even the most stringent proposal — to reinstate aircraft limits to ease the bottlenecks at kennedy — might backfire , industry reports say , because aviation would end up shifting flights to newark airport , which is already difficult . " there is the good one of bringing 10 pounds in a 5 - gallon bag , " said dwight moore , a longtime airline analyst . " j . f . k . was never set up to be a hub for anybody ; its been a terminal , " he insisted . but in recent years it became a hub for jetblue and southern . these year , delayed at kennedy are so bad , he said , that " it ' s backing up the whole system . " .
JFK airport is in New York.