways, KLM, Virgin Atlantic, and XiamenAir; Star Alliance carriers Air India, Avianca, Avianca Costa Rica, Avianca Ecuador, Avianca El Salvador, Copa Airlines, and Singapore Airlines; and non-alliance carriers Arkia, Caribbean Airlines, El Al, Emirates, Etihad Airways, JetBlue (late night international arrivals only), LATAM Brasil, LATAM Chile, LATAM Perú, Uzbekistan Airways, and WestJet.{{cite web |url=https://www.jfkairport.com/flight/airlines |title=Airlines |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey|location=New York|language=en |access-date=March 26, 2018}} Like Terminal 1, the facility is Airbus A380-compatible with service currently provided by Emirates to Dubai (both non-stop and one-stop via Milan), and Etihad Airways to Abu Dhabi.

Opened in early 2001 and designed by SOM,{{cite web |title=John F. Kennedy International Airport |url=http://www.som.com/content.cfm/jfk_international_airport_international_arrivals_building_terminal_4 |work=SOM |access-date=June 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530061806/http://www.som.com/content.cfm/jfk_international_airport_international_arrivals_building_terminal_4 |archive-date=May 30, 2012}} the {{convert|1.5|e6sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility was built for $1.4 billion and replaced JFK's old International Arrivals Building (IAB), which opened in 1957 and was designed by the same architectural firm. The new construction incorporated a mezzanine-level AirTrain station, an expansive check-in hall, and a four-block-long retail area.{{Cite news|last=Smothers |first=Ronald |date=May 21, 2001 |title=Making 'Dwell Time' Fly Just a Little Faster; New $1.4 Billion. Aims to Ease Waits for Passengers |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/21/nyregion/making-dwell-time-fly-just-little-faster-new-1.4-billion-terminal-jfk-aims-ease.html |access-date=May 13, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}

Terminal 4 has seen multiple expansions over the years. On May 24, 2013, the completion of a $1.4 billion project added mechanized checked-bag screening, a centralized security checkpoint (consolidating two checkpoints into one new fourth-floor location), nine international gates, improved U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities, and, at the time, the largest Sky Club lounge in Delta's network.{{cite web |title=Delta opens new JFK Terminal 4 hub |date=May 30, 2013 |url=http://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/delta-opens-new-jfk-terminal-hub/article_e93d0f7f-7d95-542f-a76d-6fd5d7112017.html |access-date=May 31, 2013 |publisher=Queens Chronicle}}{{cite web |last=Cooper |first=Peter |date=November 24, 2010 |title=John F. Kennedy Airport in New York Commences Terminal 4 Expansion Project |url=http://www.worldinteriordesignnetwork.com/news/john_f_kennedy_airport_in_new_york_commences_terminal_4_expansion_project_101124/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128134621/http://www.worldinteriordesignnetwork.com/news/john_f_kennedy_airport_in_new_york_commences_terminal_4_expansion_project_101124/ |archive-date=November 28, 2010 |access-date=November 24, 2010 |work=WIDN News}}{{Cite news |last=Haughney |first=Christine |date=January 10, 2012 |title=A Peek at Easier Travel at Kennedy's Terminal 4 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/nyregion/terminal-4-expansion-at-jfk-to-be-inspected.html |access-date=May 13, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite web |date=May 29, 2013 |title=Delta Opens New Terminal 4 Extension at New York's JFK |url=https://www.airlinereporter.com/2013/05/delta-opens-new-terminal-4-extension-at-new-yorks-jfk/ |access-date=May 13, 2021 |website=AirlineReporter |language=en-US}} Later that year, the expansion also improved passenger connectivity with Terminal 2 by bolstering inter-terminal JFK Jitney shuttle bus service and building a dedicated 8,000 square-foot bus holdroom facility adjacent to gate B20.{{cite web |title=Delta Air Lines, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK International Air Terminal Unveil Plans for Next Phase of Terminal 4 Expansion at JFK Airport |url=https://ir.delta.com/news/news-details/2013/Delta-Air-Lines-The-Port-Authority-of-New-York-and-New-Jersey-and-JFK-International-Air-Terminal-Unveil-Plans-for-Next-Phase-of-Terminal-4-Expansion-at-JFK-Airport/default.aspx |access-date=May 13, 2021 |website=ir.delta.com |language=en-US}} Also in 2013, Delta, JFKIAT and the Port Authority agreed{{cite report |url=http://www.panynj.gov/corporate-information/pdf/board_minutes_feb_6_2013-final.pdf |title=Minutes |date=February 6, 2013 |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |access-date=August 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126083532/http://www.panynj.gov/corporate-information/pdf/board_minutes_feb_6_2013-final.pdf |archive-date=November 26, 2013}} to a further $175 million Phase II expansion, which called for 11 new regional jet gates to supersede capacity previously provided by the soon-to-be-demolished Terminal 2 hardstands and Terminal 3. Delta sought funding from the New York City Industrial Development Agency, and work on Phase II was completed in January 2015.

By 2017, plans to expand Terminal 4's passenger capacity were being floated in conjunction with a more significant JFK modernization proposal. In early 2020, Governor Cuomo announced that the Port Authority and Delta/IAT had agreed to terms extending Concourse A by 16 domestic gates, renovating the arrival/departure halls, and improving land-side roadways for $3.8 billion.{{cite web |title=Governor Cuomo Announces Major Terminal 4 Redevelopment Project, Advancing the Transformation of JFK International Airport |url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-major-terminal-4-redevelopment-project-advancing-transformation-jfk |access-date=May 13, 2021 |website=Governor.ny.gov |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513065228/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-major-terminal-4-redevelopment-project-advancing-transformation-jfk |url-status=dead }} By April 2021, that plan had been scaled-back to $1.5 billion worth of improvements as a result of financial hardships imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The revised plan called for arrival/departure hall modernization and just ten new gates in Concourse A. Consolidation of Delta's operations within T4 occurred in early 2023, along with the new gates opening.{{cite web |title=Port Authority Board Approves Revised FJK Terminal 4 Redevelopment Project, Advancing Additional Phases Of Transforming JFK International Airport |url=https://www.panynj.gov/port-authority/en/press-room/press-release-archives/2021-press-releases/port-authority-board-approves-revised-jfk-terminal-4-redevelopment.html |access-date=May 13, 2021 |website=Panynj.gov}}{{cite web |title=Transformation continues at Delta's New York City hubs |url=https://news.delta.com/transformation-continues-deltas-new-york-city-hubs |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=Delta News Hub|date=January 17, 2023 }} Delta also opened a new Sky Club in Concourse A. The airline plans to open a lounge exclusive to Delta One customers by June 2024. It would be the largest in the airline's network.{{Cite web |title=Delta Announces Plans for 'Premium' Lounges, Offering a New Alternative to Sky Clubs |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/delta-announces-new-premium-lounges-8572286 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Travel + Leisure |language=en}}

In 2019, American Express began construction of a Centurion lounge that subsequently opened in October 2020.{{cite web |last=Pallini |first=Thomas |title=I visited the new American Express Centurion Lounge at JFK airport and saw why a $550 annual cardholder fee is worth it – see inside |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-the-amex-centurion-lounge-at-jfk-airport-photos-2020-10 |access-date=May 14, 2021 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}} The structural addition extends the headhouse between the control tower and gate A2, and includes 15,000 square-feet of dining, bars, and fitness facilities.

In 2024, Terminal 4 announced an expansion of its Arts & Culture program{{cite news |title=PANYNJ and JFKIAT Unveil Art Installations By Local Artists at JFK T4 |website=Metropolitan Airport News |date=February 7, 2024|url=https://metroairportnews.com/panynj-and-jfkiat-unveil-art-installations-by-local-artists-at-jfk-t4/| access-date=June 11, 2024}} with a digital and static photography exhibit in collaboration with the Cradle of Aviation Museum; a mural representing Queens by local artist Zeehan Wazed; a series of photographs by Terminal 4 employees, and the first-ever freestanding hologram device in an airport in partnership with Proto hologram which shows animals from the Bronx Zoo and has been used to beam in comedian Howie Mandel as a live hologram to surprise passengers.{{cite news |title=Why the Airport of the Future will Include a Chat with a Celebrity Hologram |website=FastCompany |date=June 1, 2024|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91132400/why-the-airport-of-the-future-will-include-a-chat-with-a-celebrity-hologram| access-date=June 11, 2024}}

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Terminal 5 opened in 2008 for JetBlue, the manager and primary tenant of the building, functioning as its operating base at JFK. The terminal is also used by Cape Air. On November 12, 2014, JetBlue opened the International Arrivals Concourse (T5i) at the terminal.{{cite web |url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/jetblue-airways-opens-international-arrivals-concourse-its-award-winning-terminal-5-nasdaq-jblu-1967139.htm |title=JetBlue Airways Opens International Arrivals Concourse at Its Award-Winning Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport |work=Marketwire |access-date=December 9, 2014 |archive-date=April 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411233155/http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/jetblue-airways-opens-international-arrivals-concourse-its-award-winning-terminal-5-nasdaq-jblu-1967139.htm |url-status=dead }}

The terminal was redesigned by Gensler and constructed by Turner Construction, and sits behind the preserved Eero Saarinen-designed terminal originally known as the TWA Flight Center, which is now connected to the new structure and is considered part of Terminal 5.{{cite news |title=The TWA Hotel Takes Flight at J.F.K. |website=The New York Times |date=May 15, 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/travel/the-twa-hotel-takes-flight-at-jfk.html | access-date=May 18, 2019}}{{cite web |title=The TWA Hotel opens at JFK |website=New York Daily News |date=May 16, 2019 |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nydn-twa-hotel-opens-at-jfk-20190515-photogallery.html | access-date=May 18, 2019}}{{cite news |title=What's Old Is New Again: TWA Hotel Opens At JFK Airport |work=CBS News |date=May 15, 2019 |url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/05/15/twa-hotel-jfk-airport/|location=New York| access-date=May 18, 2019}} The TWA Flight Center reopened as the TWA Hotel in May 2019. The active Terminal 5 building has 30 gates: 1 through 12 and 14 through 30, with gates 25 through 30 handling international flights that are not pre-cleared (gates 28–30 opened in November 2014).{{cite press release |url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/jetblue-airways-opens-international-arrivals-concourse-its-award-winning-terminal-5-nasdaq-jblu-1967139.htm |title=JetBlue Airways Opens International Arrivals Concourse at Its Award-Winning Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport |publisher=JetBlue Corporate Communications |location=New York |agency=MarketWired |date=November 12, 2014 |access-date=November 13, 2014 |archive-date=April 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411233155/http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/jetblue-airways-opens-international-arrivals-concourse-its-award-winning-terminal-5-nasdaq-jblu-1967139.htm |url-status=dead }}

Aer Lingus opened an airport lounge in 2015.{{cite web |title=Aer Lingus Offers New Experiences |url=http://guardianlv.com/2014/12/aer-lingus-offers-new-experiences/ |work=The Guardian |date=December 20, 2014 |access-date=February 23, 2015}} The terminal opened a rooftop lounge open to all passengers in 2015, T5 Rooftop & Wooftop Lounge, located near Gate 28.{{cite web | url=https://www.jetblue.com/at-the-airport/terminal-5-at-jfk | title=JetBlue }}{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2015/07/01/jetblue-opens-outdoor-rooftop-lounge-with-dog-walk-at-nycs-jfk-airport/29556727/ | title=JetBlue opens outdoor rooftop lounge, with dog walk, at NYC's JFK Airport | website=USA Today }} In August 2016, Fraport USA was selected by JetBlue as the concessions developer to help attract and manage concessions tenants that align with JetBlue's vision for Terminal 5.{{cite news |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/airmall-selected-manage-concessions-yorks-170000470.html |title=Yahoo Message about T5 |work=Yahoo! Finance |access-date=August 31, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903102819/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/airmall-selected-manage-concessions-yorks-170000470.html |archive-date=September 3, 2016}} During the summer of 2016, JetBlue renovated Terminal 5, completely overhauling the check-in lobby.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2016/07/14/jetblue-gives-makeover-t5-its-new-york-jfk-hub/87064550/ |title=JetBlue gives makeover to T5 at its New York JFK hub |work=USA Today |access-date=January 7, 2018}}

Terminal 7 was designed by GMW Architects{{cite web |title=JFK Airport |url=http://www.gmw-architects.com/projects/portfolio/jfk%20airport |work=GMW Architects |access-date=June 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011190108/http://www.gmw-architects.com/projects/portfolio/jfk%20airport |archive-date=October 11, 2012}} and built for British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and Air Canada in 1970.

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Prior to 2022, the terminal was operated by British Airways, and was also the only airport terminal operated on US soil by a foreign carrier. British Airways operated Concorde here until 2003.

Airlines operating out of Terminal 7 include Oneworld carrier Alaska Airlines; Star Alliance carriers Air Canada Express, All Nippon Airways, Ethiopian Airlines and LOT Polish Airlines; and non-alliance carriers Aer Lingus, Condor, Frontier Airlines, HiSky, Icelandair, Kuwait Airways, Norse Atlantic Airways, and Sun Country Airlines.

In 1989, the terminal was renovated and expanded for $120 million.{{cite report |date=1998 |title=Airport Traffic Report |url=http://www.panynj.gov/airports/pdf-traffic/airtraffic1998.pdf |work=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |access-date=June 13, 2012 |archive-date=June 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618132116/http://www.panynj.gov/airports/pdf-traffic/airtraffic1998.pdf |url-status=dead }} The expansion was designed by William Nicholas Bodouva + Associates, Architects. In 1997, the Port Authority approved British Airways' plans to renovate and expand the terminal. The $250 million project was designed by Corgan Associates{{cite news |title=A 'New' Kennedy Airport Takes Wing |first=David W. |last=Dunlap |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/26/realestate/a-new-kennedy-airport-takes-wing.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 26, 1997 |access-date=June 13, 2012}} and was completed in 2003.{{cite web |date=May 22, 2008 |title=Minutes |url=http://www.panynj.gov/corporate-information/pdf/May_2008_PA_Board_Minutes.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527174718/http://www.panynj.gov/corporate-information/pdf/May_2008_PA_Board_Minutes.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |access-date=June 13, 2012}} The renovated terminal has 12 gates.{{cite web |title=JFK Facts and History |url=http://www.panynj.gov/aviation/jhisfram.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319212101/http://www.panynj.gov/aviation/jhisfram.htm |archive-date=March 19, 2007 |work=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |access-date=July 7, 2012}}

In 2015, British Airways extended its lease on the terminal through 2022, with an option of a further three years.{{cite web |url=https://www.dfnionline.com/latest-news/retail/ba-reveals-new-york-jfk-t7-modernisation-retail-plan-25-04-2017/ |title=UPDATE: BA reveals New York JFK T7 modernisation and retail plan |website=dfnionline.com |date=April 25, 2017 |language=en-US |access-date=September 2, 2018}} BA also planned to spend $65 million to renovate the terminal.{{Cite news |url=https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2016/11/27/ba-plans-65m-jfk-terminal-upgrade-but-is-it-enough/ |title=BA plans $65m JFK terminal upgrade, but is it enough? – Runway Girl |date=November 27, 2016 |work=Runway Girl |access-date=September 2, 2018 |language=en-US}} Despite being operated by British Airways, a major A380 operator, Terminal 7 is not currently able to handle the aircraft type. As a result, British Airways could not operate A380s on the lucrative London–Heathrow to New York flights, even though in 2014, there was an advertising campaign that British Airways was going to do so. British Airways planned to join its Oneworld partners in Terminal 8, however, and did not exercise its lease options on Terminal 7. The terminal is now operated by JFK Millennium Partners, a consortium including JetBlue, RXR Realty, and Vantage Airport Group, who will eventually demolish the current terminal. At the same time, a new Terminal 6 will begin to be built to serve as a direct replacement.{{cite web |title=JFK Millenium Partners – Terminal 6 Redevelopment Project Overview |url=https://www.anewjfk.com/jetblueterminal6/ |access-date=July 5, 2020 |website=JFK International Airport Redevelopment |language=en-US}}

In late 2020, United Airlines announced they would return to JFK in February 2021 after a 5-year hiatus. As of March 28, 2021, United operated transcontinental nonstop service from Terminal 7 to its west coast hubs in San Francisco and Los Angeles.{{cite web |url=https://hub.united.com/2020-11-10-we-are-back-united-announces-return-to-new-yorks-jfk-airport-2648851299.html |title=We are Back! United Announces Return to New York's JFK Airport |date=November 10, 2020 |website=United Hub}} On October 29, 2022, however, United suspended service to JFK once again.

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Terminal 8 is a major Oneworld hub with American Airlines operating its hub here. In 1999, American Airlines began an eight-year program to build the largest passenger terminal at JFK, designed by DMJM Aviation to replace both Terminal 8 and Terminal 9. Originally, the terminal was initially planned to house 59 gates and a "check-in area larger than Giants Stadium".{{cite web |last1=Toy |first1=Vivian S. |title=New Terminal Is Announced In Expansion At Kennedy |work=The New York Times |date=January 26, 1999 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/26/nyregion/new-terminal-is-announced-in-expansion-at-kennedy.html}} After budget shortfalls,{{cite web |last1=Dentch |first1=Courtney |title=Airline puts the brakes on JFK terminal project |date=February 6, 2003 |url=https://qns.com/2003/02/airline-puts-the-brakes-on-jfk-terminal-project/}} the final plan eventually resulted in a scaled-down terminal with only 36 gates, and a headhouse with half of the originally modeled footprint.{{cite web |title=Rest of American's new terminal opens at JFK |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/story?id=3554164&page=1 |publisher=ABC News}} The new terminal was built in four phases, which involved the construction of a new midfield concourse and the demolition of old Terminals 8 and 9. It was built in stages between 2005 and its official opening in August 2007. American Airlines, the third-largest carrier at JFK, manages Terminal 8 and is the largest carrier at the terminal. Other Oneworld airlines that operate out of Terminal 8 include Alaska Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, and Royal Jordanian. Non-alliance carriers China Southern Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines also use the terminal.

In 2019, it was announced that British Airways and Iberia would move into Terminal 8 preceding the demolition of Terminal 7 and that the terminal would be expanded and changed to accommodate more widebody aircraft that British Airways, Iberia and other Oneworld airlines regularly send to JFK. On January 7, 2020, construction began expanding and improving Terminal 8 with construction completed in 2022. This construction marked the first phase in the airport's expansion; the terminal had the same number of gates as before, plus four hardstands.{{cite web |title=American Airlines and British Airways to start work on JFK Terminal 8 |url=https://www.airport-technology.com/news/american-airlines-british-airways-terminal-8-jfk/ |website=Airport Technology |access-date=January 9, 2020 |date=January 7, 2020}} British Airways began operating some flights out of Terminal 8 on November 17, 2022, while all flights moved from Terminal 7 on December 1, 2022.{{cite news |url=https://businesstravelerusa.com/news/british-airways-moves-to-jfk-terminal-8-in-november/ |title=British Airways Moves To JFK Terminal 8 In November|last=Cole|first=Fergus|magazine=Business Traveler USA|publisher=Ink Publishing|location=Wilmington |access-date=November 18, 2022}}{{cite press release|url=https://mediacentre.britishairways.com/pressrelease/details/86/2019-319/10588 |title=BRITISH AIRWAYS ANNOUNCES A MOVE TO NEW YORK JFK'S TERMINAL 8 |website=British Airways|location=London|publisher=International Airlines Group |language=en |access-date=February 24, 2020}}{{cite press release |url=https://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2022/American-Airlines-and-British-Airways-Unveil-Exciting-Plans-for-Enhancements-to-the-World-Class-Customer-Experience-at-JFKs-Terminal-8-OPS-INF-01/default.aspx |title=American Airlines and British Airways Unveil Exciting Plans for Enhancements to the World-Class Customer Experience at JFK's Terminal 8 |publisher=American Airlines Group|location=Fort Worth |access-date=January 25, 2022}} Iberia also moved to Terminal 8 on December 1, while Japan Airlines moved to the terminal on May 28, 2023.{{cite web|title=[NEW YORK] JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT|url=https://www.jal.co.jp/jp/en/inter/airport/jfk/transit/|access-date=May 25, 2023}} Hawaiian Airlines began operating from Terminal 8 on April 22, 2025. Alaska Airlines also began operating some flights out of the terminal, while remaining flights are planned to move from Terminal 7 by October 2025.{{cite web|title=New terminal neighbors: Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines align operations |date=April 22, 2025 |url=https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20250422sf68436/new-terminal-neighbors-alaska-and-hawaiian-airlines-align-operations|access-date=April 22, 2025}}

The terminal is twice the size of Madison Square Garden. It offers dozens of retail and food outlets, 84 ticket counters, 44 self-service kiosks, ten security checkpoint lanes, and a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility that can process more than 1,600 people an hour. Terminal 8 has an annual capacity of 12.8M passengers.{{cite press release |title=Airport News – Terminal 8 Opens at JFK |url=http://www.panynj.gov/airports/newsletter/aviation_oct07.html |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |location=New York|date=October 1, 2007 |volume=1 |issue=1 |access-date=June 2, 2012 |archive-date=June 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618114619/http://www.panynj.gov/airports/newsletter/aviation_oct07.html |url-status=dead }} It has one American Airlines Admirals Club and three lounges for premium class passengers as well as frequent flyers (Greenwich, Soho, and Chelsea lounges).{{cite web | title=American Airlines and British Airways Joint Premium Lounges | url=https://s21.q4cdn.com/616071541/files/doc_downloads/FactSheets/2022/JFK-Fact-Sheet.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130150900/https://s21.q4cdn.com/616071541/files/doc_downloads/FactSheets/2022/JFK-Fact-Sheet.pdf |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |url-status=live |publisher=American Airlines Group|location=Fort Worth | date=November 29, 2022 | access-date=November 30, 2022}}

Terminal 8 has 31 gates: 14 gates in Concourse B (1–8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 20) and 17 gates in Concourse C (31–47).{{cite web |title=Airport Map |url=http://www.panynj.gov/airports/jfk-airport-map.html |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |location=New York |access-date=July 7, 2012 |archive-date=June 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630165739/http://www.panynj.gov/airports/jfk-airport-map.html |url-status=dead }} Passenger access to and from Concourse C is by a tunnel that includes moving walkways.

On January 4, 2017, the office of then-New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan to renovate most of the airport's existing infrastructure for $7 to $10 billion. The Airport Master Plan Advisory Panel had reported that JFK, ranked 59th out of the world's top 100 airports by Skytrax, was expected to experience severe capacity constraints from increased use.{{cite web |title=Cuomo unveils plan to breathe new life into JFK airport |website=am New York |date=January 4, 2017 |url=http://www.amny.com/transit/jfk-airport-renovation-proposal-unveiled-by-cuomo-1.12865198 |first=Barone |last=Vincent | access-date=January 6, 2017}}{{cite news|last=Kirby |first=Jen |title=New York City's Second-Worst Airport Might Also Get an Upgrade |magazine=New York|location=New York|via=Daily Intelligencer|date=January 5, 2017 |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/01/nycs-second-worst-airport-might-also-get-an-upgrade.html | access-date=January 6, 2017}} The airport was expected to serve about 75 million annual passengers in 2020 and 100 million by 2050, up from 60 million when the report was published. The panel had several recommendations, including enlarging the newer terminals; relocating older terminals; reconfiguring highway ramps and increasing the number of lanes on the Van Wyck Expressway; lengthening AirTrain JFK trainsets or connecting the line to the New York City transportation system, and rebuilding the Jamaica station with direct connections to the Long Island Rail Road and the New York City Subway.{{cite report|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/JFKVisionPlan.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105050708/https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/JFKVisionPlan.pdf |archive-date=January 5, 2017 |url-status=live |title=A Vision Plan for John F. Kennedy International Airport |publisher=New York State Office of the Governor|location=Albany|date=January 4, 2017 |access-date=January 5, 2017}} No start date has yet been proposed for the project; in July 2017, Cuomo's office began accepting proposals for master plans to renovate the airport.{{cite news |url=http://www.dw.com/en/new-york-launches-next-stage-in-jfk-airport-overhaul/a-39746118 |title=New York launches next stage in JFK Airport overhaul |date=July 19, 2017 |work=Deutsche Welle |location=Bonn|agency=Reuters and Bloomberg |language=en |access-date=September 1, 2017}}{{Cite press release |url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-rfp-planning-and-engineering-firm-implement-jfk-airport-vision-plan |title=Governor Cuomo Announces RFP for Planning and Engineering Firm to Implement JFK Airport Vision Plan |date=July 18, 2017 |publisher=New York State Office of the Governor |location=Albany |access-date=September 1, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=September 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901110140/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-rfp-planning-and-engineering-firm-implement-jfk-airport-vision-plan |url-status=dead }} When all the construction is finished, the airport will have 149 total gates: 145 with jetways and four hardstands. Notably, previous plans included adding cars to AirTrain trainsets; widening connector ramps between the Van Wyck Expressway and Grand Central Parkway in Kew Gardens; and adding another lane in each direction to the Van Wyck, at a combined cost of $1.5 billion.{{cite news |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=October 4, 2018 |title=Cuomo's $13 Billion Solution to the Mess That Is J.F.K. Airport |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/nyregion/jfk-airport-cuomo.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=October 5, 2018 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York}}{{cite web |title=Cuomo: JFK Airport renovation includes central hub, 2 new terminals |url=https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/jfk-airport-renovation-new-terminals-1.21473621 |access-date=October 5, 2018 |work=Newsday |language=en}} It is unclear how many, if any, of those proposals are still being considered.

In October 2018, Cuomo released details of a $13 billion plan to rebuild passenger facilities and approaches to JFK Airport. Two all-new international terminals would be built. One of the terminals, a $7 billion, {{convert|2.8|e6sqft|abbr=off|adj=on}}, 23-gate structure replacing Terminals 1, 2 and the vacant space of Terminal 3. It will connect to Terminal 4, and it will be financed and built by a partnership between Munich Airport Group, Lufthansa, Air France, Korean Air, and Japan Airlines. Of these 23 gates, all are international gates, 22 are widebody gates (four of which can accommodate an Airbus A380), and one is a narrowbody gate. This would also require reconfiguring portions of the roadway network to accommodate the new terminal.{{cite news|title=New looks at JFK Airport's forthcoming $13B overhaul |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/10/4/17937028/jfk-airport-renovation-expansion-nyc-cuomo-renderings |last=Warerkar|first=Tanay|work=Curbed NY|location=New York|publisher=Vox Media|date=October 4, 2018 |access-date=October 5, 2018}}

On December 13, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul gave a further update on the plans to build a new Terminal 1, which in a further developed form would cost US$9.5 billion. The new facility is inspired by the new Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport. The new terminal will have New York City-inspired art, similar to Terminal B at LGA. The New Terminal 1 began construction on September 8, 2022, and will open in phases with the first 14 gates on its east side along with the departures and arrivals hall scheduled to open in 2026 on the site of the demolished Terminal 2.{{cite news |author=Andrew Siff |date=September 8, 2022 |title=JFK Airport's New Terminal 1 Breaks Ground Following Years-Long Pause on Project |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/jfk-airports-new-terminal-1-breaks-ground-following-years-long-pause-on-project/3857541/ |access-date=September 9, 2022 |work=NBC News |publisher=NBC Owned Television Stations |location=New York}} The current Terminal 1 will then be demolished, and in its place, the next five gates on the west side of the terminal will open in 2028, and the final four gates will open in 2030. An additional extension of the terminal on its west side with a further four gates (with an extra A380 gate) has been proposed in the event of excess traffic.

On February 11, 2020, Cuomo and the Port Authority, along with Delta Air Lines, announced a $3.8 billion plan to add sixteen domestic, regional gates to the 'A' side of Terminal 4, replacing Terminal 2. The main headhouse would have been expanded to accommodate additional passengers and open in 2022. The airport finished construction on a downsized plan in 2023, allowing the demolition of Terminal 2, the consolidation of flights for Delta, and the ability to build the new Terminal 1. An expanded roadway will be completed in 2025.{{cite web |last=Parsons |first=Jim |date=February 17, 2020 |title=Just Approved $3.8B Terminal Expansion Adds to JFK Airport Upgrade |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/48706-jfk-airport-upgrade-continues-with-approval-of-38-billion-terminal-expansion?v=preview |access-date=June 18, 2020 |website=Enr.com |language=en}} Delta consolidated their operations into Terminal 4 in January 2023, along with opening 10 new gates in Terminal 4's Concourse A. An additional expansion to Concourse B was expected to be completed by the fall of 2023.

Construction on a new Terminal 6 began in February 2023.{{cite web | title=First phase of Terminal 6 project at Kennedy Airport begins | website=CBS News | date=February 23, 2023 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/terminal-6-project-kennedy-airport/ | access-date=April 17, 2023}}{{cite web | last=Bahadursingh | first=Nathaniel | title=New $4.2 billion JFK Terminal 6 expansion officially breaks ground | website=Archinect | date=February 27, 2023 | url=https://archinect.com/news/article/150340622/new-4-2-billion-jfk-terminal-6-expansion-officially-breaks-ground | access-date=April 17, 2023}} The terminal was designed by Corgan and will have ten gates, nine of which will be wide-body gates.{{Cite web |title=Designing the New Terminal 6 at John F. Kennedy International Airport |url=http://digitaladmin.bnpmedia.com/article/Designing+the+New+Terminal+6+at+John+F.+Kennedy+International+Airport/4031759/707558/article.html |website=digitaladmin.bnpmedia.com |language=en-US}} The terminal will be opened in multiple phases; the first phase is expected to be completed by 2026 and, {{As of|2022|11|lc=y}}, is projected to cost $4.2 billion.{{Cite press release |title=Governor Hochul Announces Construction of a $4.2 Billion New Terminal 6 at JFK Will Begin Early Next Year as Final Pieces of the Project Are in Place |date=November 17, 2022 |url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-construction-42-billion-new-terminal-6-jfk-will-begin-early-next |publisher=Gov. Kathy Hochul |access-date=January 20, 2023 |location=Albany, NY}} The full terminal is expected to open in 2028. The new terminal will connect to Terminal 5; Terminal 7 will be demolished after the new Terminal 6's first phase of construction is completed. The construction will be built under a public–private partnership between the Port Authority and a consortium, known as JFK Millennium Partners, comprising JetBlue, RXR Realty, and Vantage Airport Group.

JFK Airport was originally built with ten terminals, compared to the five it has today. Ten terminals remained until the late 1990s, then nine remained until the early 2000s, followed by eight until 2011, seven until 2013 and six until 2023.

The original Terminal 1 opened in November 1959, for Eastern Air Lines. It was designed by Chester L. Churchill. Eastern was the primary tenant of this terminal until its collapse on January 19, 1991. Shortly after Eastern's collapse, the terminal became vacant until it was finally demolished in 1995.{{cite news |last1=Perez-Pena |first1=Richard |title=4 Airlines Sign Kennedy Deal For a Terminal |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 14, 1994 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/14/nyregion/4-airlines-sign-kennedy-deal-for-a-terminal.html |access-date=October 2, 2018 |language=en}} It was located on the site of today's Terminal 1, which opened in 1998.

Terminal 2 opened in November 1962 as the home of Northeast Airlines, Braniff International Airways, and Northwest Orient, and was last occupied by Delta Air Lines. The facility contained 11 jetbridge-equipped gates (C60–C70) and one mezzanine-level airline club, and it formerly housed several hardstands for smaller regional airliners. The terminal did not have a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility, and was unable to accept any international flights arriving unless subject to US Customs preclearance. It was designed by the architectural firm White & Mariani.

Delta moved over from Terminal 9 following the merger with Northeast Airlines in 1972. Braniff moved to Terminal 9 in 1973. Pan Am moved its domestic flights from Terminal 6 in 1986. Upon the completion of Terminal 4, T2's gates were prefaced with the letter 'C', and airside shuttle buses provided passenger connectivity between the terminals. Before 2013, Terminal 2 hosted most of Delta's operations in conjunction with Terminal 3. Still, the 2013–2015 expansion of Terminal 4 allowed the airline to consolidate most of its operations in the new larger facility, including international and transcontinental flights.{{cite web |url=http://www.airport-jfk.com/jfk-terminal-2.php |title=JFK Terminal 2 info |publisher=airport-jfk.com |access-date=August 14, 2017}} In mid-2020, following drastic schedule reductions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Delta suspended all operations from Terminal 2; the terminal re-opened to flights in July 2021.{{cite web |title=Delta Terminal Map |url=https://www.delta.com/us/en/airports/united-states/new-york-city-sky-club-jfk-airport-map |access-date=April 15, 2021 |publisher=Delta Air Lines|location=Atlanta}} Terminal 2 permanently closed for departures on January 10, 2023, and for arrivals on January 15, 2023. Terminal 2 was demolished to make room for the new Terminal 1.{{Cite web |date=January 10, 2023 |title=Terminal 2 At JFK Airport To Permanently Close |url=https://patch.com/new-york/queens/terminal-2-jfk-airport-permanently-close |access-date=January 12, 2023 |website=Queens, NY Patch |language=en}}

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Terminal 3 opened as the Worldport on May 24, 1960, for Pan American World Airways (Pan Am); it expanded after the introduction of the Boeing 747 in 1971. After Pan Am's demise in 1991, Delta Air Lines took over ownership of the terminal and was its only occupant until its closure on May 23, 2013. It had a connector to Terminal 2, Delta's other terminal, used mainly for domestic flights. Terminal 3 had 16 Jetway-equipped gates: 1–10, 12, 14–18 with two hardstand gates (Gate 11) and a helipad on Taxiway KK.

A $1.2 billion project was completed in 2013, under which Terminal 4 was expanded, and Delta subsequently moved its T3 operations to T4.

On May 23, 2013, the final departure from the terminal, Delta Air Lines Flight 268, a Boeing 747-400 to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport, departed from Gate 6 at 23:25 local time.{{cite web | last=Issler | first=Mackenzie | title=JFK Airport's iconic Pan Am terminal being demolished | website=Newsday | date=July 5, 2013 | url=https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/jfk-airport-s-iconic-pan-am-terminal-being-demolished-o20780 | access-date=October 9, 2023}} The terminal ceased operations on May 24, 2013, exactly fifty-three years after its opening.{{cite web | title=What's Next For John F. Kennedy International Airport's 'Worldport'? | website=CBS New York | date=May 9, 2013 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/whats-next-for-kennedy-airports-worldport/ | access-date=October 9, 2023}} Demolition began soon after that and was completed by Summer 2014. The site where Terminal 3 used to stand was used for aircraft parking by Delta Air Lines, but is now occupied by the new Terminal 1.

There has been a major media outcry, particularly in other countries, over the demolition of the Worldport. Several online petitions requesting the restoration of the original 'flying saucer' gained popularity.{{cite press release |title=Port Authority Approves Construction of New State-of-the-Art Terminal Space for Delta Air Lines at JFK Airport |url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1309 |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |date=August 5, 2010 |access-date=August 5, 2010 |archive-date=August 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828025819/http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1309 |url-status=dead }}{{cite press release |title=New Plans For Expanding Terminal 4 at JFK Airport |url=http://home2.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fhome2.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2010b%2Fpr348-10.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1 |publisher=City of New York, Office of the Mayor |date=August 5, 2010 |access-date=August 5, 2010 |archive-date=December 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222152704/http://home2.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fhome2.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2010b%2Fpr348-10.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1 |url-status=dead }}{{cite press release |title=Delta Air Lines, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK International Air Terminal Unveil Plans for Enhancement and Expansion of Terminal 4 at JFK Airport |url=http://news.delta.com/delta-air-lines-port-authority-new-york-and-new-jersey-and-jfk-international-air-terminal-unveil-1 |publisher=Delta Air Lines |date=August 11, 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2010}}{{cite web |title=Details of JFK Improvements – Civil Aviation Forum |url=http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/4895622/ |website=Airliners.net |date=August 5, 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2010}}

The International Arrivals Building (IAB) was opened in December 1957 and was replaced with the new Terminal 4 in 2001. It was designed by SOM.

The TWA Flight Center was opened in 1962 and closed in 2001 after its primary tenant, Trans World Airlines, went out of business; the terminal had seen increased capacity issues in the years prior.{{cite web|author=Katie Canales Updated 6T:00Z |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-inside-the-iconic-twa-flight-center-2015-10#today-the-trans-world-airlines-terminal-just-outside-john-f-kennedy-international-airport-in-queens-new-york-is-now-part-of-the-265-million-twa-hotel-project-1 |title=What the TWA Terminal at JFK Was Like Before It Became the TWA Hotel |publisher=Businessinsider.com |access-date=August 5, 2022}} It was designed by renowned architect Eero Saarinen, with extensions designed by Roche-Dinkeloo opening in 1970.{{cite web|url=https://www.airporthistory.org/kennedy-traffic-booms.html |title=The History of JFK Airport: Traffic Booms at Kennedy - A Visual History of the World's Great Airports |publisher=Airporthistory.org |access-date=August 5, 2022}}

The TWA Flight Center was not demolished after closure,{{Cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Randy|date=April 4, 2001|title=Airport Growth Squeezes the Landmark T.W.A. Terminal|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/04/nyregion/airport-growth-squeezes-the-landmark-twa-terminal.html|access-date=July 2, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=July 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703211709/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/04/nyregion/airport-growth-squeezes-the-landmark-twa-terminal.html|url-status=live}} as it had been named a New York City designated landmark in 1994.{{Cite news|last=Dunlap|first=David W.|date=July 20, 1994|title=T.W.A.'s Hub Is Declared A Landmark|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/20/nyregion/twa-s-hub-is-declared-a-landmark.html|access-date=May 26, 2010|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327011816/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/20/nyregion/twa-s-hub-is-declared-a-landmark.html|url-status=live}} Instead, it sat abandoned until it was incorporated into the current JetBlue Terminal 5.{{Cite web|last=Maynard|first=Micheline|date=October 22, 2008|title=JetBlue Twitters its New Terminal|url=https://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/jetblue-twitters-its-new-terminal/|access-date=July 1, 2020|website=The Lede|publisher=The New York Times|language=en-US|archive-date=August 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804235415/https://archive.nytimes.com/thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/jetblue-twitters-its-new-terminal/|url-status=live}} It was then converted into the Jet Age-themed TWA Hotel, which opened in 2019.{{cite news|title=Up, up and away at the TWA Hotel|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/up-up-and-away-at-the-twa-hotel-at-jfk/|access-date=May 14, 2019|publisher=CBS News|date=May 12, 2019|archive-date=May 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515002125/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/up-up-and-away-at-the-twa-hotel-at-jfk/|url-status=live}}

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Terminal 6 opened as the Sundrome on November 30, 1969, for National Airlines. National was the tenant of this terminal until it was fully acquired by Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) on January 7, 1980. Terminal 6 had 14 gates. It was designed by architect I.M. Pei.

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Trans World Airlines (TWA) then expanded into the terminal, referring to it as the TWA Terminal Annex, later called the TWA Domestic Terminal. It was eventually connected to the TWA Flight Center. Later, after TWA reduced flights at JFK, Terminal 6 was used by United Airlines (SFO and LAX transcontinental flights), ATA Airlines, a reincarnated Pan Am II, Carnival Air Lines, Vanguard Airlines, and America West Airlines.

In 2000, JetBlue began service from Terminal 6, later opening a temporary complex in 2006 that increased its capacity by adding seven gates. Until 2008, JetBlue was the tenant of Terminal 6. It became vacant on October 22, 2008, when JetBlue moved to Terminal 5 and was finally demolished in 2011.{{cite web |title=JetBlue's New T5 Terminal at JFK Airport |first=Jim |last=Romeo |url=http://www.constructionequipment.com/jetblues-new-t5-terminal-jfk-airport |work=Construction Equipment |date=October 19, 2008 |access-date=July 7, 2012 |archive-date=December 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215231652/http://www.constructionequipment.com/jetblues-new-t5-terminal-jfk-airport |url-status=dead }} The international arrivals annex of Terminal 5 now uses a portion of the site, and the rest of the site is used for aircraft parking by JetBlue, but will be occupied by the new Terminal 6, an annex to Terminal 5, planned to be fully opened by 2027.

The original Terminal 8 opened in February 1960; its stained-glass façade was the largest at the time. It was always used by American Airlines, and, in later years, it was used by other Oneworld airlines that did not use Terminal 7. This terminal, along with Terminal 9, was demolished in 2008 and replaced with the current Terminal 8.

Terminal 9 opened in October 1959 as the home of United Airlines and Delta Air Lines.{{cite web |url=http://news.delta.com/Stats-Facts |title=Stats & Facts |publisher=Delta Air Lines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619091644/http://news.delta.com/stats-facts |archive-date=June 19, 2015}} Delta moved to Terminal 2 following the merger with Northeast Airlines in 1972. Braniff International Airways moved over from Terminal 2 in 1973, and operated out of Terminal 9 until its collapse on May 12, 1982.{{cite journal |title=1973 Results |journal=1973 Braniff International Annual Report |year=1973 |page=14}} United used Terminal 9 from its opening in 1959 until it vacated the terminal in 1991 and became a tenant at British Airways' Terminal 7. Northwest Airlines used Terminal 9 from 1986 to 1991.{{Cite web|url=http://www.departedflights.com/JFK89.html|title=JFK89|website=www.departedflights.com|access-date=January 22, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.departedflights.com/JFK91.html|title=JFK91|website=www.departedflights.com|access-date=January 22, 2024}} Terminal 9 became the home of American Airlines' domestic operations and American Eagle flights for the remainder of its life. This terminal, along with the original Terminal 8, was demolished in 2008 and replaced with the current Terminal 8.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/nyregion/22window.html |title=A Window That Reflected a Golden Age Comes Down at Kennedy Airport |first=Ken |last=Belson |work=The New York Times |date=February 22, 2008 |access-date=April 3, 2014}}

The Tower Air terminal, unlike other terminals at JFK Airport, sat outside the Central Terminals area in Building 213 in Cargo Area A. Originally used by Pan Am until the expansion of the Worldport (later Terminal 3), it was later used by Tower Air and TWA shuttle until the airline was acquired by American Airlines in 2001. Building 213 has not been used since 2000.

The airport covers 5,200 acres or {{convert|21|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}.{{FAA-airport|ID=JFK|use=PU|own=PU|site=27013.1*A}}, effective May 15, 2025.{{cite web|url=https://skyvector.com/airport/JFK/John-F-Kennedy-International-Airport|title=JFK airport data at skyvector.com| website=skyvector.com}} FAA data effective April 17, 2025. Over {{convert|25|mi}} of paved taxiways allow aircraft to move around the airfield.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} The standard width of these taxiways is {{convert|75|ft}}, with {{convert|25|ft}} heavy-duty shoulders and {{convert|25|ft|adj=mid}} erosion control pavement on each side. The taxiways are generally of asphalt concrete composition {{convert|15|to|18|in|mm}} thick. Painted markings, lighted signage, and embedded pavement lighting, including runway status lights, provide both position and directional information for taxiing aircraft. There are four runways (two pairs of parallel runways) surrounding the airport's central terminal area.

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The air traffic control tower, designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and constructed on the ramp-side of Terminal 4, began full FAA operations in October 1994.{{cite web |title=FAA Air Traffic Control Tower, JFK International Airport |url=http://www.pcfandp.com/a/p/8412/s.html |access-date=July 7, 2012 |work=Pei Cobs Freed & Partners, Architects}} An Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE) radar unit sits atop the tower. At the time of its completion, the JFK tower, at {{convert|320|ft}}, was the world's tallest control tower. It was subsequently displaced from that position by towers at other airports in both the United States and overseas, including those at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, currently the tallest tower at any U.S. airport, at {{convert|398|ft}} and at KLIA2 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, currently the world's tallest control tower at {{convert|438|ft}}.{{cite web|date=December 11, 2013 |title=The 10 tallest air traffic control towers in the world |url=http://www.airport-technology.com/features/feature-the-10-tallest-air-traffic-control-towers-in-the-world-4142194/ |access-date=August 30, 2015 |work=Airport-Technology.com}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=domain on WP:BLACKLIST|date=June 2016}}

A VOR-DME station, identified as JFK, is located on the airport property between runways 4R/22L and 4L/22R.

JFK is supplied with electricity by the Kennedy International Airport Power Plant, owned and operated by Calpine Corporation.{{cite web |title=Calpine {{!}} Kennedy International Airport Power Plant |url=https://www.calpine.com/kennedy-international-airport-power-plant |access-date=May 27, 2021 |website=Calpine.com |archive-date=August 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803132509/https://www.calpine.com/Kennedy-International-Airport-Power-Plant |url-status=dead }} The natural gas-fired electric cogeneration facility uses two General Electric LM6000 gas turbine engines to supply a total of 110 megawatts, which is purchased by the Port Authority for airport operations. Excess energy is also sold to the New York Independent System Operator. The {{convert|45,000|ft2|m2|abbr=on}} facility was authorized in 1990,{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/1990_20220220|title=Annual Report −1990|date=April 11, 1991|publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey|page=15}} designed by RMJM,{{cite web|title=JFK International Airport Co-generation Plant |url=https://rmjm.com/portfolio/jfk-international-airport-co-generation-plant-new-york/ |access-date=May 27, 2021 |website=RMJM |language=en-GB}} and first entered commercial service in February 1995.{{Cite journal |date=January 16, 1998 |title=A Major Cogeneration System Goes in at JFK International Airport |url=https://riverpublishersjournal.com/index.php/DGAEJ/article/view/1521/956 |journal=Cogeneration and Competitive Power Journal |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=62–79 |access-date=May 26, 2021}}

Heating and cooling for all of JFK's passenger terminals is provided by a co-located Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant (CHRP) in conjunction with a Thermal Distribution System (TDS) that entered service in August 1994. Waste heat from the power plant powers two heat recovery steam generators and a 25-megawatt steam turbine, which in turn run chillers to generate 28,000 tons of refrigeration, or heat exchangers to create 225 million Btu/hour.

Aircraft service facilities include seven aircraft hangars, an engine overhaul building, a {{convert|32|e6USgal|m3|adj=mid}} aircraft fuel storage facility, and a truck garage. Fixed-base operation service for general aviation flights is provided by Modern Aviation,{{cite web| url=https://app.aviowiki.com/airports/APT-KS1J-8E0L | title=Aviowiki}} which possesses the airport's exclusive helipad.

The airport hosts an extensive array of administrative, government, and air cargo support buildings. In 2002, the New York metropolitan area accounted for 18 percent of import (and over 24 percent of all) air cargo volume in the nation. At that time, JFK itself was reported to have 4.5 million ft² (418,064 m²) of warehouse space with another {{convert|434,000|ft2|m2|abbr=on}} under construction.{{Cite journal|last=McHugh |first=Mark |date=February 2002 |title=Changing With the Times |url=https://files.freightwaves.com/american-shipper/American-Shipper-Volume-44-Number-2-(February-2002).pdf |journal=American Shipper |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=63–64 |access-date=May 26, 2021}}

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Three chapels, including Our Lady of the Skies Chapel, provide for the religious needs of airline passengers.{{cite news |last=Mayerowitz |first=Scott |title=Airport chaplains help fliers reach Heaven |url=http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_24604736/airport-chaplains-help-fliers-reach-heaven |access-date=August 2, 2016 |newspaper=The Denver Post |date=November 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525213918/http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_24604736/airport-chaplains-help-fliers-reach-heaven |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |url-status=dead}}

In January 2017, the Ark at JFK Airport, a luxury terminal for pets, opened for $65 million. Ark was built ostensibly so that people who were transporting pets and other animals would be able to provide luxurious accommodations for these animals. At the time, it was supposed to be the only such facility in the U.S.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/realestate/commercial/animals-pets-airport-ark-jfk.html |title=Jet-Setting Pets Get a New Place to Be Pampered at Kennedy Airport |last=Levere |first=Jane L. |date=March 21, 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 24, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} In January 2018, Ark's owner sued the Port Authority for violating a clause that would have given Ark the exclusive rights to inspect all animals who arrive at JFK from other countries. In the lawsuit, the owner stated that Ark had incurred significant operational losses because many animals were instead being transported to a United States Department of Agriculture facility in Newburgh.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/nyregion/ark-a-65-million-animal-terminal-at-kennedy-airport-sits-empty.html |title=A$65 Million 'Animal Terminal' at Kennedy Airport Sits Empty |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=2018 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 24, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Several hotels are adjacent to JFK Airport, including the Courtyard by Marriott and the Crowne Plaza. The former Ramada Plaza JFK Hotel is Building 144,{{cite book |last=Dunford |first=Martin |title=The Rough Guide to New York City |url={{google book|l1YKyCci5PEC |plainurl=yes |page=503}} |publisher=Penguin |date=2009 |quote=Ramada Plaza JFK Building 144, Van Wyck Expressway S, Queens |isbn=978-1-84836-826-2 |access-date=August 30, 2015}}{{cite book |title=Successful Meetings |volume=51 |publisher=Bill Communications |date=2002 |page=188 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AA8tAQAAMAAJ&q=Ramada+Plaza+JFK |quote=Ramada Plaza Hotel 477 Units JFK Int. Airport Bldg. 144}} and it was formerly the only on-site hotel at JFK Airport.{{cite web |url=http://www.chmhotel.com/property.php?id=394 |title=Ramada Plaza Hotel JFK International Airport |publisher=Capital Hotel Management |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522081304/http://www.chmhotel.com/property.php?id=394 |archive-date=May 22, 2013 |website=CHM (Capital Hotel Management) Properties |access-date=November 4, 2012 |url-status=dead}} It was previously a part of Forte Hotels and previously the Travelodge New York JFK.{{cite book |title=World Hotel Directory 1998 |publisher=Pitman Publishing |date=1997 |edition=23rd |page=459 |url={{google books|jjcsAQAAMAAJ |plainurl=yes |page=459}} |access-date=August 30, 2015 |quote=Ramada Plaza 2267 Part of Ramada Franchise Canada. Previously Travelodge New York JFK. Previously part of Forte Hotels. Address JFK international Airport, Van Wyck Expressway, Jamaica, NY 11430}} Due to its role in housing friends and relatives of aircraft crash victims in the 1990s and 2000s, the hotel became known as the "Heartbreak Hotel".{{cite news |last=Adamson |first=April |url=http://articles.philly.com/1998-09-04/news/25757670_1_twa-flight-twa-disaster-family-members |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308211411/http://articles.philly.com/1998-09-04/news/25757670_1_twa-flight-twa-disaster-family-members |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 8, 2014 |title=229 Victims Knew Jet Was in Trouble Airport Inn Becomes Heartbreak Hotel Again |work=Philadelphia Inquirer |date=September 4, 1998 |access-date=March 9, 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0111/17/smn.21.html |title=Hotel Near JFK Airport is Familiar With Airline Tragedy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229183915/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0111/17/smn.21.html |archive-date=December 29, 2014 |url-status=dead |work=CNN |date=November 17, 2011 |access-date=March 9, 2014}} In 2009 the PANYNJ stated in its preliminary 2010 budget that it was closing the hotel due to "declining aviation activity and a need for substantial renovation" and that it expected to save $1 million per month.{{cite press release |url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1248 |title=Port Authority Releases Preliminary 2010 Budget |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |date=December 3, 2009 |access-date=November 4, 2012 |quote=Closing the Ramada Plaza Hotel at JFK International Airport because of declining aviation activity and a need for substantial renovation. The closing will save the agency $1 million per month |archive-date=May 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501084344/http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1248 |url-status=dead }} The hotel closed on December 1, 2009. Almost 200 employees lost their jobs.{{cite news |last=YOUNG |first=MICHELLE |date=February 13, 2020 |title=The "Heartbreak Hotel," The Abandoned Ramada Plaza At JFK Airport |url=https://untappedcities.com/2020/02/13/the-heartbreak-hotel-the-abandoned-ramada-plaza-at-jfk-airport/ |access-date=October 5, 2023}}

On July 27, 2015, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in a press conference that the TWA Flight Center building would be used by the TWA Hotel, a 505-room hotel with {{convert|40000|sqft}} of conference, event, or meeting space. The new hotel is estimated to have cost $265 million. The hotel has a {{convert|10000|sqft|adj=on}} observation deck with an infinity pool.{{cite press release |url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-unveils-vision-transformative-redesign-laguardia-airport |title=Governor Cuomo Unveils Vision for Transformative Redesign of LaGuardia Airport |author=Governor's Press Office |publisher=State of New York |date=July 27, 2015 |access-date=August 18, 2015 |archive-date=August 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829084758/http://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-unveils-vision-transformative-redesign-laguardia-airport |url-status=dead }} Groundbreaking for the hotel occurred on December 15, 2016, and it opened on May 15, 2019.{{cite news |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2019/5/15/18624021/new-york-hotels-jfk-airport-twa-hotel |title=TWA Hotel is now open |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=May 15, 2019 |work=Curbed NY|publisher=Vox Media|location=New York|access-date=May 19, 2019}}

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| Aer Lingus | Dublin, Manchester (UK), Shannon | {{cite web |title=Timetables |website=Aer Lingus|publisher=International Airlines Group|location=Dublin|url=https://www.aerlingus.com/html/flights-time-table.html |access-date=September 2, 2020}}

| Aeroméxico | Mexico City
Seasonal: Monterrey{{cite web |title=Aeromexico Schedules Additional US Routes in NW24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240909-amnw24us |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=9 September 2024}} | {{cite web |title=Flight Schedule |url=https://booking.aeromexico.com/SSW2010/D5DE/flightSchedulePage.html?_ga=1.18768702.686413547.1491325115 |publisher=Aeroméxico |access-date=August 5, 2018 |archive-date=April 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406022455/https://booking.aeromexico.com/SSW2010/D5DE/flightSchedulePage.html?_ga=1.18768702.686413547.1491325115 |url-status=dead }}

| Air Canada Express | Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson | {{cite web | url=https://www.aircanada.com/us/en/aco/home/book/routes-and-partners/flight-schedules.html#/ | title=Flight Schedules }}

| Air China | Beijing–Capital | {{cite web |title=Mainland Chinese Carriers Sep/Oct 2023 US Operations - 23AUG23|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230824-cnsep23us|date=August 24, 2023|accessdate=August 28, 2023}}

| Air Europa | Madrid | {{cite web |title=Air Europa Map |url=https://ux.fltmaps.com/en |access-date=August 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805055030/https://ux.fltmaps.com/en |archive-date=August 5, 2018 |url-status=dead}}

| Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle | {{cite web |url=https://wwws.airfrance.us/flight-status |title=Air France Flight Status and Schedule |website=Air France|publisher=Air France-KLM|location=Paris}}

| Air India | Delhi, Mumbai | {{cite web |title=Time Table|url=http://www.airindia.in/time-table.htm |access-date=August 5, 2018|website=Air India|publisher=Tata Group|location=New Delhi}}

| Air New Zealand | Auckland | {{cite web|url=https://i.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/128133671/air-new-zealand-reveals-new-launch-date-for-nonstop-new-york-flights|title = Air New Zealand reveals new launch date for non-stop New York flights|date = March 22, 2022}}

| Air Serbia | Belgrade | {{cite web |title=Flight Schedule {{!}} Timetable |url= https://www.airserbia.com/en/timetable |access-date= August 5, 2018}}

| Alaska Airlines | Portland (OR), San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma
Seasonal: Anchorage, Palm Springs, Puerto Vallarta | {{cite news |title=Flight Timetable |newspaper=Alaska Airlines |url=https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/timetables.aspx |access-date=August 5, 2018 |last1=Airlines |first1=Alaska}}

| All Nippon Airways | Tokyo–Haneda | {{cite web |title=Timetables [International Routes] |url=https://www.ana.co.jp/en/us/book-plan/airinfo/timetable/international/ |access-date=August 5, 2018}}

| American Airlines | Antigua, Austin, Barbados,{{cite web|title=American Airlines Expands Barbados Service in 4Q24|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240221-aanw24bgi|website=AeroRoutes|date=February 21, 2024}} Bermuda, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Cancún, Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Delhi, Georgetown–Cheddi Jagan, Las Vegas,{{cite web|title=American Airlines to Restart New York - Las Vegas Flight with 737 |url=https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2024/07/21/american-airlines-restart-new-york-las-vegas-flight/|date=July 21, 2024}} London–Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Montego Bay, Orange County, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Punta Cana, St. Thomas, San Francisco, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Tel Aviv (suspended),{{Cite web |title=American Airlines won't fly to Israel again until at least September 2025|url=https://www.jta.org/2024/11/04/israel/american-airlines-wont-fly-to-israel-again-until-at-least-september-2025|website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=November 4, 2024|access-date=November 5, 2024}} Tokyo–Haneda{{cite web|title=American Airlines Resumes New York – Tokyo Haneda in late-June 2024|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240225-aajun24hnd|website=AeroRoutes|date=February 25, 2024}}
Seasonal: Athens, Barcelona, Eagle/Vail, Liberia (CR), Providenciales, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Rome–Fiumicino, St. Kitts, St. Lucia–Hewanorra,{{cite web|title=American Airlines Reintroduces Nonstop New York To Saint Lucia Flights|url=https://stluciatimes.com/163580/2024/05/american-airlines-reintroduces-nonstop-new-york-to-saint-lucia-flights/|website=St. Lucia Times|date=May 17, 2024 |access-date=17 May 2024}} St. Maarten,{{cite web|title=American Airlines Enhances Winter Schedule with 8 Exciting New Routes to Latin America and the Caribbean|url=https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/american-airlines-enhances-winter-schedule-with-8-exciting-new-routes-to-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/|website=Travel and Tour World|date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=17 May 2024}} St. Vincent–Argyle | {{cite web |title=Flight schedules and notifications |url=https://www.aa.com/travelInformation/flights/schedule |access-date=August 5, 2018|publisher=American Airlines Group|location=Fort Worth}}

| American Eagle | Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus–Glenn, Indianapolis, Nashville, Norfolk, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, Toronto–Pearson, Washington–National, Worcester (ends July 4, 2025){{Cite web|url=https://airlinegeeks.com/2025/04/19/american-reshuffles-northeast-network/|title=American Reshuffles Northeast Network | AirlineGeeks.com|date=April 19, 2025|website=AirlineGeeks.com |}} |

| Arkia | Tel Aviv |{{cite news |title=Arkia launches direct flights from Tel Aviv to New York |url=https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/01/13/arkia-launches-direct-flights-from-tel-aviv-to-new-york/ |access-date=13 January 2025 |work=www.israelhayom.com |publisher=Israel Hayom |date=13 January 2025}}

| Asiana Airlines | Seoul–Incheon | {{cite web|url=https://flyasiana.com/C/US/EN/booking/route|title=Routes|website=Asiana Airlines|publisher=Kumho Asiana Group|location=Seoul}}

| Austrian Airlines | Vienna | {{cite web |url=https://www.austrian.com/sk/Info/Flightinformation/Timetable?sc_lang=sk&cc=SK |title=Austrian Timetable |publisher=Austrian Airlines |access-date=August 5, 2018 |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331094119/https://www.austrian.com/sk/Info/Flightinformation/Timetable?sc_lang=sk&cc=SK |url-status=dead }}

| Avianca | Bogotá, Medellín–JMC
Seasonal: Cali, Cartagena, Pereira{{cite news |last1=Karp |first1=Aaron |title= Avianca Opens 11 Seasonal Routes Between Central America, U.S. |url= https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/avianca-opens-11-seasonal-routes-between-central-america-us |work=Aviation Week |date=June 11, 2024}} | {{cite web |title=Check itineraries |url=https://www.avianca.com/br/en/electronic-services/check-itineraries/ |access-date=August 5, 2018}}

| Avianca Costa Rica | San José (CR)
Seasonal: San Pedro Sula | {{cite web |url=https://newsinamerica.com/pdcc/lineasaereas/2021/avianca-fortalece-conectividad-desde-centroamerica-con-la-operacion-de-rutas-hacia-estados-unidos/ |title=Avianca strengthens connectivity from Central America with the operation of routes to the United States |language=Spanish |website=Periódico Digital |date=September 2021 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302081527/https://newsinamerica.com/pdcc/lineasaereas/2021/avianca-fortalece-conectividad-desde-centroamerica-con-la-operacion-de-rutas-hacia-estados-unidos/ |url-status=dead }}

| Avianca Ecuador | Guayaquil, Quito | {{cite web |url=https://serviciosenlinea.avianca.com/ConsultaItinerarios/ConsultaItinerarios.aspx?Pais=ec&Idioma=es |title=Itinerario de vuelos |language=es |website=Avianca |access-date=September 6, 2021}}

| Avianca El Salvador | Guatemala City, San Salvador |

| Azores Airlines | Ponta Delgada
Seasonal: Terceira | {{cite web |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/madeira-portugal-to-welcome-first-ever-direct-flight-from-new-york-city-to-funchal-november-29-301413232.html |title=Madeiria, Portugal to Welcome First-Ever Direct Flight from New York City to Funchal November 29 |publisher=PR Newswire |date=November 1, 2021 |access-date=November 4, 2021}}

| British Airways | London–Heathrow
Seasonal: London–Gatwick | {{cite web |url=https://www.britishairways.com/travel/schedules/public/en_gb |title=Timetables |website=British Airways|publisher=International Airlines Group|location=London}}

| Brussels Airlines | Brussels | {{cite web |title=Timetable |url= https://www.brusselsairlines.com/en-es/practical-information/timetable/Default.aspx |website=Brussels Airlines|publisher=Lufthansa Group|location=Brussels|access-date= August 5, 2018}}

| Cape Air | Saranac Lake/Lake Placid
Seasonal: Hyannis, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket | {{Cite news |url=https://www.capeair.com/theme/single-news.html?id=1510 |title=Service from Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and Hyannis to JFK Goes Year-Round and with Daily Flights |date=July 29, 2019 |access-date=August 7, 2019}}

| Caribbean Airlines | Georgetown–Cheddi Jagan, Kingston–Norman Manley, Port of Spain, St. Vincent–Argyle, Tobago | {{cite web |title=Caribbean Airlines Route Map |url=https://www.caribbean-airlines.com/#/discover-destinations/route-map |access-date=August 5, 2018}}

| Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong | {{cite web |url=https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_CA/book-a-trip/timetable.html |title=Flight Timetable |publisher=Cathay Pacific}}

| Cayman Airways | Grand Cayman | {{cite web |title=Flight Schedule |url=https://www.caymanairways.com/flight-schedule|website=Caymanairways.com |access-date=August 5, 2018}}

| China Airlines | Taipei–Taoyuan | {{cite web |title=Timetable {{!}} China Airlines |url= https://www.china-airlines.com/us/en/fly/flight-status/timetable|website=China-airlines.com |access-date= August 5, 2018}}

| {{nowrap|China Eastern Airlines}} | Shanghai–Pudong | {{cite web|url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/china-eastern-airlines-and-shanghai-airlines-to-operate-22-intl-services-in-feb-2022-1117615 |title=China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines to operate 22 intl services in Feb-2022 | CAPA |website=Centreforaviation.com |access-date=February 21, 2022}}

| {{nowrap|China Southern Airlines}} | Guangzhou | {{cite web |title=Timetable |url=http://www.csair.com/en/online/schedule/index.shtml |access-date=August 5, 2018}}

| Condor | Frankfurt | [https://www.condor.com/de/flug-buchen-planen/flug/flugplan.jsp condor.com – Flight schedule] (German) retrieved November 3, 2021

| Copa Airlines | Panama City–Tocumen | {{cite web |url=https://www.copaair.com/en/web/ca/timetables |title=Flight Schedule |publisher=Copa Airlines}}

| Delta Air Lines | Accra, Amsterdam, Aruba, Athens,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240709-dlnw24inc|title=DELTA NW24 INTERCONTINENTAL NETWORK CHANGES – 07JUL24 |website=Aeroroutes.com|date=2 March 2025}} Atlanta, Austin, Barcelona, Bermuda, Boston, Cancún, Dakar–Diass, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Dublin, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Frankfurt, Honolulu, Houston–Intercontinental (begins September 8, 2025),{{cite web | url=https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2025/05/02/delta-adds-new-routes-from-orlando-austin-jfk-and-more/ | title=Delta Air Lines Adds New Routes from Orlando, Austin, JFK and More | date=May 2, 2025 }} Las Vegas, Lisbon, London–Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Montego Bay, Nassau, New Orleans, Orlando, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Portland (OR), Punta Cana, Rome–Fiumicino, St. Maarten, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo–Las Américas, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa, Tel Aviv,{{cite news |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/delta-to-become-first-us-carrier-to-resume-flight-services-to-tel-aviv-on-april-1/|title=Delta on April 1 to become first US carrier to resume flight services to Tel Aviv|publisher=The Times of Israel|date=January 24, 2025|accessdate=January 25, 2025}} West Palm Beach, Zürich
Seasonal: Antigua,{{cite web |title=Delta NW24 Caribbean Network Additions |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240508-dlnw24caribbean |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=8 May 2024}} Barbados,{{Cite web|url=https://thriftytraveler.com/news/airlines/delta-new-mexico-caribbean-routes/|title=Delta Adds 4 More Routes to Mexico, Caribbean Beaches Next Winter|date=February 2, 2024}} Berlin, Brussels, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Catania,{{cite web |url= https://businesstravelerusa.com/news/delta-expands-europe-routes/|title= Delta Expands in Europe with First-Ever Nonstop Flights to Catania|website=Business Traveler|date=September 20, 2024|access-date=September 20, 2024 }} Copenhagen, Eagle/Vail (begins December 20, 2025),{{cite news | url=https://www.vaildaily.com/news/eagle-county-airport-lands-delta-flight-to-new-york-city-starting-in-december/ | title=Eagle County airport lands Delta flight to New York City starting in December| website=Vail Daily | date=April 4, 2025}} Edinburgh, Geneva, Grand Cayman (begins December 3, 2025),{{cite web |url= https://airlinegeeks.com/2025/05/12/delta-adding-two-routes-in-2026/|title= Delta Adding Two Routes in 2026|website=Airline Geeks|date=May 12, 2025|access-date=May 13, 2025 }} Kingston–Norman Manley, Lagos,{{cite web|url=https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/delta-resumes-lagos-africa-route-upgrades|title=Delta resumes flights JFK-Lagos flights, upgrades other US to Africa service|website=AeroTime|date=April 29, 2024}} London–Gatwick, Naples,{{cite web|title=Summer in Europe: Delta to fly largest-ever trans-Atlantic schedule|url=https://news.delta.com/summer-europe-delta-fly-largest-ever-trans-atlantic-schedule|publisher=Delta News Hub|access-date=September 22, 2023}} Nice,{{cn|date=March 2025}} Palm Springs,{{cite web |title=Delta Adds New York – Palm Springs Service From Dec 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240812-dldec24jfkpsp |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=12 August 2024}} Prague, Providenciales, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, St. Kitts, St. Thomas, San José del Cabo, Shannon, Stockholm–Arlanda, Venice | {{cite web |title=Flight Schedules|url= https://www.delta.com/flight-status/search |access-date=March 14, 2022|publisher=Delta Air Lines|location=Atlanta}}

| Delta Connection | Bangor, Boston, Buffalo, Burlington (VT), Charleston (SC), Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus–Glenn, Detroit, Indianapolis, Ithaca, Jacksonville (FL), Kansas City, Memphis (begins September 8, 2025), Milwaukee, Nashville, Norfolk, Pittsburgh, Portland (ME), Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Rochester (NY), St. Louis (begins September 8, 2025), Savannah, Syracuse, Toronto–Pearson, Washington–Dulles, Washington–National
Seasonal: Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket |

| Egyptair | Cairo | {{cite web |title= Timetable |url=https://www.egyptair.com/en/Plan/Pages/timetable.aspx |access-date=August 5, 2018|publisher=EgyptAir}}

| El Al | Tel Aviv | {{cite web |url=https://www.elal.com/en/PassengersInfo/Useful-Info/Flight-Schedule/Pages/Flights-Schedule.aspx |title=Flight Schedule |publisher=El Al}}

| Emirates | Dubai–International, Milan–Malpensa | {{cite web |url=https://www.emirates.com/ca/english/destinations_offers/timetables/flightschedule.aspx |title=Flight Schedules |publisher=Emirates|location=Dubai}}

| Ethiopian Airlines | Abidjan, Addis Ababa{{cite web |title=Ethiopian NS25 Lome – New York Service Changes – 02APR25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250403-etns25lfwnyc |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=3 April 2025}} | {{cite web |title=Ethiopian Airlines Expands New York Flights From June 2023 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221228-etjun23nyc |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=December 28, 2022}}

| Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi | {{cite web |url=http://www.etihad.com/en-ca/plan-and-book/flight-timetables/ |title=Flight Timetables |publisher=Etihad Airways|location=Abu Dhabi}}

| EVA Air | Taipei–Taoyuan | {{cite web |url=https://booking.evaair.com/flyeva/EVA/B2C/flight-schedules.aspx |title=Timetables |website=EVA Air|publisher=Evergreen Group|location=Taipei}}

| Finnair | Helsinki | {{cite web |title=Finnair flight timetable |url=https://www.finnair.com/at/gb/information-services/flights/timetable |publisher=Finnair|location=Helsinki|access-date=August 5, 2018}}

| Flair Airlines | Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson{{cn|date=March 2025}} | {{cite web|url=https://flyflair.com/where-we-fly |title=Where we fly |publisher=Flair Airlines|access-date=February 12, 2022}}

| Frontier Airlines | Atlanta,{{cite web|url= https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/frontier-airlines-launches-new-direct-flight-from-john-f-kennedy-international-airport-to-atlanta-starting-august-13/ |title= Frontier Airlines Launches New Direct Flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Atlanta Starting August 13 |website=Travel and Tour World|access-date=June 27, 2024}} Dallas/Fort Worth,{{cite web|url= https://airlinegeeks.com/2025/01/07/frontier-expands-at-new-york-jfk/ |title= Frontier Expands at New York-JFK |website=AirlineGeeks|access-date=January 7, 2025}} Las Vegas,{{cite web |url= https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/frontier-airlines-announces-new-routes-across-nine-airports/ |title= Frontier Airlines Announces New Routes Across Nine Airports |website= Travel and Tour World |access-date= June 13, 2024 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando,{{cite web|url=https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines-airports/frontier-airlines-unveils-new-routes-for-fall|title=Frontier Airlines Unveils New Routes for Fall|website=Travel Pulse|access-date=August 27, 2024}} San Juan,{{cite web|url=https://airlinegeeks.com/2024/03/19/frontier-adds-new-service-to-new-york-jfk-resumes-newark-flights/|title=Frontier Adds New Service to New York-JFK, Resumes Newark Flights|website=Airline Geeks|access-date=March 19, 2024}} Tampa | {{Cite web|url=https://www.flyfrontier.com/travel/my-trips/route-map/?mobile=true|title=Route Map | Frontier Airlines}}

| Hawaiian Airlines | Honolulu | {{cite web |title=Destinations |url=https://www.hawaiianairlines.com/destinations |access-date=August 5, 2018}}

| HiSky | Bucharest–Otopeni{{cite web |title=Romania's HiSky To Connect Bucharest To New York With First U.S. Route |url= https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/romanias-hisky-connect-bucharest-new-york-first-us-route|website=Aviation Week Network|date=December 22, 2023 |access-date=December 22, 2023}} | {{cite web |title=Destinations |url= https://hisky.aero/en/dst?Origin1=OTP|website=HiSky|access-date=December 22, 2023}}

| Iberia | Madrid | {{cite web |title=Flight times – Iberia |url=https://www.iberia.com/gb/schedules/ |access-date=August 5, 2018 |archive-date=March 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317232127/https://www.iberia.com/gb/schedules/ |url-status=dead }}

| Icelandair | Reykjavík–Keflavík | {{cite web |url=http://www.icelandair.ca/information/travel-guide/timetable/ |title=Flight Schedule |publisher=Icelandair}}

| ITA Airways | Rome–Fiumicino | {{cite web|url=https://www.itaspa.com/en_it/fly-ita/ita-world/network.html|title=ITA AIRWAYS WORLD|website=Itaspa.com|access-date=February 22, 2022}}

| Japan Airlines | Tokyo–Haneda | {{cite web |title=Japan Airlines Timetables |url=http://www.jal.co.jp/en/inter/route/time/ |access-date=August 5, 2018}}

| JetBlue | Aguadilla, Amsterdam, Antigua, Aruba, Atlanta, Barbados, Belize City, Bonaire,{{Cite web |title=JetBlue Adds New York – Bonaire / St. Vincent in 4Q24|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240530-b64q24jfk|website=www.aeroroutes.com/}} Boston, Buffalo, Cancún, Cartagena, Charleston (SC), Chicago–O'Hare, Curaçao, Denver, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Georgetown–Cheddi Jagan, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Guatemala City, Guayaquil, Hartford, Houston–Intercontinental (ends June 12, 2025),{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241210-b6ns25cxld|title=JetBlue NS25 Suspended Routes – 08DEC24|website=AeroRoutes}} Jacksonville (FL), Kingston–Norman Manley, Las Vegas, Liberia (CR), London–Heathrow, Los Angeles, Miami (ends June 12, 2025), Montego Bay, Nashville, Nassau, New Orleans, Orlando, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Pittsburgh, Port-au-Prince (suspended),{{cite news |last1=Karp |first1=Aaron |title=Future U.S. Flights To Haiti In Limbo, American Confirms Bullet Hit 737-8 |url=https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/safety-ops-regulation/future-us-flights-haiti-limbo-american-confirms-bullet-hit-737 |access-date=14 November 2024 |work=Aviation Week Network |date=14 November 2024}} Port of Spain, Providence, Providenciales, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Raleigh/Durham, Rochester (NY), St. Kitts, St. Lucia–Hewanorra, St. Maarten, St. Vincent–Argyle, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San José (CR), San José del Cabo, San Juan, San Pedro Sula (begins June 12, 2025), Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo–Las Américas, Sarasota, Savannah, Syracuse, Tampa, Vancouver, Washington–National,{{cite web| url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250115533992/en/JetBlue-Enhances-Summer-Travel-with-New-Routes-and-Destinations-Strengthening-its-East-Coast-Network | title=JetBlue Enhances Summer Travel with New Routes and Destinations, Strengthening its East Coast Network |website=Business Wire | date=January 15, 2025 }} West Palm Beach
Seasonal: Albuquerque, Bermuda, Bozeman, Burbank, Dublin, Edinburgh,{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/25/jetblue-to-offer-dublin-edinburgh-flights-starting-next-year.html|title=JetBlue to offer flights to Dublin, Edinburgh starting next year, expanding trans-Atlantic routes|publisher=CNBC|date=October 25, 2023|access-date=October 25, 2023}} Hyannis, Manchester (NH) (begins June 12, 2025),{{cite web|url= https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines-airports/jetblue-adds-new-service-between-manchester-and-new-york|title= JetBlue Adds New Service Between Manchester and New York|website=Travel Pulse|date=February 27, 2025|access-date=February 27, 2025}} Martha's Vineyard, Montrose, Nantucket, Ontario,{{cite web |title=JetBlue 2024 Suspended Routes Summary – 21JAN24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240123-b6ns24dom |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=January 23, 2024}} Ponce, Portland (ME), Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, Seattle/Tacoma, Tulum{{cite web|url=https://www.caribjournal.com/2024/12/05/jetblue-tulum-transitioning-flights-seasonal-only/|title=JetBlue Says It's Transitioning Its Tulum Flights From Year-Round to Seasonal|language=English|date=December 5, 2024|accessdate=December 8, 2024}} | {{cite web |title=JetBlue Airlines Timetable |url=https://b6.innosked.com/(S(ke2am3wxgiegj0zs1pxotirq))/default.aspx |access-date=August 5, 2018 |archive-date=July 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713064749/http://b6.innosked.com/(S(52udsaj2thvywnmtihsndo55))/default.aspx |url-status=dead }}

| Kenya Airways | Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta | {{cite web |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/294477/kenya-airways-nov-2020-international-operations-as-of-19oct20/ |title=Kenya Airways Nov 2020 International Operations as of 19OCT20 |publisher=Airlineroute |date=October 20, 2020 |access-date=October 20, 2020}}

| KLM | Amsterdam | {{cite web|url=https://www.klm.us/flight-status?country=us&lang=en|title=View the Timetable|website=KLM|publisher=Air France-KLM|location=Amsterdam|access-date=August 3, 2022|archive-date=April 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406000130/https://www.klm.us/flight-status?lang=en&country=us|url-status=dead}}

| Korean Air | Seoul–Incheon | {{cite web |url=https://www.koreanair.com/route-map|title=Route Map |website=Korean Air|publisher=Hanjin Group|location=Seoul}}

| Kuwait Airways | Kuwait City | {{cite web |title=Flight Map |url=https://www.kuwaitairways.com/en/routemap |access-date=August 5, 2018}}

| LATAM Brasil | São Paulo–Guarulhos | {{cite web |title=Flight Status – LATAM Airlines |url=https://www.latam.com/en_nz/apps/personas/flightstatus/ |access-date=August 5, 2018}}

| LATAM Chile | Santiago de Chile |

| LATAM Ecuador | Guayaquil (resumes December 1, 2025){{cite web| title=LATAM Airlines retoma ruta clave entre Ecuador y EE.UU. tras más de cinco años de suspensión |url= https://www.aviacionline.com/latam-ecuador-volvera-a-conectar-guayaquil-con-nueva-york-a-partir-de-diciembre |work=Aviacionline |date= 12 May 2025 |language= es}} |

| LATAM Perú | Lima | {{cite web |title=LATAM Peru NS23 US Operation Changes – 23NOV22 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221124-lalpns23us |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=November 24, 2022}}

| Level | Barcelona | {{cite web |url=https://www.flylevel.com/en/destinations/overview |title=Our Destinations |website=Flylevel.com}}

| LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw–Chopin | {{cite web |url=http://www.lot.com/lt/en/flights-schedule |title=Timetables |website=LOT Polish Airlines|publisher=Polish Aviation Group|location=Warsaw}}

| Lufthansa | Frankfurt, Munich | {{cite web |url=http://www.lufthansa.com/us/en/Online-timetable |title=Timetable |publisher=Lufthansa Group |location=Cologne |access-date=August 3, 2022 |archive-date=October 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011050430/https://www.lufthansa.com/us/en/Online-timetable |url-status=dead }}

| Neos | Milan–Malpensa
Seasonal: Bari (begins June 3, 2025),{{Cite web|url=https://italiavola.com/2024/12/10/neos-da-giugno-2025-voli-diretti-da-bari-a-new-york/|title=NEOS: DA GIUGNO 2025 VOLI DIRETTI DA BARI A NEW YORK|date=December 10, 2024}} Palermo{{cite web |title=Neos apre il volo diretto Palermo-New York da giugno |url=https://travelnostop.com/sicilia/compagnie-aeree/neos-apre-il-volo-diretto-palermo-new-york-da-giugno_584964 |website=Travelnonstop |access-date=November 6, 2023|language=IT}} | {{cite web|url=https://onemileatatime.com/neos-milan-new-york-flights/|title=Italy's Neos Launching Milan To New York Flights|date=May 16, 2021|website=One Mile at a Time|access-date=February 22, 2022}}

| Norse Atlantic Airways | London–Gatwick, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Seasonal: Athens,{{cite web|title=NORSE ATLANTIC SCHEDULES ATHENS – NEW YORK LATE-MAY 2024 LAUNCH|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231222-n0ns24ath|website=Aeroroutes|access-date=December 21, 2023}} Berlin,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250501-n0ns25berjfk|title=Norse Atlantic Shortens Berlin-New York NS25 Operations|website=Aeroroutes|date=1 May 2025|accessdate=13 May 2025}} Oslo, Rome–Fiumicino | {{Cite web|url=https://flynorse.com/experience/where-we-fly|title=Where We Fly|website=Norse Atlantic Airways}}

| Philippine Airlines | Manila | {{cite web |title=FlightTimetable |url=https://www.philippineairlines.com/TravelInformation/FlightTimetable |access-date=August 5, 2018 |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026055852/https://www.philippineairlines.com/TravelInformation/FlightTimetable |url-status=dead }}

| Qantas | Auckland, Sydney | {{cite news|url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/qantas-to-resume-new-york-city-sydney-flight-6503500|title=Qantas Will Resume Flights From NYC to Sydney After 3-year Pause|last=Fox|first=Alison|magazine=Travel + Leisure|location=New York|publisher=Dotdash Meredith|access-date=August 26, 2022}}

| Qatar Airways | Doha | {{cite web |title=Flight timetable |url=https://booking.qatarairways.com/nsp/views/timeTableIndex.xhtml |access-date=August 5, 2018}}

| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca | {{cite web |title=Flight Schedules |url=https://www.royalairmaroc.com/int-en/E-Services/Flight-schedules |access-date=August 5, 2018 |archive-date=August 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805052431/https://www.royalairmaroc.com/int-en/E-Services/Flight-schedules |url-status=dead }}

| Royal Jordanian | Amman–Queen Alia | {{cite web |title=Route Map |url=http://www.rj.com/en/destinations/route_map |publisher=Royal Jordanian Airlines| access-date=August 5, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805082904/https://www.rj.com/en/destinations/route_map| archive-date=August 5, 2018| url-status=dead}}

| Saudia | Jeddah, Riyadh | {{cite web |title=Flight Schedule |url=https://www.saudia.com/TRAVEL-WITH-SAUDIA/Where-we-fly/Flight-Schedule |access-date=August 5, 2018 |archive-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803010203/http://www.saudia.com/TRAVEL-WITH-SAUDIA/Where-we-fly/Flight-Schedule |url-status=dead }}

| Scandinavian Airlines | Copenhagen
Seasonal: Oslo{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240918-skns25|title=SAS NS25 COPENHAGEN NETWORK EXPANSION|website=AeroRoutes|date=18 September 2024}} | {{cite web |title=Destinations |url=https://www.flysas.com/us-en/destinations/ |website=flysas.com |access-date=June 21, 2022}}

| Singapore Airlines | Frankfurt, Singapore | {{cite web |title=Flight schedules |url=https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/plan-and-book/your-booking/flightschedule/|website=Singaporeair.com |access-date=August 5, 2018}}

| Sun Country Airlines | Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul | {{cite web |title=Route Map |url=https://www.suncountry.com/route-map |access-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815090927/https://www.suncountry.com/Explore/Route-Map.html |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |url-status=live }}

| {{nowrap|Swiss International Air Lines}} | Geneva, Zürich | {{cite web |title=Timetable |url=https://www.swiss.com/CH/EN/book/flight-information/timetable.html |access-date=August 5, 2018}}

| TAP Air Portugal | Lisbon | {{cite web |url=https://www.flytap.com/en-pt/destinations/all-destinations |title=All Destinations |publisher=TAP Portugal |access-date=August 5, 2018 |archive-date=May 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512030032/https://www.flytap.com/en-pt/destinations/all-destinations |url-status=dead }}

| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul | {{cite web |url=https://www.turkishairlines.com/en-us/flights/ |title=Online Flight Schedule |publisher=Turkish Airlines}}

| Uzbekistan Airways | Tashkent | {{cite web |title=Uzbekistan Airways to Increase Tashkent New York JFK Frequency in Early April 2019 |url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/uzbekistan-airways-to-increase-tashkent-new-york-jfk-frequency-in-early-apr-2019-891943 |access-date=August 6, 2019}}{{cite news |title=Uzbekistan Airways Boosts New York Flights From 3Q24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240110-hyns24jfk |access-date=January 11, 2024 |work=AeroRoutes |date=January 10, 2024 |language=en-CA}}

| Virgin Atlantic | London–Heathrow, Manchester (UK) | {{cite web |title=Interactive flight map |url=http://vs.fltmaps.com/en/gb |access-date=August 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424150818/http://vs.fltmaps.com/en/gb |archive-date=April 24, 2018 |url-status=dead}}

| Viva | Mexico City | {{cite web |title=Our Destination {{!}} VivaAerobus |url= https://www.vivaaerobus.com/en/destinations/all-destinations |access-date=August 5, 2018}}

| Volaris | Guadalajara (ends June 30, 2025){{cite web |title=Volaris NS25 International Service Changes – 16FEB25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250219-y4ns25int |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=19 February 2025}} | {{cite web |title=Volaris Flight Schedule |url=http://cms.volaris.com/en/travel-with-volaris/flight-information/complete-timetable-of-our-flights/ |access-date=August 5, 2018 |archive-date=February 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227151536/http://cms.volaris.com/en/travel-with-volaris/flight-information/complete-timetable-of-our-flights/ |url-status=dead }}

| Volaris El Salvador | San Salvador (ends June 29, 2025) | {{cite web|title=Route Map|url=https://cms.volaris.com/en/travel-with-volaris/our-destinations/all-the-cities-you-can-reach-with-volaris/?countryflag=United+States¤cy=USD&Customer_ID=21&Customer_Email=WebAnonymous|access-date=April 10, 2018}}

| WestJet | Calgary | {{cite web |title=Flight schedules |url=https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/travel-info/flight-info/flight-schedules |access-date=August 5, 2018}}

| XiamenAir | Fuzhou{{cite web |title=XIAMEN AIRLINES RESUMES FUZHOU – NEW YORK SERVICE FROM LATE-MAY 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240419-mfmay24jfk |website=AeroRoutes |access-date=April 19, 2024|language=en-US}} | {{cite web|url=https://www.xiamenair.com/en-cn/|title=XiamenAir|access-date=August 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903163822/https://www.xiamenair.com/en-cn/|archive-date=September 3, 2018|url-status=live}}

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When ranked by the value of shipments passing through it, JFK is the number three freight gateway in the United States (after the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of New York and New Jersey), and the number one international air freight gateway in the United States. Almost 21% of all U.S. international air freight by value and 9.6% by tonnage moved through JFK in 2008.{{cite web |title=Value and Weight of U.S. International Merchandise Freight: 2008 |publisher=United States Department of Transportation |year=2009 |url=http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/americas_freight_transportation_gateways/2009/highlights_of_top_25_freight_gateways_by_shipment_value/jfk_international_airport/html/table_01.html |access-date=July 26, 2013 |archive-date=July 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731194410/http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/americas_freight_transportation_gateways/2009/highlights_of_top_25_freight_gateways_by_shipment_value/jfk_international_airport/html/table_01.html |url-status=dead }}

The JFK air cargo complex is a Foreign Trade Zone, which legally lies outside the customs area of the United States.{{cite web |title=Unique Foreign Trade Zone Status |url=http://www.panynj.gov/air_cargo/unique_ftz_status.html |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |access-date=July 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518194040/http://www.panynj.gov/air_cargo/unique_ftz_status.html |archive-date=May 18, 2009}} JFK is a major hub for air cargo between the United States and Europe. London, Brussels and Frankfurt are JFK's three top trade routes.{{cite web |title=America's Freight Transportation Gateways |author=Bureau of Transportation Statistics |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |year=2004 |url=http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/americas_freight_transportation_gateways/2004/pdf/entire.pdf |access-date=February 18, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927192933/http://www.bts.gov/publications/americas_freight_transportation_gateways/pdf/entire.pdf |archive-date=September 27, 2006}} The European airports are mostly a link in a global supply chain, however. The top destination markets for cargo flying out of JFK in 2003 were Tokyo, Seoul and London. Similarly, the top origin markets for imports at JFK were Seoul, Hong Kong, Taipei and London.

20 cargo airlines operate out of JFK, among them: Air ACT, Air China Cargo, ABX Air, Asiana Cargo, Atlas Air, CAL Cargo Air Lines, Cargolux, Cathay Cargo, China Airlines, EVA Air Cargo, Emirates SkyCargo, Nippon Cargo Airlines, FedEx Express, DHL Aviation, Kalitta Air, Korean Air Cargo, Lufthansa Cargo, UPS Airlines, Southern Air, National Airlines, Icelandair Cargo, and, formerly, World Airways. Top 5 carriers together transported 33.1% of all revenue freight in 2005: American Airlines (10.9% of the total), FedEx Express (8.8%), Lufthansa Cargo (5.2%), Korean Air Cargo (4.9%), and China Airlines (3.8%).{{cite web |title=Monthly Summaries of Airport Activities |url=http://www.panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/airports/html/traffic.html |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |access-date=August 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710030753/http://www.panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/airports/html/traffic.html |archive-date=July 10, 2007}}

There are also some on-demand cargo charter services to JFK, operated by carriers such as Silk Way West Airlines.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Most cargo and maintenance facilities at JFK are located north and west of the main terminal area. DHL, FedEx Express, Japan Airlines, Lufthansa, Nippon Cargo Airlines and United Airlines have cargo facilities at JFK.{{cite web |url=http://www.panynj.gov/air-cargo/jfk-facilities.html |title=Air Cargo Facilities at John F. Kennedy International Airport |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |access-date=August 30, 2015 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906035817/http://www.panynj.gov/air-cargo/jfk-facilities.html |url-status=dead }} In 2000, Korean Air Cargo opened a new $102 million cargo terminal at JFK with total floor area of {{convert|81124|sqft|m2}} and capability of handling 200,000 tons annually. In 2007, American Airlines opened a new priority parcel service facility at their Terminal 8, featuring 30-minute drop-offs and pick-ups for priority parcel shipments within the US.{{cite press release|title=American Airlines Cargo Opens New Priority Parcel Service Facility at New York's Kennedy International Airport |url=http://hub.aa.com/en/nr/pressrelease/american-airlines-cargo-opens-new-priority-parcel-service-facility-at-new-yorks-kennedy-international-airport |publisher=American Airlines |date=October 16, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708011157/http://hub.aa.com/en/nr/pressrelease/american-airlines-cargo-opens-new-priority-parcel-service-facility-at-new-yorks-kennedy-international-airport |archive-date=July 8, 2014 |url-status=dead}}

{{Airport destination list

| Air China Cargo{{cite web |title=Air China Cargo Routes |url=http://www.airchinacargo.com/en/index.php?section=0-0149-0152-0167 |publisher=Air China Cargo |access-date=June 26, 2013 |archive-date=May 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530130729/http://www.airchinacargo.com/en/index.php?section=0-0149-0152-0167 |url-status=dead }} | Anchorage, Beijing–Capital, Dallas/Fort Worth, Shanghai–Pudong

| Amazon Air | Chicago/Rockford, Cincinnati, Fort Worth/Alliance, Sacramento, Seattle/Tacoma, Wilmington (OH)

| Asiana Cargo{{cite web |title=Asiana Cargo Schedule |url=http://www.asianacargo.com/English/schedule/data/ |publisher=Asiana Cargo |access-date=June 28, 2013}} {{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} | Anchorage, Seoul–Incheon

| ASL Airlines Belgium{{cite web |title=TNT Flights to JFK |url=http://info.flightmapper.net/route/TNT_Airways_3V_JFK_LGG |publisher=Flight Mapper |date=July 6, 2013 |access-date=July 6, 2013}} | Liège

| Atlas Air{{cite web|title=Atlas Air Schedule|url=http://jumpseat.atlasair.com/travel/schedule.asp|website=Atlas Air|access-date=December 19, 2023|archive-date=August 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813134854/http://jumpseat.atlasair.com/travel/schedule.asp|url-status=dead}} | Anchorage, Chicago–O'Hare, Halifax, Hangzhou, Los Angeles, Quito

| CAL Cargo Air Lines | Liège, Tel Aviv

| Cargolux{{cite web |title=Cargolux Schedule: JFK-LUX |url=http://www.cargolux.com/nop/nopSearchInternet.do |publisher=Cargolux |access-date=July 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927144956/http://www.cargolux.com/nop/nopSearchInternet.do |archive-date=September 27, 2013}} | Chicago–O'Hare, Guadalajara, Houston–Intercontinental, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Mexico City–AIFA, Toulouse

| Cathay Cargo{{cite web |title=Cathay Pacific cargo schedule |url=http://www.cathaypacificcargo.com/en-us/manageyourshipment/checkflightschedule.aspx |publisher=Cathay Pacific Cargo |access-date=May 1, 2013}} | Anchorage, Calgary, Chicago–O'Hare, Columbus–Rickenbacker, Hong Kong, Portland (OR), Toronto–Pearson

| Challenge Airlines SA | Liège, Tel Aviv

| China Airlines Cargo{{cite web |title=China Airlines cargo schedule |url=http://www.china-airlines.com/ch/cargo/post/freight_schedule.pdf |publisher=China Airlines Cargo |access-date=May 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516181423/http://www.china-airlines.com/ch/cargo/post/freight_schedule.pdf |archive-date=May 16, 2013}} | Anchorage, Taipei–Taoyuan

| {{nowrap|China Cargo Airlines}} | Seattle/Tacoma, Shanghai–Pudong

| {{nowrap|China Southern Cargo}} | Anchorage, Guangzhou

| DHL Aviation | Anchorage, Chicago–O'Hare, Cincinnati, East Midlands, Leipzig/Halle

| {{nowrap|Emirates SkyCargo{{cite web |title=Emirates SkyCargo Global Network |url=http://www.skycargo.com/english/about-us/our-network/routemap.aspx |publisher=Emirates SkyCargo |access-date=June 28, 2013 |archive-date=February 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216065220/http://www.skycargo.com/english/about-us/our-network/routemap.aspx |url-status=dead }}{{cite press release |url=http://www.skycargo.com/english/media-centre/media-news-press-details.aspx?id=1620090 |title=Emirates SkyCargo Freighter Operations get ready for DWC move |publisher=Emirates SkyCargo |date=April 2, 2014 |access-date=August 30, 2015}}}} | Chicago–O'Hare, Dubai–Al Maktoum, Maastricht/Aachen

| EVA Air Cargo | Anchorage, Taipei–Taoyuan{{cite web |title=Flight Timetable |url=https://www.brcargo.com/NEC_WEB/FileServer/CMS/2174/Cargo_Flights.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518045552/https://www.brcargo.com/NEC_WEB/FileServer/CMS/2174/Cargo_Flights.pdf |archive-date=May 18, 2022 |url-status=live |website=EVA Air Cargo}}

| FedEx Express{{cite web |title=FedEx Express |url=http://www.fedex.com/locate/index.html?locale=en_MX |publisher=FedEx Express |access-date=June 28, 2013}} | Indianapolis, Memphis

| Kalitta Air | Amsterdam

| Korean Air Cargo{{cite web |title=Korean Air cargo schedule |url=http://cargo.koreanair.com/ecus/skd/servlet/ScheduleInetServlet?pid=22&version=eng&menu1=m2&menu2= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227033028/http://cargo.koreanair.com/ecus/skd/servlet/ScheduleInetServlet?pid=22&version=eng&menu1=m2&menu2= |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 27, 2011 |publisher=Korean Air |access-date=May 1, 2013}} | Anchorage, Miami, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Toronto–Pearson

| Lufthansa Cargo{{cite web |title=Lufthansa cargo schedule (CSV) |url=http://193.24.34.250/flightschedule/lhcargo_flightschedule.csv |publisher=Lufthansa Cargo |access-date=May 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616001448/http://193.24.34.250/flightschedule/lhcargo_flightschedule.csv |archive-date=June 16, 2013}} | Atlanta, Frankfurt, Mexico City–AIFA

| MNG Airlines[https://info.flightmapper.net/flight/MNG_Airlines_MB_412 MNG Airlines flight MB 412 schedule] retrieved 21 January 2025. | Istanbul, Liège, Toronto–Pearson

| Nippon Cargo Airlines{{cite web |title=NCA Flight Schedule |url=http://www.nca.aero/e/service/schedule/documents/NCAS13Timetable_MFOR1_FROMandTOJAPANupdate.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714135756/http://www.nca.aero/e/service/schedule/documents/NCAS13Timetable_MFOR1_FROMandTOJAPANupdate.pdf |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=live |publisher=Nippon Cargo Airlines |date=June 28, 2013 |access-date=June 28, 2013}} | Anchorage, Chicago–O'Hare, Tokyo–Narita

| Qantas Freight{{cite web |title=Qantas Freight: flight information |url=http://www.qantas.com.au/qfreight/qfe/home/au/en |website=Qantas |date=May 1, 2013 |access-date=May 1, 2013}}{{cite news |title=Qantas Mulls Buying 747 Freighters |first=Matt |last=O'Sullivan |url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/qantas-mulls-buying-747-freighters-20130306-2flng.html |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Nine Entertainment|location=Sydney|date=March 7, 2013 |access-date=March 7, 2013}} | Anchorage, Chongqing, Shanghai–Pudong

| Qatar Airways Cargo{{cite web |title=Qatar Airways Cargo Adds Halifax Service from July 2016 |url=http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/267282/qatar-airways-cargo-adds-halifax-service-from-july-2016/?highlight=qatar%20airways%20cargo |date=June 3, 2016 |access-date=June 4, 2016}} | Doha, Halifax, Zaragoza

| Saudia Cargo{{cite web |url=http://airlineroute.net/2015/09/23/svc-jfk-sep15/ |title=Saudia Cargo Resumes New York Service from Sep 2015 |publisher=Airlineroute.net |date=September 23, 2015 |access-date=September 23, 2015}} | Jeddah

| SF Airlines | Anchorage, Ezhou, Hangzhou, Shenzhen

| {{nowrap|Silk Way West Airlines}} | Baku

| Turkish Cargo{{cite web |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/276359/turkish-cargo-adds-7-destinations-in-jan-2018/ |title=Turkish Cargo adds 7 destinations in Jan 2018 |website=Routesonline.com |access-date=December 31, 2017}} | Bogota, Istanbul, Toronto–Pearson, Zaragoza

| UPS Airlines | Chicago/Rockford, Louisville, Orlando, Philadelphia
Seasonal: Hartford

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{{Bar chart

| title = Annual passenger statistics{{cite web |title=2022 Air Traffic Report |url=https://www.panynj.gov/airports/en/statistics-general-info.html |website=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey}}

| label_type = Year

| data_type = Passengers

| data_max = 64,000,000

| label1 = 2009 | data1 = 45,877,942

| label2 = 2010 | data2 = 46,515,060

| label3 = 2011 | data3 = 47,643,477

| label4 = 2012 | data4 = 49,273,824

| label5 = 2013 | data5 = 50,451,822

| label6 = 2014 | data6 = 53,220,426

| label7 = 2015 | data7 = 56,884,730

| label8 = 2016 | data8 = 59,103,472

| label9 = 2017 | data9 = 59,488,982

| label10 = 2018 | data10 = 61,636,235

| label11 = 2019 | data11 = 62,571,463

| label12 = 2020 | data12 = 16,630,642

| label13 = 2021 | data13 = 30,788,322

| label14 = 2022 | data14 = 55,287,711

| label15 = 2023 | data15 = 62,464,331

| label16 = 2024 | data16 = 63,265,972

}}

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| caption = Carrier shares {{nowrap|(Jan.2024 – Dec. 2024)}}

| other =

| label1 = Delta, 18,666,587

| value1 = 30.1

| color1 = red

| label2 = JetBlue, 15,587,009

| value2 = 25.1

| color2 = blue

| label3 = American, 7,972,572

| value3 = 12.8

| color3 = yellow

| value4 = 2.1

| label4 = British, 1,304,442

| color4 = green

| value5 = 2.0

| label5 = Alaska, 1,252,759

| color5 = pink

| value6 = 1.7

| label6 = Virgin Atlantic, 1,039,460

| color6 = lime

| value7 = 1.7

| color7 = orange

| label7 = Air France, 1,034,257

| value8 = 1.6

| color8 = maroon

| label8 = Avianca, 998,609

| value9 = 1.4

| color9 = turquoise

| label9 = Emirates, 872,231

| value10 = 1.0

| color10 = magenta

| label10 = Aer Lingus, 650,393

| value11 = 20.5

| color11 = silver

| label11 = Other carriers

}}

In the immediate vicinity of the airport, parking and other information can be obtained by tuning to a highway advisory radio station at 1630 AM.{{cite press release |title=Port Authority Ready for Labor Day Weekend Travel |url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=350 |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |date=August 25, 2003 |access-date=March 8, 2010 |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527160527/http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=350 |url-status=dead }} A second station at 1700 AM provides information on traffic concerns for drivers leaving the airport.

Kennedy Airport, along with the other Port Authority airports (LaGuardia and Newark), uses a uniform style of signage throughout the airport properties. Yellow signs direct passengers to airline gates, ticketing and other flight services; green signs direct passengers to ground transportation services and black signs lead to restrooms, telephones and other passenger amenities. In addition, the Port Authority operates "Welcome Centers" and taxi dispatch booths in each airline terminal, where staff provide customers with information on taxis, limousines, other ground transportation and hotels.

Former New York City traffic reporter Bernie Wagenblast provides the voice for the airport's radio stations and the messages heard on board AirTrain JFK and in its stations.{{cite web |title=About My Services |url=http://www.bwcommunications.net/ |access-date=March 8, 2010 |work=Bernie Wagenblast Voice Services}}

Stephen Abraham, colloquially known as Kennedy Steve, was an air traffic controller at JFK between 1994 and 2017.{{Cite news |last=Abraham |first=Stephen |date=March 20, 2010 |title=An Air Traffic Controller Thrives on Stress |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/jobs/21preoccupations.html |access-date=February 10, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}} Abraham was known for his distinct "informal" tone and controlling-style while handling ground traffic at the airport. Many of his interactions with pilots were recorded and featured on various social media platforms, including various YouTube channels. In 2017, Abraham was awarded the Dale Wright Award by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) for distinguished professionalism and exceptional career service to NATCA and the National Airspace System.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Z4-UUTsvbkc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20211016074130/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4-UUTsvbkc Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Citation |last=NATCA |title=CFS 2017: Dale Wright Award Presentation to Steve Abraham (JFK) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4-UUTsvbkc |access-date=February 10, 2021}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |title=Winners of The Dale Wright Award for Distinguished, Professional and Exceptional Career Service to NATCA and the National Airspace System |url=https://www.natca.org/community/awards/dale-wright-award-for-distinguished-professional-and-exceptional-career-service-to-natca-and-the-national-airspace-system/ |publisher=National Air Traffic Controllers Association |access-date=February 10, 2021}} In 2019, he was hired as Airside Operations and Ramp Manager at JFK's Terminal 1.{{cite web |title=Stephen Abraham, Air Traffic Control: Let me explain away your delays, Gathering Room |url=https://www.kohresweb.org/new-events/2019/3/4/stephen-abraham-ex-air-traffic-controller-gathering-room |access-date=March 15, 2021 |website=kohresweb.org |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129145142/https://www.kohresweb.org/new-events/2019/3/4/stephen-abraham-ex-air-traffic-controller-gathering-room |url-status=dead }}

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