even the most draconian proposal — to reinstating its limits to ease the outages at kennedy — might alienate , economic analysts add , because airlines would end up switching aircraft to newark airport , which is already difficult . " kennedy is the perfect precedent of putting 10 pounds in a 5 - pounds backpack , " said darryl jones , a longtime transportation contractor . " o . f . k . was not fixed up to be a hub for airline ; its been a gateway , " he says . but in recent decades it remained a hub for jetblue and united . these years , conditions at kennedy are so heavy , he said , that " it ' s backing up the big country . " .
JFK airport is in New York.