page_title: Aviation in the New York metropolitan area
section_title: John F. Kennedy International Airport
hierarchical_section_title: Aviation in the New York metropolitan area / Major commercial airports / John F. Kennedy International Airport
caption_attribution_description: A map showing the major airports serving New York City.# JFK# LGA # EWR
context_page_description: The New York metropolitan area has the busiest airport system in the United States. It is also the most frequently used port of entry and departure for international flights. In 2011, more than 104 million passengers used the airports under the auspices of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The number increased to 117 million in 2014.
  The metro area is served by three major airports, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport and LaGuardia Airport, which have been operated by PANYNJ since 1947. The International Air Transport Association airport code "NYC" is reserved to refer to these three airports. JFK and Newark are connected to regional rail systems by AirTrain JFK and AirTrain Newark respectively.
  The class B airspace used by the three airports is extremely congested. Despite caps placed by the Federal Aviation Administration limiting the number of flights per hour, they rank among the top five in the United States for delays. In 2012, travel guide Frommer's rated three terminals in the region as the worst in the world: JFK Terminal 3, Newark Terminal B, and LGA's US Airways terminal.
context_section_description: John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is the major entry point for international arrivals in the United States, and it is the largest international air freight gateway in the nation by value of shipments. Sections of the airport have been a foreign trade zone since 1984. About 100 airlines from more than 50 countries operate flights to JFK. The JFK–London Heathrow route is the leading U.S. international airport pair with over 2.9 million passengers in 2000. Other top international destinations from JFK are Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, Incheon International Airport in Seoul, Barajas International Airport in Madrid, Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Cibao International Airport in Santiago de los Caballeros, Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Frankfurt International Airport in Frankfurt, Narita International Airport in Tokyo, and Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo. The airport is located along Jamaica Bay near Howard Beach, Queens. The elevated AirTrain JFK people mover system connects JFK to the New York City Subway and the Long Island Rail Road.
caption: Location of the three largest airports in the area:
  1) John F. Kennedy
   2) LaGuardia
   3) Newark Liberty
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