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John F. Kennedy International Airport is the one of the busiest international airports in the world. in the Queens district of New York City, JFK International Airport more international passengers than any other airport in the United States. In 2010 over 46 million passengers went the terminals of JFK.

The airport is a city in itself. About 35,000 people work at the airport. More than 90 fly in and out of New York’s JFK airport. The busiest routes from JFK lead to London, Heathrow, Madrid and Paris, Charles de Gaulle.


The airport in 1948. Originally , it was called Idlewild Airport. It was renamed shortly after President Kennedy was killed in 1963. , the airport could handle planes with a of 300 tons. In the 1960s JFK underwent changes in order to take on the new generation of jumbo jets that followed.


Currently there are four on which planes take off and land. One of them is long enough for a space shuttle to . Over 40 km of taxiways move aircraft from their holding positions to the runways.


JFK airport has eight terminals with a total of over 150 gates . The buildings are arranged around parking areas, hotels and even a power plant . All the terminals are connected with through a train system. This train system connects the airport with New York. It takes passengers about 30 to 40 minutes to get to Central Manhattan, about 20 km from the airport.


New York’s biggest airport is also an important freight hub . Most of the cargo between Europe and the United States through JFK and almost a quarter of all international goods to and from the USA are handled by the airport.


JFK International Airport has also been the location of several and tragedies. Among them a TWA flight exploded after taking off from JFK. All 230 people were killed. In April 2011 an Airbus A-380 crashed into a smaller plane while still on the . Fortunately nobody was injured .