Construction began on the New York area's third airport in 1942 in Queens, New York roughly 12 miles from Manhattan. The airport known as Idlewild Airpot (KIDL) served New York until it was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport in 1963 after the death of President Kennedy as KKIA. However, the abbreviation KIA was associated with "Killed In Action" and the conflict in Vietnam and the identifier was changed to what we know today, KJFK. PanAm and TWA greatly expanded the airport to the point that in the 1980's, JFK overtook Newark as the area's busiest airport. It still serves as the busiest international gateway in the USA. An average of 50,000 international passengers travel through JFK each day. Overall, JFK handled 48.9 million passengers in 2007, accounting for 44% of the passengers that travelled through NY airports.
Due to the large volume of international flights, you'll get lots of "heavies" at JFK that require attention to wake turbulence separation and rules. The maze of taxiways requires attention at the Ground position to make sure everyone is holding short of where and who is following whom. The TRACON positions require quick turns to the East to avoid LaGuardia and Newark to the West. However, they can't climb too high because the arrival flows are right over their heads. Coordination is key as JFK involves direct handoffs to Boston Center, New York Center, and New York Departures.
In order to take and utilize ANY training on this page at Kennedy or its satellite airports, you must have completed the training Here and have received a checkout to work at non-Major facilities. Once you have completed this checkout, you may click the Levels below.
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