JFK International Airport

There can be various reasons to visit New York and the trip to this place is memorable when people choose to travel via. The country's popular airport, known as the JFK airport. Constructed during the year 1942 in a sprawling area of 1000 acres which is located at the Queens County in New York, the John F. Kennedy Airport or the JFK International Airport was inaugurated in the year 1948 and was known initially as New York International Airport. Later the name of the was changed as John F Kennedy International in the year 1963 to honor the late president of US, Mr. John F. Kennedy. This is New York's busiest airport that serves over 41 million passengers each year through its 7 airline terminals and is considered as the transportation hub of the country as it is the busiest international gateways. This airport is known to handle the highest amount of international air freight or shipments than the rest of the airports in the US.

Apart from the US, JFK International Airport also serves other destinations such as Canada, Asia, Australia, Pacific, Lation America, New Zealand and Europe. It is also a major hub of the United Airlines, America West and Alaskan airlines' secondary hub and also acts as a hub for Air New Zealand and American Airlines.

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The aircraft gates, which account more than 125 in number serves over 100 airlines' flights which arrive and leave the JFK everyday. More than forty seven million passengers travelled through this airport in 2011 and it also transported air cargo that weighed more than 1.3 tons. The airport flaunts a runway that measures more than 9 miles and it has taxiways that measure over 25 miles to help the airplanes travel across the sire of this airport. These features well explain why this airport is the busiest one in the country.

Terminals of JFK International Airport:

The airport has a single Central terminal which has other terminals surrounding it. Each terminals of this airport has parking facility separately and maintains a unique color code to distinguish the terminals easily. While travelling to travel through JFK, one needs to arrive a bit early as moving from the Central terminal to other terminal to the airline would need a bit of time. Travelling to and fro the JFK is not a tedious task as the airports enjoys excellent connectivity through taxi services that are available in abundance.

The also has many other amenities for its passengers such as florists, tasty eateries, book stores, banking services, student assistance, information on hotels, conference facilities, currency exchange, immigrant assistance and on site chapels. If you wish to travel in a stylish