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John F. Kennedy International Airport is an international airport located in Queens, in southeastern New York City and about 12 miles (19 km) from Lower Manhattan. Originally known as the "New York International Airport" then renamed Idlewild Airport in the same year, was renamed in 1963 in memory of the late President John F. Kennedy. It is colloquially referred to simply as "Kennedy" or "JFK".
JFK airport is the newest and busiest of the New York metropolitan area's three primary commercial airports. It is the top international air passenger gateway to the United States and is also the leading freight gateway to the country by value of shipments. The airport is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages four other airports in the New York metropolitan area, Newark Liberty, LaGuardia, Stewart and Teterboro. It is the base of operations for JetBlue Airways and is also a major international gateway hub for Delta Air Lines and American Airlines.
The five largest airlines at JFK in market share are JetBlue Airways (27.3%), Delta Airlines/Connection (18.6%), American Airlines (18.5%), British Airways (2.8%), and United Airlines (1.9%).
JFK's outbound international travel accounted for 17% of all U.S. travelers who went overseas in 2004, the largest share of any U.S. airport. In 2000, JFK handled an average of about 50,000 international passengers each day. The JFK- London Heathrow route is the leading U.S. international airport pair with over 2.9 million passengers in 2000.. However, United has since dramatically reduced its operation at JFK and has abandoned any plans for a future JFK hub. As of August 2007, no plans have been released as to the future of Terminal 6, currently occupied by JetBlue, once the airline's new Terminal 5 becomes operational.
Infrastructure and services
Runways
Two pairs of parallel runways, four in all, surround the airport's central terminal area: 4L-22R, 4R-22L, 13L-31R and 13R-31L. Runway 13R-31L is the second longest commercial runway in North America, at a length of 14,572 ft (4,441 m).
Runway 4R-22L is long and wide. It is equipped at both ends with Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), Approach Lighting Systems (ALS) with sequenced flashers, and touchdown zone (TDZ) lighting.
Runway 4R is a Category III A/L ILS runway, permitting landings with a visibility of or more by qualified aircrews. The first Engineered Materials Arresting System (EMAS) in North America was installed at the northeast end of the runway in 1996. The bed consists of cellular cement material, which can safely decelerate and stop an aircraft that overruns the runway. The arrestor bed concept was originated and developed by the Port Authority and installed at JFK Airport as a joint research and development project with the FAA and industry. Runway 22L ILS is also a Category III runway. Runway 4L-22R is long by wide and is also equipped with ILS at both ends allowing landings down to three-quarters of a mile visibility. Takeoffs can be conducted with one-eighth of a mile visibility.
Runway 13L-31R is long by wide and is equipped at both ends with ILS and ALS systems. Runway 13L has two additional visual aids for landing aircraft, a Visual Approach Slope Indicator System (VASI) and a Lead-In Lighting System (LDIN). The ILS on 13L has Category II capability, and along with TDZ lighting, allows landings down to half a mile visibility. Takeoffs can be made with visibility of one-eighth of a mile.
JFK has over of taxiways to move aircraft in and around the airfield. The standard width of these taxiways is, with heavy-duty shoulders and erosion control pavements on each side. The taxiways have centerline lights and are generally of asphalt concrete composition 15 to thick. An illuminated sign system provides directional information for taxiing aircraft.
The Air Traffic Control Tower, constructed on the ramp-side of Terminal 4, began full FAA operations in October 1994 and is tall. An Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE) radar unit sits atop the tower. A gas-fired electric cogeneration plant generates electricity for the airport, with an output of about 90 megawatts. It uses thermal energy from the capture of waste heat to heat and cool all of the passenger terminals and other facilities in the central terminal area.
Aircraft service facilities include seven aircraft hangars, an engine overhaul building, a 32-million gallon aircraft fuel storage facility, and a truck garage.
Passenger terminals
JFK has eight passenger terminals in operation arranged in a U-shaped pattern around a central area containing parking, hotels, a power plant, and other airport facilities. The terminals are connected by the AirTrain system and access roads. A 2006 survey by J.D. Power and Associates in conjunction with Aviation Week found JFK ranked second in overall traveller satisfaction among large airports in the United States, behind McCarran International Airport which serves the Las Vegas metropolitan area.
Terminal 1 has 11 gates. The original Terminal 1, built as a hub for Eastern Airlines, was demolished, a new Terminal 1 was opened in 1998, 50 years after the opening of JFK.
Terminal 2 was opened in 1962 as the home of Northeast Airlines, Braniff and Northwest Airlines. After the demise of Northeast Airlines and Braniff the building was taken over by Delta Air Lines. The building has 11 gates. Delta hopes to merge its two terminals at JFK (2 & 3) into a single modern terminal in the future.
Terminal 3, built as the Worldport in 1960 for Pan American, and substantially expanded for the introduction of the 747 in 1970, has 17 gates. Delta Air Lines currently uses the entire terminal, and has a connector to Terminal 2, its other terminal at JFK.
Terminal 4, the international terminal, is able to handle the Airbus A380 and is managed by the Schiphol Group. It was the first airport terminal in the United States to be managed by a foreign airport operator. Terminal 4 is the major gateway for International Arrivals at JFK. It is the newest structure at JFK that doesn't incorporate an existing facility. Opened in 2001, the new building was built at a cost of $1.4 billion. The terminal has 17 gates on two concourses. Concourse A has six gates, numbered A2-A7. Concourse B has eleven gates, numbered B20-B31, excluding B21. As Terminal 4 was built during the construction of the AirTrain, the AirTrain station was built inside the terminal building. Other AirTrain stations are built across from terminal buildings.
Terminal 5, also known as the TWA Flight Center, is closed while undergoing reconstruction to become the new terminal for JetBlue Airways.
Terminal 6, built in 1970 as the National Airlines Sundrome, has 14 gates. On June 1, 2006, JetBlue opened a temporary terminal complex that added seven gates onto the terminal and increased the capacity for more flights. Customers access the temporary terminal through shuttle buses after they clear the security checkpoint.
Terminal 7 was built for BOAC and Air Canada in the early 1970s. In 1997, the Port Authority entered an agreement with British Airways to expand the terminal. The renovated terminal has 12 gates.
The former Terminal 8 has just recently been closed and is starting the demolishing process, with its iconic glass panels are being removed, as the new American Airlines Terminal 8 (known as Terminal 9 until November 2007) is now fully operational. Also, Malév Hungarian Airlines, Jet Airways, and Finnair use this terminal.
Air freight
JFK is the nation’s busiest international air freight gateway by value of shipments and the second busiest overall by value including all air, land and sea U.S. freight gateways. Over 21% of all U.S. international air freight by value and 11% by tonnage moved through JFK in 2003.
Most cargo and maintenance facilities at JFK are located north and west of the main terminal area. The following airlines have dedicated cargo terminals at JFK: Continental Airlines, DHL, Emirates SkyCargo, EVA Air, Evergreen International Airlines, FedEx Express, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, Nippon Cargo Airlines, United Cargo, and UPS.
In 2000, Korean Air Cargo opened a new $102 million cargo terminal at JFK. It was the largest air freight facility on the East Coast with total warehouse floor area of more than 55,000 sq ft (16, 764 m²) and capability of handling 200,000 tons annually.
Ground transportation
Rail
JFK is connected to New York's subway and commuter rail system by AirTrain JFK. AirTrain stops at all terminals, car rental lots, and two subway stations. It is free within the airport and $5 to reach the subway stations outside the airport perimeter. Travel time between JFK and Midtown Manhattan is approximately 30-40 minutes (depending on the originating/terminating terminal at JFK) using AirTrain and the Long Island Rail Road at Jamaica Station ($8 to $12); or approximately 75 minutes using AirTrain and the New York City Subway A train at Howard Beach-JFK Station ($2) or E, J and Z trains at Sutphin Boulevard Station ($2).
Bus
Several city bus lines link JFK to the New York City Subway and Long Island Rail Road, including the Q3, Q6, Q7, Q10 (Local/Limited), and B15, with free transfers provided for subway connections. The buses are handicapped accessible. There are also many private bus lines operating express buses to Manhattan, the Hudson Valley, and Long Island.
In addition, China Airlines provides private bus service to the following destinations for its customers:
Taxi
New York City's yellow cabs, operated by the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission, offer a flat rate service of $45 from JFK airport to Manhattan, excluding tips and tolls. Since November 30, 2006, this flat rate fare (excluding tips and tolls) applies to travel from Manhattan to JFK as well. Depending on the time of day, taxi travel from JFK to Midtown Manhattan can be as quick as 35 minutes. New York Taxis accommodate 4 passengers except vans which accommodate 5.
Terminals, airlines, and destinations
Terminal 1
Terminal 1 has 11 gates: 1-11
Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
Aeroméxico (Mexico City, Puebla [seasonal])
Air China (Beijing)
Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
Cayman Airways (Grand Cayman)
China Airlines (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong)
Japan Airlines (São Paulo-Guarulhos, Tokyo-Narita)
Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Munich)
Olympic Airlines (Athens)
Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Riyadh)
Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)
Terminal 2
Terminal 2 has 7 jetway equipped gates: 20-22, 26-29 and 17 stands for Delta Connection carriers: 23A-H, 23J, 25K-N, 25P-S
Delta Air Lines (See Terminal 3)
- Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Columbus (OH), Indianapolis [endsJune 3], Nashville, Norfolk/Virginia Beach [endsJune 4], St. Louis [endsJune 4])
- Delta Connection operated by Comair (Albany (NY), Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Boston, Buffalo, Burlington (VT), Charlotte [beginsJune 5], Charlottetown [seasonal;begins June 14], Chicago-O'Hare, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Cleveland, Columbus (OH), Detroit, Halifax [beginsJune 5], Hartford/Springfield (MA), Indianapolis, Minneapolis/St. Paul [beginsJune 5], Montréal, Nantucket [seasonal], Nashville, Norfolk/Virginia Beach [beginsJune 1], Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Rochester (NY), St. Louis [beginsJune 5], Syracuse, Toronto-Pearson, Washington-Reagan)
- Delta Connection operated by Freedom Airlines (Albany (NY) [endsJuly 6], Baltimore/Washington [endsJuly 6], Boston [endsJuly 6], Buffalo, Chicago-O'Hare, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Dallas/Fort Worth, Hartford/Springfield (MA) [endsJuly 6], Houston-Intercontinental [beginsJune 5], Indianapolis [endsJune 4], Nashville, Norfolk/Virginia Beach [endsJuly 6], Philadelphia [endsJune 4], Pittsburgh [endsJuly 6], Portland (ME), Raleigh/Durham [endsJuly 6], Richmond [endsJuly 6], Rochester (NY) [endsJuly 6], Syracuse [endsJuly 6], Washington-Dulles, Washington-Reagan)
Terminal 3
Terminal 3 has 16 jetway equipped gates: 1-10, 12, 14-18 with 2 hardstand gates (Gate 11) and a helipad on Taxiway 'KK'
Delta Air Lines (Accra, Amman [beginsJune 5], Amsterdam, Antigua [beginsJune 12], Aruba, Athens, Atlanta, Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel, Bogotá [beginsAugust 19], Boston, Brussels, Bucharest-Otopeni [endsOctober 4th], Budapest, Cairo [beginsJune 4], Cape Town [beginsJune 3], Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Dakar [beginsJune 3], Denver, Dublin, Edinburgh, Fort Lauderdale, Frankfurt, Georgetown [beginsJune 1],Istanbul-Atatürk, Kiev-Boryspil, Las Vegas, Liberia (CR), London-Gatwick [endsAugust 31], London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Los Cabos [seasonal], Lyon [beginsJuly 17], Madrid, Malaga [beginsJune 4], Manchester (UK), Mexico City, Miami, Milan-Malpensa, Montego Bay, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Mumbai, Nice, Orlando, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Phoenix, Pisa, Port of Spain, Portland (OR), Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana [endsAugust 18, restart December 2008], Rome-Fiumicino, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San José (CR), San Juan (PR), Santiago (DR) [endsSeptember 12], Santo Domingo [endsSeptember 9], São Paulo-Guarulhos, Seattle/Tacoma, Shannon, St. Thomas, Tampa, Tel Aviv, Venice, Washington-Reagan)
US Helicopter Gate 11 (Bridgeport, Downtown Manhattan Heliport, East 34th St. Heliport, Newark)
Terminal 4
Terminal 4 has 17 gates in two concourses: A2-A7, B20, B22-B31
Aer Lingus (Dublin, Shannon)
Aerolíneas Argentinas (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza)
Aerosvit Airlines (Kiev-Boryspil)
Air India (Amritsar, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, London-Heathrow, Mumbai)
Air Jamaica (Bridgetown, Grenada, Kingston, Montego Bay, St. Lucia)
Air Tahiti Nui (Papeete)
airberlin (Düsseldorf)
Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon)
Avianca (Bogotá, Cali, Medellin-Cordova, Pereira, Barranquilla [restartsJune 18])
Caribbean Airlines (Port of Spain)
Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
Copa Airlines (Panama City)
Czech Airlines (Prague)
EgyptAir (Cairo)
El Al Israel Airlines (Tel Aviv)
Emirates (Dubai)
Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
Eurofly (Bari [seasonal], Bologna [seasonal], Naples [seasonal], Palermo [seasonal], Pescara [seasonal], Rome-Fiumicino, Venice [begins14 September])
Israir (Tel Aviv)
JetBlue Airways (Cancún [arrivals], Puerto Plata [arrivals], Santiago (DR) [arrivals], Santo Domingo [arrivals], St. Maarten [arrivals])
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
Kuwait Airways (Kuwait City, London-Heathrow)
LAN Airlines (Lima, Santiago (CL))
LOT Polish Airlines (Kraków [seasonal], Rzeszów, Warsaw)
Mexicana (Mexico City, Monterrey)
Miami Air International [charterflights]
North American Airlines [chartersflights]
Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Pakistan International Airlines (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore)
Royal Jordanian (Amman)
Singapore Airlines (Frankfurt, Singapore)
Sky King (airline) (Havana, scheduled charters)
South African Airways (Dakar, Johannesburg)
Sun Country Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul, West Palm Beach [seasonal])
Swiss International Air Lines (Geneva, Zürich)
TACA (Guatemala City, San Pedro Sula, San Salvador)
TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas) (São Paulo-Guarulhos)
Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
Uzbekistan Airways (Riga, Tashkent)
Virgin America (Los Angeles, San Francisco)
Virgin Atlantic (London-Heathrow)
Zoom Airlines (UK) (Bermuda, London-Gatwick)
Terminal 5
Terminal 5, the former Trans World Airlines terminal designed by Eero Saarinen, is currently closed and is being reconstructed for a brand new JetBlue facility scheduled to open in September 2008. It will have 26 arrival and departure gates plus various shopping and dining amenities.
Terminal 6
Note: All JetBlue international arrivals are handled in Terminal 4.
Terminal 6 has 14 gates plus an additional 7 in the temporary terminal, for a total of 21 gates: 1-5, 7, 9-12, 14-17, 19-25 (temporary terminal).
JetBlue Airways (Aguadilla, Aruba, Austin, Bermuda, Boston, Buffalo, Burbank, Burlington (VT), Cancún [departures], Charlotte, Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Houston-Hobby, Jacksonville (FL), Las Vegas, Long Beach, Nantucket [seasonal], Nassau, New Orleans, Oakland, Ontario, Orlando, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Ponce, Portland (ME), Portland (OR), Puerto Plata [departures], Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Rochester (NY), St. Maarten [departures], Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), San Juan (PR), Santiago (DR) [departures], Santo Domingo [departures], Sarasota/Bradenton, Seattle/Tacoma, Syracuse, Tampa, Washington-Dulles, West Palm Beach)
Terminal 7
Terminal 7 has 12 gates: 1-12
Air Canada (Calgary, Vancouver)
All Nippon Airways (Tokyo-Narita)
British Airways (London-Gatwick [beginsOctober 27], London-Heathrow, Manchester (UK) [endsOctober 26])
Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong, Vancouver)
Iberia Airlines (Madrid)
Icelandair (Reykjavík-Keflavík)
Qantas (Sydney)++
United Airlines (Los Angeles, San Francisco)
US Airways (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
++Though Qantas's flight to/from Sydney involves a stop in Los Angeles, passengers can't purchase tickets to fly Qantas between New York and Los Angeles.
Terminal 8
Terminal 8 has 29 gates: 12 gates in Concourse B (1-8, 10, 12, 14, and 16) and 17 gates in Concourse C (31-47)
American Airlines (Aruba, Barcelona, Bermuda, Bridgetown, Brussels, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cancún, Caracas, Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Las Vegas, London-Heathrow, London-Stansted, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan-Malpensa, Montego Bay, Orlando, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Port-au-Prince, Providenciales, Punta Cana, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rome-Fiumicino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan (PR), Santiago (DR), Santo Domingo, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Seattle/Tacoma, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Thomas, Tampa, Tokyo-Narita, Zürich)
- American Eagle (Baltimore/Washington, Boston, Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland, Halifax, Montréal, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, St. Louis, Toronto-Pearson, Washington-Reagan)
Finnair (Helsinki)
Jet Airways (Brussels, Delhi)
Malév Hungarian Airlines (Budapest)
New airlines and destinations
Air Dominicana (Santiago (DR), Santo Domingo, Punta Cana) [beginsJuly 1]
Kingfisher Airlines (Bangalore [beginsAugust 2008], Hong Kong [beginsSeptember 16], Mumbai begins September 2008])
Sol Airlines (La Romana) [beginsJune 2008]
Helicopter
US Helicopter operates regularly scheduled flights every hour between Terminal 3 and the Downtown Manhattan Heliport. Passengers travelling by helicopter pass through a security checkpoint at the heliport, not at JFK. The flights last 8 minutes and cost $159 each way. On May 14 2007, US Helicopter moved its operations from Terminal 9 to Terminal 3.
Airport Information
Airport information can be obtained in several ways both before traveling to the airport and while there. In addition to the Web site listed below, travelers may call the airport at +1-718-244-4444.
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. A second station at 1700 AM provides information on traffic concerns for drivers leaving the airport.
Kennedy Airport, along with LaGuardia and Newark airports, uses a uniform style of signing 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.
Former New York City traffic reporter, Bernie Wagenblast provides the voice for the airport's radio stations and the messages heard onboard AirTrain JFK and in its stations.
Accidents
JFK has been the site of several notable air disasters.
December 18, 1954 - a Linee Aeree Italiane Douglas DC-6 crashed on its fourth approach attempt to land at Idlewild (the former name of JFK), after circling for 2.5 hours. 26 of the 32 passengers on board were killed.
December 16, 1960 - a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 collided with a TWA Super Constellation on approach to the airport; the United jet crashed in a Brooklyn neighborhood, the TWA plane on Staten Island, killing 127 people on board and five on the ground.
March 1, 1962 - American Airlines Flight 1 (External Link ), a Boeing 707 crashed on takeoff from Idlewild after its rudder separated from the tail. All 95 passengers and 12 crew members were killed.
November 30, 1962 - an Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-7 crashed into the ground during a missed approach.
February 8, 1965 - an Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-7 crashed off Jones Beach after takeoff when the pilots found themselves on an apparent collision course with an inbound Pan Am Boeing 707 and made evasive maneuvers.
June 24, 1975 - Eastern Air Lines Flight 66, a Boeing 727 on final approach from New Orleans, crashed into the runway lights short of runway 22L, killing 112 passengers and crew. The cause of the crash was wind shear during a heavy thunderstorm.
January 25, 1990 - Avianca Flight 52, a Boeing 707-321B arriving from Bogotá and Medellin, crashed at Cove Neck, Long Island, after a missed approach at JFK and subsequently running out of fuel.
July 30, 1992 - TWA Flight 843, a Lockheed L-1011 departing for San Francisco, aborted takeoff shortly after liftoff. There were no fatalities among the 280 passengers, although the aircraft was destroyed.
November 12, 2001 - The most recent disaster at JFK was American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 that crashed while en route to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. During climb, the aircraft lost most of its vertical fin due to the co-pilot's overcontrol of the rudder while encountering wake turbulence, and crashed into the Belle Harbor neighborhood of Queens. The crash killed all 260 people on the plane and five people on the ground.
Other accidents and incidents involving JFK
Sabena Flight 548 (1961), outbound from JFK, crashed while trying to land in Brussels, Belgium
Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (1972), outbound from JFK, crashed while trying to land in Miami, Florida
Pan Am Flight 1736 (1977), originated from LAX and stopped at JFK, collided with another 747 at Tenerife
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 (1980), outbound from JFK, crashed while trying to land in Warsaw, Poland
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (1983), originated from JFK, shot down off the coast of Sakhalin
Pan Am Flight 103 (1988), bound for JFK, with continued service to Detroit, exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland
TWA Flight 800 (1996), outbound from JFK, exploded soon after takeoff, and crashed off the coast of Long Island and Islip
Swissair Flight 111 (1998), outbound from JFK, crashed off the coast of Nova Scotia
EgyptAir Flight 990 (1999), outbound from JFK, crashed off the coast of Nantucket
Air France Flight 4590 (2000), a Concorde bound for JFK, crashed in Gonesse, France
Korean Air Flight 85 (2001), bound for JFK on September 11, was escorted by fighter jets to Whitehorse International Airport during Operation Yellow Ribbon on fears it may have been hijacked. This wasn't the case; the plane was low on fuel, and according to a public affairs official at the airport, there was also a communication problem with the air crew. When the plane landed, witnesses reported that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ordered the crew out at gunpoint. The entire incident was a misunderstanding caused by a malfunctioning transponder.
On June 2, 2007, federal authorities announced that four people had been arrested in connection with an alleged terror plot to attack the JFK Airport. FBI officials say the men, one of whom was a former air cargo employee at the airport, planned to blow up terminal buildings and jet fuel infrastructure..
In popular culture
As one of the major international gateways in the United States, JFK possesses a high profile in popular culture. The British Invasion began with the arrival of The Beatles at JFK in 1964, who held their first American press conference at the airport. Rapper Notorious B.I.G. references the airport's code name in the song "Going Back to Cali." The theme song of the 1960s comedy TV series Car 54, Where Are You? contained a line reading: "There's a scout troop short a child, due at Idlewild," referencing the airport's previous name, Idlewild. In his one-man show Red diaper baby, Josh Kornbluth's eccentric communist father insists on referring to JFK as the "Bay of Pigs Memorial Airport". JFK is also mentioned in the U2 song, Angel of Harlem, as well as the song "The City" by Joe Purdy. In the Simpsons episode "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)" Mr. Burns builds the 'Spruce Moose' a parody of Howard Hughes's 'Spruce Goose' airplane, which he claims will fly from New York's Idlewild Airport to the Belgian Congo in seventeen minutes. In the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV, an airport closely resembling JFK appears in fictional Liberty City as "Francis International Airport". A futuristic version of JFK was featured in The Fifth Element.
Many films have used JFK as a setting, including:
Auntie Mame (1958) - Mame Dennis Burnside makes reference to "Idlewild" and "Pan American flight 100" near the end of the film.
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - In the final scene of the movie, Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly is in a taxi with Paul Varjak (played by George Peppard) and tells the driver to go to Idlewild Airport, where she hopes to catch a flight to Brazil.
Live and Let Die (1973)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Zombi 2 (1979)
Moonstruck (1987)
Three Men and a Baby (1987)
Big Business (1988)
Coming to America (1988)
Bonfire of the Vanities (1989) A complicated shot of the Concorde landing here was documented in the book The Devil's Candy
Goodfellas (1990) (as Idlewild Airport) which shows the 1967 Air France Robbery and 1978 Lufthansa heist that are both unsolved major robberies conducted at the airport.
Quick Change (1990)
The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Turbulence (1997)
Red Dwarf (1997) - The episode Tikka to Ride makes reference to an alternative reality where Idlewild airport wasn't named after John F. Kennedy, owing to his 1963 assassination having failed.
Final Destination (2000)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Kangaroo Jack (2003) (cameo appearance)
The Terminal (2004)
Taxi (2004)
White Chicks (2004)
Friends (2004) (series finale)
School for Scoundrels (2006)
Build It Bigger (2007)
Bee Movie (2007) The plane carrying the roses lands at Terminal 4.
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