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New York John F. Kennedy

New York, US.

Code

JFK

Position

40.640, -73.779

Runway

3,460 m paved from 1945, 4,423 m paved from 1969

Capacity

About 10,323 movements a week, 121 stands, terminal generation 3

Weather

Worst month loses about 1.6% of flights

Confidence

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

Source: JFK article: Terminal 7 opened 30 June 1970, Terminal 6 (Sundrome) 30 November 1969 and acquired by Pan Am with National on 7 January 1980. Throughput 27.0M (1979), 25.8M (1981), 28.9M (1985), ATA. Slot controlled since the 1969 High Density Rule. Capacity raised above the real throughput to carry the traffic the modelled airlines put through this airport (see docs/research/era4-sim-notes.md).