even the most enact proposal — to reinstate flight limits to ease the bottlenecks at this — might backfire , trade analysts state , because airports always end up shifting flights to newark airport , which is so strained . " boston is the better example of putting 10 pounds in a 5 - foot box , " said tony jenkins , a leading airlines consultant . " j . f . k . was never set up to be a hub for anybody ; its been a gateway , " he responded . but in recent years it became a hub for airtran and delta . these mornings , arrivals at kennedy are so bad , he said , that " it ' s backing up the full industry . " .
JFK airport is in New York.