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JFK · New York, United States
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John F. Kennedy International Airport
International airport serving New York City
Last updated Apr 30, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; live clock and weather values are request-time snapshots, not permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at May 7, 7:47 AM UTC.
Local airport time
--:--:--EDT · UTC-04:00
Time zone
EDT
America/New_York · UTC-04:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
21 km
Approximate distance to central New York.
Official source
John F. Kennedy International Airport
Wikipedia / reference summary
Local airport time
--:--:--EDT · UTC-04:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
21 km
Approximate distance to central New York.
Nearby indexed airports: 5
Country capital
Washington, D.C.
Languages
English
Currency
USD ($)
Country area
9,525,067 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
Not clearly stated
Opened / operator
Operational history note unavailable
Arrival bank
The airport is in an off-peak operating window, which is usually friendlier for arrival planning and backup connection analysis.
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
John F. Kennedy International Airport is a major commercial gateway for New York, United States. New York's built-up core sits roughly 21 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/New_York (UTC-04:00, EDT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 5 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK / KJFK) is at 40.6394° N, 73.7793° W, elevation 13 ft (4 m), serving New York, United States.
John F. Kennedy International Airport is a major international airport serving the New York metropolitan area. JFK Airport is located on the southwestern shore of Long Island, in Queens, New York City, bordering Jamaica Bay. It is the busiest of the seven airports in the New York airport system, the sixth-busiest airport in the United States, and the busiest international commercial airport in North America. The airport, which covers 5,200 acres (2,104 ha), is the largest in the New York metropolitan area. Nearly 100 airlines operate from JFK Airport, with nonstop or direct flights to destinations on all six permanently inhabited continents.
New York is in United States (capital Washington, D.C.); regulated by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); on America/New_York (EDT, UTC-04:00); working languages: English; currency: USD ($).
Distance from central New York: 21 km.
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
See operational notes
JFK (KJFK) is a near sea-level field at 13 ft (4 m) in the mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
JFK sits in a broader regional network with 5 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
Civil aviation oversight for JFK runs through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); a more specific operator record is not currently in our source set.
These operational notes are synthesized from the airport summary source at John F. Kennedy International Airport, then blended with the local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
These fields are the concrete signals that separate JFK from nearby airport-code pages: codes, field elevation, coordinates, route references, country peers, and source-backed operating context.
Airport identity
John F. Kennedy International Airport · IATA JFK · ICAO KJFK
Field profile
near sea-level field · 13 ft (4 m) · large airport
Coordinates
40.6394° N, 73.7793° W · Northern mid-latitudes
Clock anchor
America/New_York · EDT · UTC-04:00
City access
21 km from central New York
Route reference
Philadelphia PHL (1h 1m) · Hartford BDL (1h 3m) · Providence/Warwick PVD (1h 8m)
Country peers
ABQ Albuquerque · ALB Albany · ANC Anchorage · ATL Atlanta
Civil aviation authority
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Example flight and gate labels are generated for display; local-time values use the timezone records shown on the page.
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| Destination | Route code | Estimated window | Arrival local time now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | PHL | 1h 1m | 03:47 AM |
| Hartford | BDL | 1h 3m | 03:47 AM |
| Providence/Warwick | PVD | 1h 8m | 03:47 AM |
The airport sits in the normal outer-ring range for a major metro gateway, so rail, shuttle coach, and ride-hail all matter when you judge the fastest arrival.
New York City is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
John F. Kennedy International Airport has 5 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
John F. Kennedy International Airport is still useful as a route-planning anchor even when the current source summary does not spell out a long airline list, because nearby-airport context and time-zone differences are often what travelers need first.
The route timing references on this page are designed to answer the practical question behind most airport searches: if you leave or arrive here, what kind of cross-timezone planning burden are you taking on right away? The strongest current examples are Philadelphia (PHL), Hartford (BDL), Providence/Warwick (PVD).
Planning checkpoints
LaGuardia AirportLGA
New York · large airport
Newark Liberty International AirportEWR
Newark · large airport
Philadelphia International AirportPHL
Philadelphia · large airport
Bradley International AirportBDL
Hartford · large airport
Rhode Island T. F. Green International AirportPVD
Providence/Warwick · large airport
Questions
John F. Kennedy International Airport is in the America/New_York timezone (UTC-04:00, EDT).
John F. Kennedy International Airport uses IATA code JFK and ICAO code KJFK.
John F. Kennedy International Airport is located in New York, United States at coordinates 40.6394° N, 73.7793° W, with an elevation of 13 ft (4 m) (near sea-level field in the mid-latitudes).
John F. Kennedy International Airport sits roughly 21 km from the nearest mapped city center for New York.
Philadelphia (PHL) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 1m and an arrival-side local time of 03:47 AM.
John F. Kennedy International Airport sits inside United States, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
JFK's curated peers in United States on this site include ABQ Albuquerque, ALB Albany, ANC Anchorage, plus 3 more.
