Runway 31R (originally 8,000 ft or 2,438 m) is still in use runway 31L (originally 9,500 ft or 2,896 m) opened soon after the rest of the airport and is still in use runway 1R closed in 1957 and runway 7R closed around 1966. Idlewild opened with six runways and a seventh under construction runways 1L and 7L were held in reserve and never came into use as runways. Further expansions would come in following years, including a control tower in 1952, as well as new and expanded buildings and taxiways. Idlewild at the time had a single 79,280-square-foot (7,365 m 2) terminal building : 3 by 1949, the terminal building was being expanded to 215,501 square feet (20,021 m 2).

The Port Authority canceled foreign airlines' permits to use LaGuardia, forcing them to move to Idlewild during the next couple of years. Dewey, who were both running for president in that year's presidential election. Truman and Governor of New York Thomas E. The first flight from Idlewild was on July 1, 1948, with the opening ceremony attended by U.S. : 3 Early operations President Truman (left) with Governor Dewey (right) at dedication of the Idlewild Airport The airport was intended as the world's largest and most efficient, with 'no confusion and no congestion'. 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. 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 : 3 and maintains this lease today. In 1944, the New York City Board of Estimate authorized the condemnation of another 1,350 acres (550 ha) for Idlewild. 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'. 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 project was renamed Major General Alexander E. : 2–3Ībout US$60 million was initially spent with governmental funding, but only 1,000 acres (400 ha) of the Idlewild Golf Course site were earmarked for use. Construction began in 1943, though the airport's final layout was not yet decided upon. : 2 Title to the land was conveyed to the city at the end of December 1941. : 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. It was built to relieve LaGuardia Field, which had become overcrowded after its 1939 opening. Kennedy International Airport was originally called Idlewild Airport ( IATA: IDL, ICAO: KIDL, FAA LID: IDL) after the Idlewild Beach Golf Course that it displaced. History Map showing New York City and the locations of Kennedy International Airport as a tribute to the 35th President of the United States. Kennedy in 1963, the airport was renamed John F. The facility opened in 1948 as New York International Airport and was commonly known as Idlewild Airport.

JFK is also a former hub for Braniff, Eastern, Flying Tigers, National, Northeast, Pan Am, Seaboard World, Tower Air, and TWA. JFK is a hub for American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines, and Kalitta Air as well as the primary operating base for JetBlue. It is primarily accessible via car, bus, shuttle, or other vehicle transit via the JFK Expressway or Interstate 678 ( Van Wyck Expressway), or via train. The airport features five passenger terminals and four runways. JFK is located in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Midtown Manhattan. Over 90 airlines operate from the airport, with nonstop or direct flights to destinations in all six inhabited continents. The facility covers 5,200 acres (2,104 ha) and is the largest and busiest airport in the New York City area. The airport is the busiest of the seven airports in the New York airport system, the 6th-busiest airport in the United States, and the busiest international air passenger gateway into North America. Kennedy International Airport ( IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK colloquially referred to as JFK Airport, Kennedy Airport, New York-JFK, or simply JFK) is the main international airport serving New York City, United States. Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey FAA

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