JFK Airport Information
JFK Airport Address
John F. Kennedy International Airport
JFK Expy & S Cargo Road (Intersection of two streets)
Jamaica, NY 11430
JFK Airport mailing address
Building 14
Jamaica, NY 11430
John F. Kennedy International Airport is an international airport located in Jamaica, Queens, southeast of New York City.
IATA code - JFK
ICAO code - KJFK
Operated by - The airport has been operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey under a lease with New York City since 1947.
Time Zone - EST (GMT -5)
History - Construction of the airport began in 1942 with modest ambitions. Only 1,000 acres (4 km²) of land on the site of Idlewild golf course were earmarked for use. The golf course provided the airport's original namesake, Idlewild Airport. First commercial flights began on July 1, 1948. The airport was formally dedicated as New York International Airport on July 31, 1948. It was re-dedicated on December 24, 1963 as John F. Kennedy International Airport, following action of the Mayor and Council of the City of New York, and a resolution of the Commissioners of the Port Authority. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, JFK was one of the first airports in the United States to be temporarily closed.
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Take the free AirTrain,
Take the free AirTrain, it'll only take a few minutes from terminal 1 to 3.
Thank you!
Thank you!
LuxAir
At JFK, I need to connect to Luxair for a flight to Zurich. What terminal does Luxair fly from please?
thanks, - Will
tax refund
Can a foreigner departing from JFK to abroad get tax refund from items bought in NY, specially high-priced electronics and clothings? If yes, how and where? Regards
avianca 747 HK-2910X
Dear,
My name is Didier Pinçon, i'm French and Today, I have a request for you: Do you have in your archives photos about Avianca 747 HK-2910X at JFK? , I know this aircraft came many times in JFK airport beetween August 1982 to November 1983. I have a very particular and sad story with this plane, and it is the reason I’m looking for photos about her.
I will explain you why I have a special story with the Avianca 747 HK-2910X .
At the time, Saturday, November 26th, I was working at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in a luxurious restaurant whose name is “Maxim’s”. it was a very nice restaurant, where we were welcoming VIPs, first class passengers and crews when the flights were not yet arrived, delayed or very late.
This day was a Saturday. Avianca flight 010 was arriving in the afternoon like every Saturday, from Bogota, Caracas, Madrid before to go to Frankfurt, his final destination before the return flight.
The return flight from Frankfurt was normal but we did receive a phone call from the Avianca airport office. They told us the flight will be a little bit late from Frankfurt, so please prepare a meal for all the first class passengers, the economy passengers were welcome in another restaurant just near our restaurant.
So we were welcoming the first class passengers of AV 011 before their flight to Madrid, Caracas and Bogota. At this time in our beautiful restaurant, we had a usual practice: offer a porcelain ahs-tray from “Maxim’s” of Paris to the pleasant persons.
This saturday night, we meet some very nice Colombian persons and we had for a short time a nice time with them, so as they were very cool, we were offering them some Maxim’s ash-tray like a souvenir. Some minutes later, someone from the Avianca office came in our restaurant and told them the plane is arriving from Frankfurt with only about 30 minutes late so please come to the gate area to board in the 747.
I went to the boarding gate with these nice persons and I wished them to have a good flight to home. After that , the door of the 747 was closed and everybody said bye, bye. The 747 leaved the gate, then went to the runway and took off to Madrid.
The day after, Sunday morning, like every day, when I woke up before to go to my work at the airport, I listened at the radio and I heard the plane crashed some minutes before landing at Madrid-Barajas airport, so only 2 hours after we said them bye bye.
I throught: it was impossible! But when I was arriving at the airport, all was very sad and early in the morning our airport was in black.
I’m one of the last persons to have see the passengers in life, and I think about them every day since 1983..
I was very touched by this accident, and since I often have flashs in my head about these persons. I’m very sad and I still don’t know exactly what happened. They are in my heart forever. My passion for Avianca started some years early, but I think this event started a love story between Avianca and me, I know it is curious.
Today, I try to obtain all the photos I can find about this 747( no photo from web sites), and mainly photos taken on the airports that this plane was landing on, but it is very difficult.
So if you have photos about this plane or if you know some persons who could have take photos about this plane at JFK airport, do you accept to help me to obtain scans of them please?
I thank you very much. Kind regards Didier
Cat pickup
Im flying in to JFK from London (BA) on Wednesday (early afternoon arrival).
My cat will be on the same flight.
Can you please tell me:
- where I will need to pick her up?
- best way to get there with 5 -6 bags (2 people)?
- how long I will need to allow to get her from the other area?
- how we should get into Manhattan after picking her up?
We've been stuck in the cargo area before without a car or taxi and don't want to go through that again.
Our most likely option is a minivan but I would like to know how long the clearing process is before I book the minivan at $70 per hour.
Will I have enough time to get my connecting flight?
Monday March 1st I'll arrive in terminal 3 at 4:59pm. My connecting flight is scheduled for departure in terminal 4 at 6:35pm. Both Delta flights.
Will I have enough time to get the connecting flight? It's just 1:30 hour and I also have to collect my luggage (amI right?).
Thanks for any reply!
Thanks for your reply. I
Thanks for your reply. I boarding in Santo Domingo (SDQ) an travelling to Amsterdam (AMS)
Meeting at JFK on arrival
My flight will arrive at Terminal 4 (KLM from London) and my mom will arrive at Terminal 7 (Cathay Pacific from Hong Kong) on the same day but 15 minutes apart. Where is the best place for us to meet?
Luggage delivery
Hi, I'm planning to bring almost 10 suitcases of luggage in the airplane when I move from Tokyo to Ithaca. My question is, is there any domestic delivery service to Ithaca in the JFK airport? Thank you for your advice in advance!
Best,
Package
I was shipped a package with the tracking number EE303293068CN. It shows that it arrived at customs on 2-10-10. How long will it take before I receive my package. Thanks.
translators
Hi - my parents are flying into JFK on friday. They're from Germany and don't speak any English - I was wondering are there any translators available at customs? And if not, should I write them a letter saying that they are visiting me? (Im on a study abroad program). I would greatly appreciate if you could help me with that! Thank you.
about my buddy
hi
i am searching for my buddy who is just come in QATAR airlines and the flight no is QR051 the flight is delayed and i don't know where is he??? so please help me...
Package still awaiting Customs released
Hi, I ordered a packaged from a supplier in China and the same was handed to Customs USJFKA on 2010-01-21 at 10:47:00, that's 18 days ago. I wondering how much longer it will be until it gets delivered. Tracking number is EE256207939CN. Thank you.
Question
I have a package coming from China as well and wondered if you ever received your item from customs? Mine has been there for a week now and was curious to know how long it took to release. Please respond if you would please.
Thanks,
mel
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