JFK International Airport

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Update time: Sat Feb 4 10:28:55 2012 GMT
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JFK Airport Parking - You can use two types of parking: JFK Long Term Parking or Daily Parking in the Central Terminal Area more

JFK Car Rental - Each terminal have rental car counter or courtesy telephones. Car rental companies that operate at airport are: Avis, Budget, Dollar Rent A Car, Enterprise, Hertz more

Kennedy Airport Terminals - There are 8 operating terminals ...

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jesse1

arriving jfk 8:52 delta 2863 connecting to delta 1771 at 10:40...could you please advise as to what terminal we will be arriving and leaving and if we have sufficient time to make the connection...also is there anywhere close by to smoke...thank you

takasan

Hi, I heard I could rent a phone at terminal 3. Does anybody know the fares? Is there a web site with the details?

hgarcia9904 (not verified)

Hello, I’m arriving from Vienna to JFK Terminal 1 by Austrian Airlines at 14:05 pm and my next flight to Bogota by Avianca at Terminal 4 is at 01:15 am (next day), my question is: What time can I check in the Avianca’s counter?

ladydust

My daughter-in-law is flying into T8 tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. from Canada. How long should it take for her to clear customs? Also, when she returns home, she is leaving at 3 p.m. and we have booked a shuttle to take her at 11:30 a.m. Is this enough time to get through?

Happy 30th (not verified)

I am travelling to NYC and need help with directions from JFK airport (Terminal 8) to 700 8th Ave on a Friday morning. and also directions back to the airport on a Monday early afternoon. Thanks very much for your help. Do I take the subway? Airtrain? etc

MrsBarias1

Hi, i would like to ask how long will the transfer from terminal 8 to terminal 4. I am arriving from Doha at 2:10pm and will have a connecting flight to sfo at 6:55 pm via virgin america.Do i have enough time??L thanks

Pat B (not verified)

I arrive on an American Eagle flight and only have 40 minutes to make a connecting American Airlines flight to Budapest. Is that enough time and, do the American Eagle and Americn Airlines flights use specific gates in Terminal 8.

JOHN R

I have a Saturday night flight to Rome on Delta leaving at 7:45 PM. The flight leaves from Terminal 3.

Since this is a bad terminal, what time should I arrive to be safe for check in?

Can I enter into terminal 2 and walk to terminal 3?

IanHall

I am an Australian and I want to hire a car from JFK and travel around the USA and Canada for approx.7 weeks.
1. Can I hire in the US and travel to Canada as well.
2. What insurance do I need to take out to cover damage to the car I hire and to any other person or property.

TravellingOz (not verified)

We are from Australia also and arrived in New York in December then up to Boston where we hired the car and travelled through Canada for 3 weeks. You can receive coverage through your car rental, we used Thrifty (not recommended though) and paid $600.00 for coverage, so that might give you an idea of a price to beat or at least to go by.

Gina (not verified)

When you say hire a car do you meant to hire a driver or rent a car?
If your meaning to rent a car, you simply need to contact a rental car company(hertz;enterprise;budget; avis and several more rental car companies). To cover the vehicle and persons etc. you will need the most expensive insurance LDW(I think it is called)usually runs about $30 per day. Some rental car companies might restrict that you drive to Canada so call to find which one will allow it.

Marta (not verified)

Hello,
I'll be arriving from Italy in march.
the name on my ticket flight is MARTA SARA ROSSI.
this name is incorrect, on my passport the name is just MARTA ROSSI.

the flight company (Alitalia) is telling me that I need to book a new flight becasue my current ticket (which is not refundable) is unvalid, seeing that I would be having problems once arrived at JFK.
But if my passport and my ESTA says the correct name, would it really matter?

Alfred (not verified)

It should be no problem. I assume that Sara is your middle name and airlines can either enter the information in their systems as Sara or just the letter S. Just in case I would recommend that you also bring along some other ID in which your middle name is indicated. In the future just book your flights using your names as it appears in your Passport.

JOHN R

I was told by Delta Airlines to be at JFK airport 3 hours early to check bags and clear security.

My flight to Rome leaves on a Saturday night from terminal 3 at JFK.

Why will it take three hours and is that enough time for a Saturday night flight in June?

B2G

All airlines and airports recommend you arrive at least 3 hours in advance for international departures to allow adequate time for check-in and to clear security. While it might not take that long it's always better to be early than late. In addition some airlines cut off check-in in 1 hour before departure.

JOHN R

I was primarily concerned about the process at terminal 3. I understand that the check in time there is unusually long due to limited staff by Delta. Is that correct?

JR Anonymous (not verified)

I was told that for a Delta flight to Rome, that I should arrive three hours early to check baggage and clear security. My flight is on a Saturday night from Terminal 3.

Why will it take three hours? Is that enough time?

lj

I will be arriving on a Monday evening at 6:44pm on Delta from BTV (Terminal 3?) and switching airlines to Jetblue (Terminal 5) for a flight to DEN leaving at 9:09pm. I have two questions: 1. do I have to go through security again? 2. Is this enough time to make the transfer between the two terminals? I will not be checking any bags; I'll just have a carry on.

JFK_Specialist_...

You have more than enough to make this connection.
JFK_Specialist

hekailin

What's the NU1111 from Moscow arrival time?

icemanjrperu1 (not verified)

Hi,

If anybody can help me on this it would be greatly appreciated. We are scheduled to arrive into Terminal 1 on Turkish from Istanbul at 3PM. This flight looks like it averages a 38 minute delay. We would like to catch a 5PM AA flight from Terminal 8 connecting to DFW. It's the last flight of the day that can get us to DFW. Or we can depart from LGA around 9PM.
Do we stand a decent chance of making the AA 5PM flight or should we just suck it up and reserve the 9PM flight from LGA? Thanks

Anonymous212 (not verified)

I have a connecting flight at JFK to Canada Im comming from Italy. If I decide to stay in New York can I?

Haabu (not verified)

Hi:
I just came back to Ohio from outside the US
the problem is that:
this is my 4th time I enter the states: three from JFK and one from O'Hare, and every time I go through the line to get my passport stamped the officer tells me that I need to take you to the office. So when I go to the office I stay between 3-4 hours just waiting and sometimes they call me and ask me: what is your weight and height? what is your father and mother name?!
last night I was there and I missed my connection flight because of that check
I mean if it happens once it's alright, but it is the 4th time it happens, and for no clear reason
Please, how can I know the reason? knowing that all my papers are legal and I have a visa and I spent a considerable amount of time in the US!

Dubravko (not verified)

Time between flights minimum 5 hours... and than ur not sure. CBP and all that security stuff is here to stay. Adaptation, planning and patience...

david1781

I can not find my parking ticket for short term terminal 8. What is the procedure to pay for my car?

xpat

My sister and niece are arriving in Terminal 8(via Qatar) and require assistance getting their luggage to Terminal 5(via Jet Blue). They have 4 big suitcases, carryons and laptop/bags...basically too much to put on a cart.

I've contacted the airlines to no avail. I've been told by friends that the porters do not transfer luggage terminal to terminal; so can anyone tell me if there is service offered by either the airline or JFK to assist in the transfer of luggage from terminal to terminal?

carlone

ARRIVING ON JAN 03 AT 14:59 BY AA400 FROM DFW AND DEPARTING SAME DAY TO ROME BY AZ609 SHEDULED 17:35 CAN
YOU SUGGEST THE SHORTEST WAY TO CKIN ?

YRE (not verified)

Hello
I'm arriving in NYC/JFK on Thursday evening and will leave on Sunday early morning.
Can I store my baggage for more than one day?
Will I be able to check it out at 4am on Sunday?

Thank you

Susie Bishop

We are arriving at 6.40 am at JFK on the 23rd December, do you have any idea how long we can expect it to take to clear customs and immigration and collect our luggage?

Anonymous1234 (not verified)

Spent 2 hours getting through last week after a 9hr flight customs officer had a disgusting attitude when we presented him with just the one custom form that we had been given. (by an american airline)

Apparently we should have had two as our surnames are different on our passports and we couldn't prove we were family even though we are married! He had none and set us to the back of the que to get another.

I had to make a scene and stomped through the que to get to the front again.

eneko (not verified)

Hello. I'm arriving from Madrid to JFK Terminal 8 with AA at 1:10 PM and I have to take another flight with JetBlue at Terminal 5 at 03:55 PM. So I think I have to get my luggage and go through customs, is this far from the arriving gate? Also then I have to take the AirTrain till Terminal 5 and check in again with JetBlue. Will I have enough time? Thank you!

SauravBH (not verified)

Hi, I am arriving on Emirates (from Dubai) at JFK (dont have check-in bags) and am taking a AA flight to Costa Rica within 4 hrs ... Do I need a transit visa?

Note - I do not have to collect bags as I have no check-in bags.

em87

Hi,

we are travelling to JFK from Dublin on 16.12.11 and my partner has a Full UK machine readable 12 month passport. it is not a 10 year passport, nor a Emergency travel document.
could someone please advise if there would be any problems with this. i have spoken to the FCO, Passport office and Embassy in London who are unable to give me an 100% answer.

many thanks.

wilman

I want to Fly MIA to JFK AA 1510 Jan 15,2011 arriving Terminal 8 at 14:30 Hrs Will I have sufficient time to collect my luggage travel to Terminal 1 and check in with Lufthansa & Clear security for LH 401 to FRA departing at 16:25 Hrs?

Also would be possible to check my luggage through to my final LH destination in MIA with AA.

Thanks Frank

Jaxjo59

I have an early morning flight to Barbados on Jet Blue Tuesday 12/6.

Is the international duty free shop open? What are their hours? We want to purchase liquor and wine.
thanks for any help

inb

Hello,
My father is arriving from Amsterdam at JFK Terminal 4.

He then has a connecting flight to Portland OR from Terminal 3. Both flights are with Delta.

It looks like he needs to take his bags after arrival to pass through Customs and Immigration.

My question is whether there will be a baggage drop off after Customs or whether he needs to re-check bags with Delta ? Does he need to do this at Terminal 4 or can he do this at Terminal 3 before preceding to Terminal 4 ?

Thank you

Tif (not verified)

Hello,

We have a flight arriving from SFO to JFK at 8pm it is a delta airlines flight. Then we have to change to an other terminal to have another delta airlines flight but with Air France 1h30min after. Will it be possible to make the connection between those 2 flights ? Do we have to take back our luggages from the first terminal and to make the connection then re-checked in our luggages... ?
Thanks

Saldaña (not verified)

Hi, I'm arriving to NY on December 6th in the evening, and I would like to know please if I can stay all night in the airport. That's because I need to meet with my friends that arrive next day (December 7th) in the morning to leave the airport and take the train with them to travel to Rutland. Thanks

Saldaña (not verified)

Hi, I'm arriving to New York on December 6th in the evening and I have to take the train on December 7th to travel to Rutland. Because of that, I would like to know, please, if it's allowed to stay all night in the airport until the morning because other friends are going to arrive on December 7th and I have to go with them to the station. Thanks

B2G

Terminal 4 is open 24 hours, you can stay there.

Luis

Hi, I'm arriving to New York on Wednesday, December 14th at 9:35am. I need to get to Penn Station at 11:30am to get a train. Will I be able to make it on time or should I better look for other options to get to my final destination?

B2G

Can you take a later train? If you are arriving via international you will need at least one hour to clear customs and another hour for transit to Penn Station.

Luis

No, unfortunately it's the only train that goes to that destination. Guess I'll just have to travel by bus. Thanks for the answer.

chong_cl

Hi all,
I arrive on the 5th Dec from Europe at 11am.
The transfer transit is way too long thus I decided to travel by train to Albany, NY. Any idea how to do this? Thanks in advance!

Anonymous

Trains to Albany depart from New York's Pennsylvania ("Penn") Station in Manhattan. Service is provided by Amtrak. You can book the entire trip at www.amtrak.com by entering "JFK" as your origin station, and "ALB" as your destination station. The JFK to Manhattan segment would be on a bus. Another option is to get yourself from JFK to Penn station by taking a taxi, or by taking the JFK AirTrain to Jamaica Station, and then transferring to a Manhattan-bound "E" subway, or a Manhattan-bound Long Island Rail Road train to Penn Station. If you did that, your Amtrak booking would be from NYP to ALB. You may be able to get a discount on your train fare: Go to www.railserve.com to check for available Amtrak discounts.

If you want a less expensive option, Megabus provides daily bus service from the Penn Station area to the Albany train station. Travel time on the bus is about the same as it is on the train. Check bus fares and schedules at www.megabus.com.

Jose DBC (not verified)

Someone knows if JFK's duty free is open 24/h?

Mtaza

Hi,
I will be going with family to JKF airport terminal 4 and once I drop them at terminal, I will need to return the rental car at Budget. This is first time I'm using Airpot to Airport rental car.
I'm not sure how will I return back to terminal 4 after droping car at budget.

Please advice advice best way to come back to terminal 4 after return.

Thanks.
MM

B2G

Take the AirTrain from the rental car locations at Federal Circle to T4, it's free.

np (not verified)

I have family coming from Hungary on American Airlines, coming into JFK. They have 1hr 15min to go through customs and catch their connecting flight to Cleveland, again using American Airlines. Where will they go, to go through customs? Is there a customs port in Terminal 8? It seems like American Airlines comes and goes from Terminal 8 (is that right?), and we're wondering if they're going to have enough time to go through customs and get on their connecting flight in and hour and fifteen minutes...they're a family of 4.

B2G

Don't think they have enough time. While there is a customs facility at T8 and American Airlines is based at T8 they will need to allow at least one hour to clear customs and then go to the departure level to clear security to get to the gates. If they have checked luggage they will pick up to clear customs and then take them to the connecting flights counter. Suggest they find a later connecting flight.