LC control no. | n 81063034 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | John F. Kennedy International Airport |
Variant(s) | Kennedy International Airport Idlewild Airport JFK Airport JFK (John F. Kennedy International Airport) KJFK (Airport) |
See also | Predecessor: New York International Airport |
Beginning date | 1963-12-24 |
Located | Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.) New York (N.Y.) |
Field of activity | Aeronautics, Commercial |
Found in | Port of New York Authority. Aviation Dept. Forecast and Analysis Division. New York's overseas air travelers; report of survey ... 1958. Recapturing the dream, c2005: t.p. (JFK Airport) Wikipedia, viewed April 16, 2015 (John F. Kennedy International Airport; dedicated as New York International Airport in 1948, the airport was more commonly known as Idlewild Airport until 1963, when it was renamed in honor of John F. Kennedy) 1963 Toledo Blade, Google News archive, viewed July 15, 2016: (NEW YORK, Dec. 25 (AP) - The city officially renamed its biggest airport, Idlewild, for President Kennedy yesterday) <https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0fxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QgEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5777%2C4919439> Port of New York Authority. Report on Port Authority operation of La Guardia and New York International Airports, 1948: p. 1 (New York International Airport) Wikipedia, November 5, 2018 (John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK) (colloquially referred to as Kennedy Airport, JFK Airport, New York-JFK, or simply JFK or Kennedy) is the primary international airport serving New York City; located in the neighborhood of Jamaica in the borough of Queens, in New York; opened as New York International Airport in 1948, it was commonly known as Idlewild Airport before being renamed in 1963) |