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New York Idlewild

New York, US.

Code

IDL

Position

40.640, -73.779

Runway

2,438 m paved from 1945, 2,896 m paved from 1949

Capacity

About 4,000 movements a week, 32 stands, terminal generation 2

Weather

Worst month loses about 1.6% of flights

Opens

1948

Confidence

estimated. Coordinates agree with published sources to within about 2.5 km. Other figures are estimates unless the evidence below says otherwise.

Source: Coordinates from public geographic knowledge (rounded). Opened 1 July 1948 with runway 31R at 8,000 ft; 31L at 9,500 ft opened soon after (Wikipedia, John F. Kennedy International Airport, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport). Capacity figures are estimates. The sim opens the airport on the event date.