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John F. Kennedy International Airport

John F. Kennedy International Airport

John F. Kennedy International Airport , formerly Idlewild Airport and New York International Airport, is the primary international airport in New York City, and is one of the largest airports in the world. It is located in the borough of Queens, straddling Jamaica and Howard Beach on the coast of Jamaica Bay. It is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which also administers LaGuardia Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, and Teterboro Airport. JFK is best known as the city's international hub, but flights to other airports in the United States (especially on the West Coast) also use JFK. The airport's prominence in domestic travel has increased since JetBlue Airways made JFK its headquarters in 2000; the airport is also a focus city for American Airlines and Delta Air Lines, and a base for United Airlines. In previous years, the airport has been a hub for Pan Am, TWA, Eastern Air Lines, National Airlines, Tower Air, and Flying Tiger Line.

History

The airport was first known as Idlewild Airport, as crews began to build it partly on Idlewild Golf Course. Construction of the airport began in 1942, and at that time, they thought they would need only 1,000 acres (4 km²) to build it: however, as aviation grew, so did Idlewild, and since then, 4,000 acres (16 km²) have been added. July 1, 1948 was the date the airport saw its first commercial flight. It was dedicated as New York International Airport on July 31 of that same year, although the name "Idlewild" remained in common use and the airport's IATA code was IDL. On December 24, 1963, the airport was renamed "John F. Kennedy International Airport" to honor the memory of the late President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated on November 22 of that year. The airport then received the new IATA airport code of JFK. The Beatles were welcomed into the United States in 1964 at this airport, creating a historic moment in time both for music and the airport. The Concorde SST, operated by Air France and British Airways, provided scheduled trans-Atlantic supersonic service to JFK from 1975 until 2003, when the Concorde was retired by both carriers, ending civilian supersonic travel. JFK had the most SST operations annually of any airport in the world. After the September 11th attacks in 2001, JFK was one of the first airports to be temporarily closed.

Disasters

JFK has been the site of several notable air disasters.
- December 18, 1954 - a Linee Aeree Italiane Douglas DC-6 crashed on its fourth approach attempt to land at Idlewild, after circling for 2.5 hours. 26 of the 32 passengers on board were killed.
- December 16, 1960 - a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 collided with a TWA Super Constellation on approach to the airport; the United jet crashed in a Brooklyn neighborhood, the TWA plane on Staten Island, killing 127 people on board and five on the ground.
- March 1, 1962 - an American Airlines Boeing 707 crashed on takeoff from Idlewild after its rudder separated from the tail. All 95 passengers and crew were killed.
- November 30, 1962 - an Eastern Airlines Douglas DC-7 crashed into the ground during a missed approach.
- February 8, 1965 - an Eastern Airlines Douglas DC-7 crashed off Jones Beach after takeoff when the pilots found themselves on an apparent collison course with an inbound PanAm Boeing 707 and made evasive maneuvers.
- June 24, 1975 - Eastern Airlines Flight 66, a Boeing 727 on final approach from New Orleans, crashed into the runway lights short of runway 22L, killing 112 passengers and crew. The cause of the crash was wind shear during a heavy thunderstorm.
- January 25, 1990 - Avianca Flight 52, a Boeing 707-321B arriving from Bogota and Medellin, crashed at Cove Neck, Long Island, after a missed approach at JFK and subsequently running out of fuel.
- November 12, 2001 - The most recent disaster at JFK was American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 that crashed while en route to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. During climb, the aircraft lost most of its vertical fin due to the co-pilot's overcontrol of the rudder, and crashed into the Belle Harbor neighborhood of Queens. The crash killed all 260 persons on the plane and five people on the ground. Other disasters involving JFK include:
- Sabena Flight 548 (1961), outbound from JFK, crashed while trying to land in Brussels, Belgium
- Eastern Airlines Flight 401 (1972), outbound from JFK, crashed while trying to land in Miami, Florida
- Pan Am Flight 1736 (1977), originated from JFK, collided with another 747 at Tenerife
- Korean Air Flight 007 (1983), originated from JFK, shot down off the coast of Sakhalin
- Pan Am Flight 103 (1988), bound for JFK, with continued service to Detroit, exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland
- TWA Flight 800 (1996), outbound from JFK, crashed off the coast of Long Island
- Swissair Flight 111 (1998), outbound from JFK, crashed off the coast of Nova Scotia
- EgyptAir Flight 990 (1999), outbound from JFK, crashed off the coast of Nantucket
- Air France Flight 4590 (2000), a Concorde bound for JFK, crashed in Gonesse, France Several aircraft based at JFK were also targets of the failed Project Bojinka terrorist plot in 1995.

Structure and function

1995 Four runways in two parallel pairs surround the central terminal area. Runway 13R-31L is the second longest commercial runway in North America, at a length of 14,572 ft (4,441 m). The 1948 Temporary Terminal was the sole terminal until 1957. The 1957 International Arrivals Building was itself replaced by the $1.4B Terminal 4 in 2001. Eight other "Unit Terminals" were constructed from 1958 to 1971: each was designed by one of the airport's main airlines. Replacements for some of the original terminals have been completed or are under development. There are also numerous large facilities north and west of the central terminals for air cargo handling and loading. Terminal 3, Pan Am's JFK Worldport, was opened in 1962. It featured a large, elliptical roof suspended by 32 sets of radial posts and cables. The roof extended far beyond the base of the terminal and covered the passenger loading area. It introduced special bridges that connected to the terminal and that could be moved to provide an easy walkway for passengers from the terminal to a docked aircraft. Terminal 5, the TWA Flight Center, also opened in 1962. It was designed by the famous architect Eero Saarinen. It came to feature two flight wings, which contained the gates. Both Terminal 5 and Terminal 3 were modified in the 1970s to accommodate 747s. In 1998, the airport began construction of a rapid transit system called AirTrain JFK, designed to link JFK's passenger terminals to New York City's general mass transit system at Howard Beach and Jamaica. After over a year of delay, caused by the death of an employee during testing, the system opened on December 17, 2003. AirTrain provides connections to the New York City Subway and Long Island Rail Road. For more information about transportation to JFK, see transportation to New York City area airports.

Terminal 1

The site was originally occupied by Eastern Airlines 1958 terminal. The original terminal was demolished and replaced by a new terminal, financed by a consortium of four international airlines (Air France, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, and Lufthansa), which was completed in 1998 and has eleven gates.
- Aeroméxico (Cancun (starts Dec. 22, 2005), Mexico City, Monterrey)
- Air China (Beijing)
- Air France (Paris CDG)
- Air Plus Comet (Madrid)
- Alitalia (Milan Malpensa, Rome Fiumicino)
- Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
- China Airlines (Taipei via Anchorage)
- Japan Airlines (Sao Paulo, Tokyo Narita)
- Korean Air (Seoul Incheon)
- Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Munich)
- Olympic Airlines (Athens)
- Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
- Turkish Airlines (Istanbul)

Terminal 2

Terminal 2 was completed in 1962 for Northwest Airlines, Northeast Airlines, and Braniff Airways. It later evolved as an extension of the Pan Am terminal (see below) for domestic flights. Delta Air Lines acquired the terminal in Pan Am's wake and now uses it primarily for its low-fare subsidiary, Song. T2 has eleven gates.
- Continental Airlines (Houston Bush)
- Continental Express (ExpressJet Airlines) (Cleveland)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (Riyadh via Jeddah, departures only)
- Song (Aruba, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nassau, Orlando, San Francisco, San Juan, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa, West Palm Beach)

Terminal 3

Terminal 3, which opened in 1960, was constructed for Pan American World Airways and was originally known as the Pan Am Terminal. In 1971 it was expanded and renamed as the "Pan Am Worldport". It is particularly famous for its "flying saucer" roof and noted for its rooftop parking facilities: upon its expansion in 1972, it was also briefly the world's largest airline terminal. Delta Air Lines purchased the terminal lease from failing Pan Am in 1991, and announced plans to demolish the terminal entirely in 2000, but later opted to refurbish the terminal instead. T3 has seventeen gates.
- Aeroflot (Moscow Sheremetyevo)
- China Airlines (Taipei, stops in Anchorage)
- CSA Czech Airlines (Prague)
- Delta Air Lines (Amsterdam, Athens, Atlanta, Barcelona, Berlin, Boston, Brussels, Budapest (May 9, 2006), Chennai (via Paris), Cincinnati, Cozumel (Dec. 15, 2005), Denver, Dublin (May 15, 2006), Frankfurt, Istanbul, Kiev (slated for 2006), Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Madrid, Manchester (May 15, 2006), Mexico City, Milan Malpensa, Moscow Sheremetyevo, Mumbai (via Paris), Nice, Paris CDG, Rome Fiumicino, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Santiago DR, Santo Domingo, Shannon (May 15, 2006), Venice)
- Delta Connection (ASA/Chatauqua/Comair/Shuttle America) (Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Charleston (SC), Charlotte, Chicago/O'Hare, Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit, Greensboro, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Nashville, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, St. Louis, San Antonio, Savannah, Washington Dulles, Washington Reagan)
- Malév Hungarian Airlines (Budapest)
- MAXjet (London Stansted)
- Miami Air (Charter)
- Royal Jordanian Airlines (Amman)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (Riyadh via Jeddah, arrivals only)
- South African Airways (Johannesburg via Dakar)
- Sun Country Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)

Terminal 4

Minneapolis/St. Paul Terminal 4 opened in 2001 to replace the former International Arrivals Terminal. (The International Arrivals Terminal was an international style building that was built in the 1950s, and was one of the airport's earliest terminals.) It is the only 24-hour terminal at the airport, and features a modular design that will allow it to be expanded further if necessary. The terminal is run by a private consortium comprising Lehman Brothers, real estate developer LCOR Inc. and Dutch-based airport operator Schiphol USA. It currently has sixteen gates.
- Aer Lingus (Dublin, Shannon)
- Aerolíneas Argentinas (Buenos Aires, Miami)
- Aerosvit Airlines (Kiev)
- Air India (Mumbai and New Delhi, via London Heathrow)
- Air Jamaica (Kingston, Montego Bay)
- Air Tahiti Nui (Papeete, Sydney)
- Allegro (seasonal)
- Asiana Airlines (Seoul)
- Avianca (Bogota, Pereira, Cali, Medellin)
- Biman Bangladesh (Dhaka via Dubai and Brussels)
- BWIA West Indies (Georgetown, Port of Spain, Tobago)
- Copa Airlines (Panama City, Barranquilla)
- Corsair (seasonal) (Paris Orly)
- Egyptair (Cairo)
- El Al (Tel Aviv)
- Emirates (Dubai)
- Eos Airlines (London Stansted)
- Israir (Tel Aviv)
- JetBlue Airways (international arrivals)
- KLM (Amsterdam)
- Kuwait Airways (Kuwait City nonstop and via London Heathrow)
- LAN Airlines (Guayaquil, Lima, Santiago (Chile))
- LAN Peru (Lima)
- LOT Polish (Krakow and Warsaw)
- LTU (Düsseldorf)
- Mexicana (Mexico City)
- North American Airlines (Accra, Georgetown)
- Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- Pakistan International Airlines (Karachi via Manchester)
- Singapore Airlines (Singapore via Frankfurt)
- Swiss International Air Lines (Zurich and Geneva)
- TACA (Guatemala City, San José (CR), San Pedro Sula, San Salvador)
- Tarom Romanian (Bucharest)
- Thai Airways International (Bangkok)
- Uzbekistan Airways (Tashkent via Birmingham)
- Varig (Sao Paulo)
- Virgin Atlantic Airways (London Heathrow)

Terminal 5 (closed)

Terminal 5 was formerly the TWA terminal. It was designed by Eero Saarinen and completed in 1962. It is the airport's most famous landmark. Following American Airlines' buyout of TWA in 2001, Terminal 5 went out of service. Its unique architectural features prevented the installation of modern security and ticketing facilities. The Port Authority had proposed converting the main portion of the building into a restaurant and conference center, but some architectural critics opposed this move. In December 2005, JetBlue, which occupies the adjacent Terminal 6, began construction of an expanded terminal facility, which will utilize the front portion of Saarinen's Terminal 5 as an entry point. The peripheral air-side parts of Terminal 5 are expected to be demolished to make space for a mostly new terminal, which will have 26 gates and is expected to be complete by 2008.

Terminal 6

Terminal 6 was originally built for National Airlines in 1969: TWA procured the building lease after National was sold to Pan Am. During the late 1990's, TWA leased part of the terminal to United Airlines who used it to fly to Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego. Following TWA's demise, T6 was partly renovated for the use of JetBlue Airways, requiring $7.5 million of capital investment for new terminal facilities and roadway upgrades. JetBlue's main operations hub is now housed in Terminal 6. It has fourteen gates.
- JetBlue Airways (Domestic) (Aguadilla, Austin (starts Jan. 19, 2006), Boston, Buffalo, Burbank, Burlington, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Oakland, Ontario, Orlando, Phoenix, Ponce, Portland (OR), Richmond (VA) (starts March 31, 2006), Rochester (NY), Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Jose (CA), San Juan, Seattle/Tacoma, Syracuse, Tampa, West Palm Beach)
- JetBlue Airways (International Departures) (Nassau and Santiago (DR))

Terminal 7

Terminal 7 was originally known as the British Airways Terminal. It was completed in 1970 and extensively expanded and refurbished in 1991 and again in 2003. It has twelve gates.
- Air Canada (Vancouver)
- All Nippon Airways (Tokyo Narita)
- British Airways (London Heathrow, Manchester)
- Cathay Pacific Airways (Hong Kong nonstop and via Vancouver)
- Iberia Airlines (Madrid)
- Icelandair (Reykjavik)
- Qantas (Sydney via Los Angeles)
- United Airlines (London Heathrow, Los Angeles, San Francisco,Tokyo Narita, Washington Dulles)
- US Airways/America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)

Terminal 8

Terminal 8 was completed in 1960 and originally known as the American Airlines Terminal. It is easily recognizable by its colorful stained-glass façade created by the American artist Robert Sowers. It has fifteen gates.
- American Airlines (Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Cancun, Caracas, Kingston, London Heathrow, Miami, Montego Bay, Newcastle (May 2006), Paris CDG, Port-au-Prince, Providenciales, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Rome Fiumicino, St. Maarten, San Jose CR, Santiago DR, Santo Domingo, St. Thomas, Tokyo Narita, Zurich)
- Finnair (Helsinki/Vantaa)

Terminal 9

Terminal 9 is a mid-field satellite terminal connected to the landside by underground walkway. The current concourse opened on August 24, 2005, completing a phase-out of the old Terminal 9, which was completed in 1959 and previously known as the United Airlines Terminal. Both Terminal 8 and Terminal 9 will eventually be replaced by a $1.4 billion, 2.2 million square foot (200,000 m²) "mega-terminal," which will accommodate American Airlines' international and domestic passengers in one facility, in 2007: the next step is to demolish Terminal 8 and the old Terminal 9 to make way for the rest of the new terminal, which will eventually consist of two piers and a satellite [http://www.armandcorp.com/american-airlines.asp].
- American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Orange County, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose CA, San Juan, Seattle/Tacoma)
- American Eagle (Boston, Chicago O'Hare, Cleveland, Halifax, Montreal, Raleigh/Durham, St. Louis, Washington Reagan)

Other facilities

JFK has dedicated cargo terminals for Continental Airlines, Emirates SkyCargo, EVA Air, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, Nippon Cargo Airlines, Northwest Airlines, and United Airlines. Most cargo and maintenance facilities at JFK are located north and west of the main terminal area. JetBlue Airways built a central maintenance and operations base at JFK, which was completed in May of 2005.

Notes

People who fly from Kennedy usually arrive at least an extra hour earlier than travellers going through other airports due to traffic congestion and security checkpoints. The police have reported that some drivers that take people from Kennedy overcharge passengers. AIso, it is illegal for drivers to ask for passengers. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has asked that no one give money to panhandlers, beggars, homeless persons, etc., at any of its facilities, and that if one wishes to help these persons, he or she should do so by contributing to a charity organization.

JFK Airport in film


- Goodfellas (1990) [as Idlewild Airport]
- Quick Change (1990)
- Final Destination (2000)
- Catch Me If You Can (2002)
- The Terminal (2004)
- Taxi (2004)

External links


- [http://www.panynj.gov/aviation/jfkframe.HTM John F. Kennedy International Airport (official site)]
- [http://audio.liveatc.net:8012/jfk_gnd_twr.m3u LiveATC.net - ATC Tower Ground] - streaming audio
- [http://audio.liveatc.net:8012/jfk_app_dep.m3u LiveATC.net - ATC Approach Departure] - streaming audio
- [http://www4.passur.com/jfk.html Passur.com - JFK Airport Monitor] Category:Aviation in New York City Category:Airports in New York ja:ジョン・F・ケネディ国際空港

International airport

An International airport is an airport where flights from other countries land and/or take off. Such airports are usually larger, and often feature longer runways and facilities to accommodate the large aircraft commonly used for international or intercontinental travel. International airports often host domestic flights (flights which take place inside only one country) in addition to international flights. In many smaller countries most airports are international airports, so the concept of an "international airport" has little meaning. In some cases, travelers and the aircraft can clear customs and immigration at the departure airport. As one example of this, the US has customs and immigration officials at certain Canadian airports. This allows flights from those airports to fly into US airports that do not have customs and immigration facilities. Category:Airports Category:Buildings and structures



Queens County, New York

:This is about the New York City borough. For the monarchs, see queen. queen Queens is the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in area. It is coterminous with Queens County in the U.S. state of New York and is located on western Long Island. It is the most ethnically diverse county in the United States. Established on November 1, 1683, it was named for the then-queen consort, Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II. As of 2000, the population is 2,229,379. Its county seat is the district of Jamaica, a neighborhood of New York City. The United States Postal Service divides the borough into four "towns": Long Island City, Jamaica, Flushing, and Far Rockaway; mail addressed to a residence or business in Queens includes the name of the applicable neighborhood (such as Ozone Park) on the next line below the street address—rather than "Queens, New York"—followed by the ZIP Code. Note that these ZIP codes do not necessarily accurately determine neighborhood names and boundaries, as "East Elmhurst" was largely coined by the United States Postal Service. Most neighborhoods have no solid boundaries and at times residents are left guessing to what neighborhood they belong. Queens is a particularly interesting borough because of the diversity of suburban and urban areas. Neighborhoods in the eastern part of the borough are similar to towns in western Nassau County, having a more suburban look, while neighborhoods in the western and central sections loosely resemble The Bronx (particularly the eastern Bronx) and Brooklyn (particularly northeastern Brooklyn, which borders Queens), having more urban characteristics. Queens' characterization as a suburb is not especially accurate, or least not so since the 1960s.

Geography

urban Queens County is in the western part of Long Island and includes a few smaller islands, most of which are in Jamaica Bay and form part of Gateway National Recreation Area. The tallest tree in the New York metropolitan area, called the Queens Giant, is also the oldest living thing in the New York metro area. It is located in northeastern Queens, and is 450 years old and 134 feet tall as of 2005. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 461.7 km² (178.3 mi²). 282.9 km² (109.2 mi²) of it is land and 178.8 km² (69.0 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 38.73% water.

History

The borough of Queens was originally named after Queen Catherine of Braganza, the Portuguese wife of King Charles II of England. Originally, Queens County included the adjacent area now comprising Nassau County. It was an original county of New York State, one of twelve created in 1683. By 1870 Queens County consisted of six towns: Newtown, Flushing, Jamaica, North Hempstead, Hempstead, and Oyster Bay. In 1870, the city of Long Island City was incorporated, consisting of what had been the Village of Astoria and some unincorporated areas in the Town of Newtown. Long Island City, Newtown, Flushing, Jamaica, and the Rockaway Peninsula of the Town of Hempstead became the borough of Queens in Greater New York on January 1, 1898. The part of Queens County that was not annexed to New York City, consisting of the towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay and all of the Town of Hempstead except the Rockaway Peninsula, was constituted as the new Nassau County in 1899.

Neighborhoods

1899 The borough of Queens is a patchwork quilt of dozens of unique neighborhoods, each with its own distinct identity. Residents of Queens have been known to identify more with their neighborhood than with the borough as a whole. Howard Beach and Middle Village are home to large Italian-American populations, Rockaway Beach has a large Irish-American population, Astoria, in the northwest, is traditionally home to one of the largest Greek populations outside of Greece, and is home to a growing population of young professionals from Manhattan, and nearby Long Island City, in the southwest, is a major manufacturing and commercial center, as well as being the location of the Queensbridge housing project, with its infamous Hip Hop history and large proportion of famous rappers; Jackson Heights, Elmhurst and Corona make up an enormous conglomeration of Hispanic and Asian communities; Flushing, in the north-central part of the borough, is a major commercial hub for Chinese and Korean businesses; Richmond Hill, in the south, has the largest population of Indian Sikhs outside of India; Forest Hills and Kew Gardens, in central Queens, have traditionally large Jewish populations as well as large hispanic populations while Jamaica is a major business and transportation hub for the borough, and also home to large African-American and Caribbean populations. There are also middle class African-American, Latino and Caribbean neighborhoods such as Saint Albans, Cambria Heights, Queens Village, Rosedale and Laurelton along East and Southeast Queens.Together, these neighborhoods comprise the most diverse county in the US, and easily provide the richest cultural experience found anywhere in the world. Some Queens neighborhoods, such as Ozone Park, Bayside, Maspeth and Woodside are home to a very diverse mix of many different nationalities. ZIP Codes in Queens range from 11351 to 11499 and from 11101 to 11120. The borough is politically divided into 14 community boards :
- 1 : Astoria, Long Island City, Queensbridge, Ditmars, Ravenswood, Steinway, and Woodside
- 2 : Long Island City, Woodside, and Sunnyside
- 3 : Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst
- 4 : Elmhurst, Corona, Lefrak City, Flushing Meadows
- 5 : Ridgewood, Glendale, Middle Village, Maspeth
- 6 : Forest Hills and Rego Park
- 7 : Flushing, Bay Terrace, College Point, Whitestone, Malba, Beechhurst, Queensboro Hill and Willets Point
- 8 : Fresh Meadows, Cunningham Heights, Hilltop Village, Pomonak Houses, Jamaica Estates, Holliswood, Utopia, Kew Gardens Hills, and Briarwood
- 9 : Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Ozone Park, and Kew Gardens
- 10 : Howard Beach, South Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Tudor Village, and Lindenwood
- 11 : Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Auburndale, East Flushing, Oakland Gardens, and Hollis Hills
- 12 : Jamaica, Hollis, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens, Rochdale Village, and South Jamaica
- 13 : Queens Village, Glen Oaks, New Hyde Park, Bellerose, Cambria Heights, Laurelton, Rosedale, Floral Park, and Brookville
- 14 : Breezy Point, Belle Harbor, Neponsit, Arverne, Bayswater, Edgemere, Rockaway Park, Rockaway and Far Rockaway See: List of Queens neighborhoods

Economy

List of Queens neighborhoods The economy of Queens is based on tourism, industry, and trade. Queens has two of the busiest airports in the world, John F. Kennedy International Airport, located in Jamaica, and La Guardia Airport, in Flushing. Queens is increasingly attracting film studios — a return of an industry that had departed decades earlier — notably the Kaufman Studios in Astoria, where a number of television shows are made. Western Queens is becoming an artistic hub, including the Noguchi Museum, Socrates Sculpture Park, Museum for African Art, and the American Museum of the Moving Image. The current poet laureate of Queens is Ishle Yi Park. The Queens Museum of Art and the New York Hall of Science are further east, in Flushing Meadows Park — site of both the 1939 New York World's Fair, the 1964 New York World's Fair and the annual US Open tennis tournament. Shea Stadium, home of the New York Mets baseball team, is just north of the park. Several large companies have their headquarters in Queens. They include Bulova, Glacéau, JetBlue and Steinway & Sons.

Law, government, and politics


Queens is a borough of New York City. The current borough president is Democrat Helen Marshall. Queens is considered a volatile swing county in New York politics. Although it is heavily Democratic, Republicans who do well in Queens usually win statewide or citywide, like former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, current Mayor Michael Bloomberg and current New York Governor George Pataki. Despite being largely liberal, Queens is the home of State Senator Serphin Maltese, a conservative Republican who represents a huge chunk of central and southern Queens Hence, Queens residents voted for Michael Bloomberg for Mayor in 2001 by 210,432 votes to 163,528 to his Democratic opponent Mark Green. In 2002, they voted against George Pataki for Governor with a slim 45.01% (155,599) to 46.50% (160,746) for its democratic opponent Carl McCall. Queens residents voted for Senator Kerry for President in 2004 by 71.7% (433,835) to 21.4% (165,954) for President Bush. However, apart from Staten Island, Queens is the last borough in heavily Democratic New York City in which a majority voted Republican in a presidential election : in 1972 when Queens went for Richard Nixon. Indeed, even if Queens votes now overwhemingly democratic in Presidential election, this trend is pretty new. Until the late 80s, although being clearly a Democratic area, the borough was still a competitive one.

Transportation

The Borough of Queens has crucial importance in international and interstate air traffic. LaGuardia Airport, which handles plenty of the interstate air traffic, is located on the northern shores of Queens. Along the southern shores of Queens is where John F. Kennedy International Airport is located. Cutting through the borough is the Long Island Expressway, which serves as the main artery for traffic between the New York City and Long Island.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 2,229,379 people, 782,664 households, and 537,690 families residing in the county. The population density is 7,879.6/km² (20,409.0/mi²). There are 817,250 housing units at an average density of 2,888.5/km² (7,481.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is 44.08% White, 20.01% Black or African American, 0.50% Native American, 17.56% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 11.68% from other races, and 6.11% from two or more races. 24.97% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. Some main European ancestry in Queens, 2000 :
- Italian : 8.99%
- Irish : 7.05%
- German : 4.74%
- English : 1.32% According to the Census Bureau, the population increased to 2,237,216 in 2004. There are 782,664 households out of which 31.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% are married couples living together, 16.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% are non-families. 25.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.81 and the average family size is 3.39. In the county the population is spread out with 22.8% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 89.6 males. The median income for a household in the county is $42,439, and the median income for a family is $48,608. Males have a median income of $35,576 versus $31,628 for females. The per capita income for the county is $19,222. 14.6% of the population and 11.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 18.8% of those under the age of 18 and 13.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

Famous people from Queens

:Kenny Anderson :Susan Anspach :Anthrax :Ron Artest :Hank Azaria - Forest Hills :Tony Bennett - Astoria :Adrien Brody :David Caruso :Cormega :Mario Cuomo - Forest Hills :Drea de Matteo - Whitestone :Fran Drescher - Flushing :Mobb Deep :Ron Eldard :Richard Feynman - Far Rockaway :Art Garfunkel :Stephen Jay Gould :Barbara Grizzuti Harrison :Carl Icahn :Jam Master Jay :Ja Rule :Ron Jeremy :Jin :LL Cool J :Cyndi Lauper - Ozone Park :Lynn Lavner :John Leguizamo - Jackson Heights :Lucy Liu - Jackson Heights :John McEnroe - Briarwood :Ethel Merman :Nas :N.O.R.E. :Carroll O'Connor - Forest Hills :Lamar Odom :Bernadette Peters :Lou Pearlman :Joey Ramone :Nancy Reagan :Ray Romano :Al Roker :Run-DMC, :Russell Simmons :Paul Simon :Nina Sky :Jerry Stiller :Cecil Taylor :George Tenet :Donald Trump :Christopher Walken - Jamaica Estates :Steven Weber :John Zorn :Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson Fictional characters include Archie Bunker, Edith Bunker, George Costanza, Fran Fine, Doug Heffernan, Vincent Chase and his friends on the HBO series Entourage, Mr. Met, and Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man.

Sports and other attractions

Queens is the home of the New York Mets baseball team, the US Open tennis tournament, and Aqueduct Racetrack. Just over the Queens line (in Nassau County) is Belmont Park Race Track, the home of the Belmont Stakes. Queens is also home to York College (New York), Queens College, Queensborough Community College and Saint John's University, which is renowned for its men's basketball and men's soccer teams.

External links


- [http://queens.about.com/ About.com's Queens site]
- [http://docs.unh.edu/NY/brkl91ne.jpg 1891 map of southwestern Queens]
- [http://docs.unh.edu/NY/brkl98ne.jpg 1898 map of southwestern Queens]
- [http://bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Map/Queens.1910.1.html 1910 map of Queens (west)]
- [http://bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Map/Queens.1910.2.html 1910 map of Queens (east)]
- [http://www.queenschamber.org/QueensInfo/NeighborhoodPages/neighborhoods.html Queens Neighborhoods] Category:New York City Category:New York counties Category:Long Island ja:クイーンズ区

Howard Beach

Howard Beach is a neighborhood in southwestern Queens, New York. Bordered in the north by the Belt Parkway, the south by Jamaica Bay, the east by John F. Kennedy International Airport and the west by Brooklyn. It also borders the neighborhoods of Ozone Park to the north and Broad Channel to the south. Howard Beach is home to a large Italian-American population, as well as smaller Jewish, Irish and Polish communities. Mob boss John Gotti also had a home there and the neighborhood gained local attention for being home to many members of the Mafia; Gotti hosted a large fireworks display on 101st Avenue in Ozone Park, near the Bergen Fish & Hunt Club each year on July 4, until New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani put an end to the practice. In the mid 1950s the northernmost section of Howard Beach was comprised of a small wooded area (Cherry Forest) and a dairy farm (Mary's Farm), approximately 25% of the remaining area has houses on it.

Geography

The Joseph P. Addabbo Bridge (named for a former [deceased] member of the United States House of Representatives who once represented the district that includes Howard Beach) connects mainland Queens to Broad Channel and then over the South Channel Bridge to the Rockaway Peninsula (The Rockaways) from Howard Beach. Joseph Addabbo Jr., the son of the former Congressman, represents the area as its New York City Councilman. Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) represents that part of Howard Beach East of Cross Bay Boulevard, while Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) represents the part west of The Boulevard. What "outsiders" refer to as Howard Beach is to those who live there a collection of several diverse neighborhoods — Howard Beach, Hamilton Beach (No relation to the Hamilton Beach Company kitchen appliances), Ramblersville, Rockwood Park, Lindenwood, Old Howard Beach, and Howard Park. Howard Beach proper is a small peninsula bordered by the Belt Parkway and Conduit Avenue on the north, Jamaica Bay on the south, Hawtree Creek on the east separating it from Hamilton Beach and Shellbank Basin on the west that separates it from Cross Bay (Woodhaven) Blvd. Just Northeast of Howard Beach is Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park.

Transportation

The A Train Subway stop in Howard Beach was once a Long Island Rail Road station on the Long Island Railroad's Rockaway Beach Branch. Frequent fires on the trestle (bridge) to Broadchannel helped to force the LIRR to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the 1950s which allowed the city to purchase the line from the LIRR in 1956. (see [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/SUBWAYS/Rockaway%20Line/rockline.html Forgotten-ny.com]). The Howard Beach subway station provides a connection to both the A train and AirTrain JFK (and was the terminus of the former JFK Express, known colloquially as the "Train To The Plane," in the late 1970s into the early 1990s). Prior to the AirTrain JFK, the Port Authority PANYNJ provided a free shuttle bus to the terminals at JFK Airport. The Airtrain, provides a quicker and more convenient connection at the price of $5.00 for each entry or exit at Howard Beach or Jamaica, a unlimited monthly pass is available for $40.00. Visitors on extended delays or layovers at JFK Airport have lately been paying the $10.00 fee ($5.00 each way) to visit the small shops and pub at Coleman Square.

Maps


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Schools and Religion


- Our Lady of Grace Church and School
- Saint Helen Church and School
- PS 146 The Howard Beach School
- PS 207
- PS 232
- Saint Barnabas
- Howard Beach Assembly of God
- Howard Beach Judea Center
- Rockwood Park Jewish Center There is no Howard Beach High School, most residents attend John Adams High School in nearby Ozone Park, Specialty High Schools, or Catholic High Schools.

Notable residents (past and present)


- Woody Guthrie (son - Arlo Guthrie's music is frequently copyright "©1973 Howard Beach Music, Inc."
- John Gotti reputed mob boss.
- Vitas Gerulaitis Tennis Player.
- James Maritato Pro Wrestler.

The Howard Beach Incident

Howard Beach gained some unwanted attention on December 20, 1986 when three African-American men were assaulted by local teenagers. One of the victims was killed when a passing motorist's car ran over him on the Belt Parkway as he was trying to flee from the pursuers. The incident triggered a wave of racial tension in New York City and gained national attention.

Howard Beach redux

A similar incident took place on June 29, 2005, when three African-American men were attacked with baseball bats; one of the victims was injured seriously enough to be hospitalized, and two arrests were made in the case. One of the suspects was previously convicted of assaulting a Sikh he had mistaken for a Muslim on the evening of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Several questions remain unanswered pending police investigation, including the allegation that the victims were planning to steal a car in the neighborhood as well as the claim that they threatened to steal jewelry from a neighborhood teenager prior to the attack.

Demographics

The 2000 Census reports a population of 28,121.
- White alone - 26,313 93.6%
- Non White - 1,808 6.4%
- Black 336 1.2% (full details at [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=86000US11414&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_QTP5&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-_sse=on Census Data Race]) Additionally, 28,098 respondents provided ancestry information Broken down as follows:
- Italian 13,385 47.6%
- Irish 3,350 11.9%
- German 2,218 7.9%
- Polish 1,106 3.9%
- Russian 800 2.8%
- English 591 2.1%
- Greek 352 1.3%
- Romanian 183 0.7%
- Austrian 161 0.6%
- French 143 0.5%
- Swedish 117 0.4%
- Scottish 117 0.4%
- Lithuanian 113 0.4%
- African 113 0.4% (counts below 100 omitted but available at: [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=86000US11414&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_QTP13&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on Census Data Ancestry])
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LaGuardia Airport

:LGA redirects here. For other uses, see LGA (disambiguation). LaGuardia Airport is located in Flushing, a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens, New York near the Flushing Bay. Named after a former Mayor of New York, Fiorello LaGuardia, it serves the greater New York area. LaGuardia is New York's main domestic airport, due to its central location and proximity to Manhattan. However, the airport does not have customs and immigration services, and a perimeter rule prohibits incoming and outgoing flights that exceed 1,500 miles (2,400 km)—except on Saturdays, when the ban is lifted, and to Denver, which was grandfathered in—so most transcontinental and international flights use JFK in Jamaica, Queens, New York or Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey. Exceptions are international flights from airports with U.S. customs and immigration pre-clearance, such as Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto in Canada; Freeport and Nassau in the Bahamas; Aruba; and Bermuda. In spite of the airport's small size, wide-body aircraft regularly visit the airport. In fact, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and Lockheed L-1011 were specifically designed to use LaGuardia. Most flights from LaGuardia go to destinations within the United States and to Canada, with seasonal flight service to Aruba, the Bahamas and Bermuda. For more information about transportation to LGA, see transportation to New York City area airports.

History

Construction

The initiative to develop the airport began with a verbal outburst by New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia upon the arrival of his TWA flight at Newark. He demanded to be taken to New York, and ordered the plane to be flown to Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field, giving an impromptu press conference to reporters along the way. At that time, he urged New Yorkers to support a new airport within their city. American Airlines accepted LaGuardia's offer to start a pilot program of scheduled flights to Floyd Bennett, although the program failed after several months because of Newark's relative proximity to Manhattan (LaGuardia went as far as to offer police escorts to airport limousines, in an attempt to get American to stay). During the Floyd Bennett experiment, LaGuardia and American executives began an alternative plan to build a new airport in Queens, where it could take advantage of the new Queens-Midtown Tunnel to Manhattan. This was the site eventually chosen for the new airport. Building on the site required moving landfill from Rikers Island, then a garbage dump, onto a metal reinforcing framework. The framework below the airport still causes magnetic interference on the compasses of outgoing aircraft: signs on the airfield warn pilots about the problem. The airport was dedicated on October 15, 1939 as the New York Municipal Airport, and opened for business on that December 2nd. During the dedication ceremony, a banner plane flew overhead, with the words "NAME IT LAGUARDIA" fluttering along behind it. (The modern name was officially applied when the airport moved to Port Authority control in 1947.) Because of American's pivotal role in the development of the airport, LaGuardia gave the airline extra real estate during the airport's first year of operation, including four hangars (an unprecedented amount of space at the time) and a large office space that would be turned into the world's first airline lounge, the LaGuardia Admirals Club.

Later development

Although LaGuardia was a very large airport for the era in which it was built, it soon became too small for the amount of air traffic it had to handle. Starting in 1968, general aviation aircraft were charged heavy fees to operate from LaGuardia during peak hours, driving many GA operators to airports such as Teterboro, New Jersey. In 1984, to further combat overcrowding at LGA, the Port Authority instituted a "perimeter rule" banning flights from LaGuardia to cities more than 1,500 miles away (Western Airlines unsuccessfully challenged the rule in federal court). Later, the Port Authority also moved to connect JFK and Newark Airport to regional rail networks with the AirTrain, in an attempt to make thee more distant airports competitive with LaGuardia. [http://www.house.gov/transportation/aviation/07-16-01/decota.html] In addition to these local regulations, the FAA also limited the number of flights and types of aircraft that could operate at LaGuardia (see 14 CFR § 193). However, LaGuardia's traffic continued to grow. By 2000, the airport routinely experienced overcrowding-related delays, many of which were more than an hour long. That year, Congress passed legislation to revoke the federal traffic limits on LaGuardia by 2007. The reduced demand for air travel following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks quickly slowed LaGuardia's traffic growth, helping to mitigate the airport's delays: ongoing Port Authority investments to renovate the Central Terminal Building and improve the airfield layout have also made the airport's operations more efficient in recent years. Planes taking off from LaGuardia often fly directly over nearby Shea Stadium, causing disruptions at New York Mets games. As a counterpoint to the "Great City Subway Race" shown on the Yankee Stadium scoreboard, in which trains representing the three different subway lines that go to that stadium, the Shea scoreboard shows an animated airplane race, consisting of four planes, each a color of one of the seating levels at Shea: Red for the upper level, Green for the mezzannine, Blue for the loge and Orange for the field level; and fans in each level are supposed to root for that color plane.

Disasters

On December 29, 1975, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia, killing 11 people and injuring 74. The exact perpetrators behind this attack are not known. On September 29, 1989, USAir Flight 5050 bound for Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina crashed after aborting takeoff and rolling off the end of the runway into the East River. The plane broke into three pieces, and two people were killed. On March 22, 1992, USAir Flight 405 bound for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland, Ohio crashed on takeoff at LaGuardia due to icing on its wings. Of 51 people aboard, 27 were killed. On March 2, 1994, Continental Airlines Flight 705 to Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado aborted takeoff in a snowstorm and skidded down the runway into a ditch. Over the years, these incidents have led to discussions on whether or not LaGuardia's 7,000-foot runways are adequate to handle large passenger aircraft. However, there are several commercial airports in the U.S. with even shorter runways (Chicago Midway and Bob Hope Airport, for example).

Airlines and Terminals

LaGuardia has four terminals connected by buses and walkways.

Central Terminal Building (CTB)

Concourse A


- Air Canada (Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto)
- Canjet (Toronto)
- Continental Airlines (Aruba (starts Dec. 17), Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental)
  - Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Cleveland)
- JetBlue (Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach)

Concourse B


- AirTran Airways (Akron/Canton, Atlanta, Newport News, Sarasota)
- ATA Airlines (Chicago-Midway)
- Frontier Airlines (Denver)
- JetBlue (Fort Lauderdale)
- Midwest Airlines (Kansas City, Milwaukee)
- Spirit Airlines (Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Myrtle Beach, Nassau, Orlando)

Concourse C


- United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Washington-Dulles)
- American Eagle (Bangor, Boston, Charlotte, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Fayetteville (AR), Grand Rapids, Nashville, Raleigh/Durham, Toronto, Washington/Reagan)

Concourse D


- American Airlines (Atlanta, Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale, Houston-Hobby, Kansas City, Miami, Nashville, Nassau (seasonal), New Orleans, Orlando, St. Louis, Tampa, Toronto, West Palm Beach)

Delta Terminal


- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Nassau, Orlando, Salt Lake City)
  - Delta Connection operated by Comair (Birmingham (AL), Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Charleston, Charlotte, Columbia, Greensboro, Greenville (SC), Jacksonville, Knoxville, Lexington, Montreal, Savannah)
  - Song operated by Delta Air Lines (Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa, West Palm Beach)
- Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Indianapolis, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
  - Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Indianapolis, Milwaukee) Pinnacle Airlines]

Marine Air Terminal

The MAT was the airport's original terminal. It is so named because it once served the flying boats of Pan American Airways, the mainstay of international travel during the 1930s and 1940s. Pan Am later used the terminal for its shuttle service.
- Delta Air Lines
  - Delta Shuttle operated by Delta Air Lines (Boston, Washington-Reagan)

US Airways Terminal


- US Airways (Aruba, Bermuda (seasonal), Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Nassau, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Juan, St Thomas, Washington-Reagan)
  - US Airways Express operated by Colgan Air (Albany, Charlottesville, Ithaca, Lebanon, Manchester (NH), Nantucket, Norfolk, Portland (ME), Providence, Rochester (NY), Syracuse)
  - US Airways Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Baltimore/Washington, Buffalo, Charleston, Columbus, Greensboro, Greenville (SC), Indianapolis, Louisville, Philadelphia, Portland (ME), Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Savannah, Syracuse, Wilmington)
  - US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines (Buffalo, Burlington, Manchester (NH), Norfolk, Philadelphia, Portland (ME), Rochester (NY), Syracuse)
  - US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte, Dayton, Louisville, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond)
  - US Airways Express operated by Trans States Airlines (Pittsburgh, Richmond)
  - US Airways Shuttle operated by US Airways (Boston, Washington-Reagan)

See also


- John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Newark Liberty International Airport
- Teterboro Airport

External links


- [http://www.panynj.gov/aviation/lgaframe.HTM LaGuardia Airport] (official site) Category:Aviation in New York City Category:Airports in New York ja:ラガーディア空港

Newark Liberty International Airport

Newark Liberty International Airport (formerly Newark International Airport) is an international airport within the city limits of both Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. It is west of four New York City boroughs, and is north of Staten Island. Along with JFK and LaGuardia, it is one of the main airports serving the New York City area. Continental Airlines is Newark's largest tenant, operating an entire terminal at Newark. United Airlines and FedEx operate cargo hubs.

History

Newark Airport was the first major airport in the New York area: it opened on October 1, 1928, occupying an area of reclaimed marshland. In 1935, Amelia Earhart dedicated the Newark Airport Administration Building, which is considered by many to be the world's first commercial airline terminal. Newark was the busiest airport in the world until LaGuardia Airport opened in 1939, dividing New York's air traffic and allowing Midway Airport to take the lead. Newark was soon closed to passenger traffic and taken over by the United States Army for logistics operations during World War II. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey took over the airport in 1948 and made major investments in airport infrastructure, opening new runways and hangars and revamping the airport's terminal layout. Airline traffic resumed that year. The art deco Administration Building served as the main terminal until the opening of the North Terminal in 1953, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. In the 1970s the airport underwent a significant enlargement, including the construction of the current Terminals A, B, and C, and was renamed Newark International Airport. Terminals A and B opened in 1973, although some charter and international flights requiring customs clearance remained at the North Terminal. Terminal C remained uncompleted until 1988. Underutilized throughout the 1970s, Newark expanded dramatically in the 1980s. People Express struck a deal with the Port Authority to use the North Terminal in 1981 and began operations at Newark that year. It quickly rose to become one of the largest American airlines, bringing more traffic to the airport. Virgin Atlantic Airways began flights from Newark to London in 1984, challenging JFK's status as New York's international gateway (however, Virgin Atlantic now has as many flights going out of JFK as they do out of Newark). When People Express was merged into Continental in 1987, the now-demolished North Terminal was shuttered forever. Newark, however, remained a hub for Continental, which operated out of Terminal B until the opening of Terminal C in 1988. Today, Continental has its World Gateway at Terminal C, having just completed a major expansion project that included the construction of Concourse 3 and new immigration facilities. On September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93, which was on its way from Newark to San Francisco International Airport, crashed in Pennsylvania, due to a passenger uprising against terrorist hijackers. Based on the direction that the plane was flying at the time and information gathered afterwards, most observers believe that the hijackers intended to crash the plane into a target in Washington, DC, such as the Capitol or White House. In memory of this event, the airport's name was changed from Newark International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport. This name was chosen over the initial proposal, Liberty International Airport at Newark, and refers to the landmark Statue of Liberty, just 7 miles east of the airport. Despite the name change hardly anyone in the New York City area calls it by its new name. The name most often used by locals is "Newark Airport". See September 11 Terrorist Attacks. In 2003, Newark became the terminus of the world's longest scheduled airline route, Continental's service to Hong Kong. In 2004, Singapore Airlines broke Continental's record by starting direct 18-hour flights to Singapore from Newark. In 2005, Continental received government approval to fly from Newark to Beijing beginning June 15, 2005 and New Delhi: when these services began, Continental became for a time the only airline to serve India nonstop from the United States, and the second U.S. carrier, after United, to serve mainland China nonstop.

Terminals

mainland China Newark Liberty International Airport has three passenger terminals. Terminal A and Terminal B were completed in 1973 and have a three-story layout, with departures on the top floor, arrivals on the middle floor, and flight operations on the ground floor. Terminal C, completed in 1988, has two departures levels with a food and shopping mezzanine between the departures and arrivals halls. It's worth noting that extensive renovations were completed in Terminal C from 1998-2003. The baggage claim area was renovated, and turned into a second departure level, splitting departures into International Floor/Domestic Floor, a third Concourse was added, an International Arrivals facility was added, and a 3,400 space parking garage, and new baggage processing facilities were added, including turning the former underground parking area into a new baggage claim (Which was a great use of space, as parking had been prohibited underneath the terminal as a security measure after the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993.) Each terminal is subdivided into three numbered concourses: Terminal A, for instance, is divided into concourses A1, A2, and A3. Gate numbering is continuous through all the terminals.

Terminal A

Terminal A is the only terminal at Newark not fitted with immigration facilities: flights arriving from other countries (except Canada) cannot use Terminal A, although many departing international flights use the terminal.
- Air Canada (Calgary, Montréal, Toronto)
- AirTran Airways (Atlanta)
- Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma)
- American Airlines (Chicago/O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Eagle/Vail (seasonal), Los Angeles, Miami, San Juan)
  - American Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (St. Louis)
  - American Connection operated by Trans States Airlines (St. Louis)
  - American Eagle (Boston, Raleigh/Durham)
- Continental Airlines (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago/O'Hare, Chicago/Midway, Dallas/Fort Worth, Washington/Dulles, Washington/Reagan)
- Independence Air (Washington/Dulles)
- JetBlue Airways (Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando, San Juan, Tampa, West Palm Beach)
- United Airlines (Chicago/O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco)
  - Trans States Airlines dba United Express (Washington/Dulles)
- US Airways (Charlotte)
  - US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
  - US Airways Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh)
  - US Airways Express operated by MidAtlantic Airways (Pittsburgh)
  - US Airways Express operated by Trans States Airlines (Pittsburgh)

Terminal B


- Air France (Paris/CDG)
- Air India (Mumbai (via Paris))
- Air Jamaica (Montego Bay)
- Air Plus Comet (seasonal)
- Alitalia (Milan/Malpensa and Rome/Fiumicino)
- British Airways (London/Heathrow)
- CSA Czech Airlines (Prague)
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Salt Lake City)
  - Comair dba Delta Connection (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- El Al (Chicago/O'Hare, Tel Aviv)
- Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa, via Rome/Fiumicino and Washington/Dulles)
- EVA Airways (Taipei, via Seattle/Tacoma)
- Hooters Air (Myrtle Beach)
- KLM (Amsterdam)
- LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw)
- Lufthansa (Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich)
- Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur, via Stockholm)
- Midwest Airlines (Milwaukee)
- Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis)
- Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen and Stockholm)
- Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
- Swiss International Airlines (Zurich)
- Tarom Romanian (Bucharest start. end 2005)
- TAP Air Portugal (Lisbon)
- USA 3000 (Bermuda, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Punta Cana, St. Petersburg (FL))
- Virgin Atlantic (London/Heathrow)

Terminal C


- Continental Airlines (Acapulco, Aguadilla, Albuquerque, Amsterdam, Anchorage (via SEA), Antigua, Aruba, Austin, Barbados, Barcelona, Beijing, Belfast, Berlin/Tegel, Bermuda, Birmingham (UK), Bogota, Bonn, Bristol, Brussels, Buenos Aires (starts Dec. 14), Buffalo, Calgary, Cancun, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Cleveland, Cologne, Columbus, Copenhagen, Cozumel, Curacao, Delhi, Denver, Detroit, Dublin, Eagle County, Edinburgh, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Frankfurt, Freeport, Geneva, Glasgow, Grand Cayman, Guayaquil, Halifax, Hamburg, Hayden, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Houston/Hobby, Houston/Intercontinental, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kingston, Liberia (starts Dec. 17), Lima, Lisbon, London/Gatwick, Los Angeles, Los Cabos, Madrid, Manchester (NH), Manchester (UK), Mexico City, Miami, Milan/Malpensa, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Montego Bay, Montrose, Nassau, New Orleans, Orange County, Orlando, Oslo, Panama City, Paris/CDG, Phoenix, Port of Spain, Portland (OR), Providence, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Quito, Raleigh/Durham, Rome/Fiumicino, St. Maarten, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose del Cabo, San Jose (CR), San Juan, Santiago (DR), Santo Domingo, Sao Paulo, Sarasota, Seattle/Tacoma, Shannon, St. Thomas, Stockholm, Tampa, Tel Aviv, Tokyo/Narita, Toronto, Tucson, Vancouver, West Palm Beach, Zurich)
  - Continental Express (Albany, Asheville, Baltimore/Washington, Bangor, Birmingham (AL), Boston, Buffalo, Burlington, Charleston (SC), Charlotte, Chicago/O'Hare, Cincin