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With a total of approximately 111 million travelers using New York's airports, making New York the busiest airport system in the United States second only to London. JFK airport are the newest and busiest of the New York's primary airports. JFK is the top international air passenger gateway to the United States along with the two other major airports in the New York metropolitan area, Newark airports and LaGuardia airports. John F. Kennedy Airport [JFK Airport] is one of the busiest airports in the world, each day welcoming thousands of passengers arriving and departing the United States. In front of all nine terminals, taxi service is offered. A varied selection of ground transportation services is available at the John F. Kennedy International Airports, for business and leisure travelers alike. For information and reservations for buses, shared-ride vans and limousines, go to the ground transportation Information counters, located on the lower baggage claim level of all the terminals. Car Rental companies are available at the airports with courtesy shuttles at AirTrain Station C. Operating 24 hours every day, AirTrain JFK is the airport train service that takes you between John F. Kennedy International Airports and MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) trains, MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) subways, and local buses. Signs showing directions to the parking facilities are color coded to point out their location.
The All Terminals loop is an airport terminal circulator, which serves the six terminal stations (Terminal 1, Terminals 2 / 3, Terminal 4, Terminals 5 / 6, Terminal 7, and Terminals 8 / 9), but operates in the opposite direction, making a clockwise loop. It is the base of operations for JetBlue Airways and is also a major international gateway hub for Delta Air Lines and American Airlines. The five largest airlines at JFK in market share are JetBlue Airways, Delta Airlines/Connection, American Airlines, British Airways, and United Airlines. Nearly 100 airlines from over 50 countries operate regularly scheduled flights from JFK. American Airlines began an eight-year program to build the largest passenger terminal at JFK to replace the very dated and cramped terminals 8 and 9.
JFK has eight passenger terminals in operation arranged in a U-shaped pattern around a central area containing parking, hotels, a power plant, and other airport facilities. The terminals are connected by the AirTrain system and access roads.
Lounges and a private check-in area for first and business class passengers are found through out JFK airports terminals. A terminal is about 50% larger than Madison Square Garden and offers dozens of retail and food outlets, 84 ticket counters, 44 self-service kiosks, 10 security lanes and a U.S. Customs and Immigration station that can process more than 1,600 people an hour.
JFK Airports Terminals
JFK AIRPORTS HELPFUL PHONE NUMBERS
Availability of Parking at the airport (updated continuously): (718) 244-4080
For Free Emergency Automobile Services use the yellow HELP phones in parking
lot, or call: (718) 244-4168
If you need to report a crime, accident or medical emergency, use the yellow
HELP phone in the parking lot or call:(718) 244-4335
Air Ride - Ground Transportation Information
1-800-AIR-RIDE (1-800-247-7433).
Posted by New York's Own
