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John F. Kennedy International Airport

Idlewild Airport; JFK Airport; Kennedy Airport; New York-JFK

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John F. Kennedy International Airport is the main international airport serving New York City. The airport is the busiest of the seven airports in the New York airport system, the 6th-busiest airport in the United States, and the busiest international air passenger gateway into North America.

Opened, July 1, 1948

Renamed, 1963

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Dec 6, 1941-NYC Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens

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