JFK — John F. Kennedy International Airport
- IATA code
- JFK
- ICAO code
- KJFK
- City code
- NYC
- All New York airports
- Passengers
- 59,203,591
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
- Nonstop routes
- 275
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−5 / UTC−4
- America/New_York
- Elevation
- 4 m
- 13 ft
- Runways
- 4
- Longest 4,423 m
Local time now: —
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About JFK
John F. Kennedy International Airport is a large airport serving New York, United States. It opened in 1947 and is run by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 59,203,591 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 275 nonstop routes from JFK. On tickets, the city code NYC covers it together with the other New York airports.
Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from JFK
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| JFK → LAX | 3,983 km | 3,020,062 |
| JFK → LHR | 5,555 km | 2,984,474 |
| JFK → SFO | 4,162 km | 1,910,892 |
| JFK → CDG | 5,850 km | 1,852,909 |
| JFK → MCO | 1,519 km | 1,430,021 |
| JFK → MIA | 1,753 km | 1,326,964 |
| JFK → ATL | 1,223 km | 1,253,545 |
| JFK → SJU | 2,571 km | 1,142,506 |
| JFK → FCO | 6,884 km | 1,141,515 |
| JFK → LAS | 3,618 km | 1,102,051 |
| JFK → FLL | 1,720 km | 1,077,715 |
| JFK → STI | 2,374 km | 1,030,893 |
| JFK → SDQ | 2,493 km | 921,586 |
| JFK → AMS | 5,863 km | 905,043 |
| JFK → SEA | 3,897 km | 895,247 |
| JFK → PHX | 3,465 km | 884,524 |
| JFK → MAD | 5,775 km | 839,449 |
| JFK → ICN | 11,114 km | 824,028 |
| JFK → BOS | 300 km | 797,677 |
| JFK → MXP | 6,430 km | 758,726 |
| JFK → FRA | 6,206 km | 749,554 |
| JFK → HND | 10,899 km | 712,602 |
| JFK → SAN | 3,936 km | 709,493 |
| JFK → IST | 8,046 km | 661,870 |
| JFK → PUJ | 2,501 km | 653,375 |
| JFK → CUN | 2,501 km | 647,999 |
| JFK → MEX | 3,364 km | 624,957 |
| JFK → TPA | 1,617 km | 624,119 |
| JFK → AUS | 2,448 km | 619,705 |
| JFK → DUB | 5,117 km | 606,110 |
| JFK → HKG | 12,990 km | 598,888 |
| JFK → SLC | 3,202 km | 574,770 |
| JFK → CLT | 871 km | 571,839 |
| JFK → TLV | 9,137 km | 563,394 |
| JFK → GRU | 7,636 km | 543,035 |
| JFK → RDU | 686 km | 536,517 |
| JFK → ORD | 1,191 km | 521,135 |
| JFK → BCN | 6,166 km | 519,797 |
| JFK → DFW | 2,239 km | 503,078 |
| JFK → AUA | 3,140 km | 444,494 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at JFK
- B6 JetBlue Airways · 103,536 flights
- DL Delta Air Lines · 88,635 flights
- 9E Endeavor Air · 44,352 flights
- AA American Airlines · 43,495 flights
- YX Republic Airline · 30,028 flights
- AS Alaska Airlines · 7,998 flights
- BA British Airways · 5,907 flights
- F9 Frontier Airlines · 4,417 flights
- VS Virgin Atlantic Airways · 4,138 flights
- AF Compagnie Natl Air France · 3,771 flights
- AV Aerovias Nacl De Colombia · 3,608 flights
- EI Aer Lingus · 2,704 flights
- CM Compania Panamena (Copa) · 2,504 flights
- BW Caribbean Airlines · 2,457 flights
- LX Swiss International Airlines · 2,154 flights
- CX Cathay Pacific Airways · 2,140 flights
- TK Turk Hava Yollari A.O. · 2,125 flights
- KE Korean Air Lines · 2,006 flights
- LH Lufthansa German Airlines · 1,951 flights
- 2K Aerogal · 1,849 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Punctuality
- Departures on time
- 78.3%
- Within 15 minutes of schedule
- Cancelled
- 3.4%
- Departures counted
- 100,478
- US domestic flights
US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources
Other airports in New York
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| EWR | Newark Liberty International Airport | 34 km |
| LGA | LaGuardia Airport | 17 km |
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| TEB | Teterboro Airport | 33 km |
| HPN | Westchester County Airport | 48 km |
| ISP | Long Island MacArthur Airport | 60 km |
| TTN | Trenton Mercer Airport | 96 km |
| SWF | New York Stewart International Airport | 100 km |
| HVN | Tweed New Haven Airport | 102 km |
| ABE | Lehigh Valley International Airport | 140 km |
| ACY | Atlantic City International Airport | 148 km |
Distance from JFK to the major hubs
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| JFK → LHR | 5,555 km | 2,984,474 |
| JFK → DXB | 11,023 km | — |
| JFK → CDG | 5,850 km | 1,852,909 |
| JFK → FRA | 6,206 km | 749,554 |
| JFK → IST | 8,046 km | 661,870 |
| JFK → AMS | 5,863 km | 905,043 |
| JFK → ATL | 1,223 km | 1,253,545 |
| JFK → LAX | 3,983 km | 3,020,062 |
| JFK → SIN | 15,349 km | — |
| JFK → HND | 10,899 km | 712,602 |
| JFK → DOH | 10,790 km | — |
| JFK → HKG | 12,990 km | 598,888 |
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13R/31L | 4,423 m | 61 m | Asphalt |
| 04L/22R | 3,682 m | 61 m | Asphalt |
| 13L/31R | 3,048 m | 61 m | Asphalt |
| 04R/22L | 2,560 m | 61 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
New York, New York, United States · 40.6394, -73.7793
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