John F Kennedy International

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 4

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• Runway 13R: PAPI, four lights on the left, runway lead-in lights, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 2,044 ft, 12,467 ft available for landing
• Runway 31L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 3,264 ft, 11,247 ft available for landing
• Runway 04L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 460 ft, 11,010 ft available for landing
• Runway 22R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 3,424 ft, 7,795 ft available for landing, tree 70 ft high 2,145 ft from the end
• Runway 13L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 907 ft, 9,093 ft available for landing, pole 52 ft high 1,647 ft from the end
• Runway 31R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 1,027 ft, 8,486 ft available for landing, tree 79 ft high 2,253 ft from the end
• Runway 04R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
• Runway 22L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), tree 50 ft high 2,023 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 347-588-1609.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Laguardia Airport (9 nm northwest), Downtown Skyport Heliport (11 nm west), East 34TH Street Heliport (11 nm northwest).

The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in New York · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

• Leasee: property owned by city of New York, bureau of ferry and general aviation.
• Emas NON-STD arresting gear/system: engineered materials arresting system (emas) 393 feet in length by 226 feet width located at der 4R.
• Emas NON-STD arresting gear/sytem: engineered materials arresting system (emas) 405 feet in length by 226 feet width located at der 22L.
• Rlls.
• Non-standard light spacing.
• Caution runway 13R can be confused with runway 13L.
• Runway 13L PAPI rotated 10 degrees right of runway centerline. Runway 13L PAPI unusable left of runway centerline.
• Runway 13R first P4L horizontal offset 22 degrees left. Runway 13R has second P4L with transitional threshold crossing height and 3.00 degrees visual glideslope indicator.
• Runway 22L PAPI horizontal offset 4 degrees to left.
• Runway 22R PAPI unusable beyond 8 degrees right of centerline.
• Approach ratio 50:1 to dthr.
• Approach ratio 50:1 to dthr.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.

The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

Takeoffs and landings a year about 475,683, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)

Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.

Aircraft registered in New York from the FAA register

477 aircraft are registered to owners in New York, New York: 195 business jets, 147 piston singles, 53 turboprops, 35 helicopters, 22 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New York.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Fuel and service companies in New York, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

• Gregoire Aviation Services LLC

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

• Cheyenne III Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · New York
• Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · New York The Penn Yan Flying Club is a flying club located at Penn Yan Airport in Yates County, New York, in continuous operation since 1939.
• Charlymark 7 Flight Club LLC 1 aircraft · Jamaica, 3 miles away
• My Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Valley Stream, 4 miles away
• North Shore University Hospital 3 aircraft · Manhasset, 11 miles away

Charter operators and airlines based in New York:

• Wheels Up Private Jets LLC 49 aircraft on the certificate
• Talon Air, LLC 27 aircraft on the certificate Talon Air is a private jet charter company operating from New York.
• Carlisle Air Corporation 11 aircraft on the certificate
• Zip Aviation LLC 10 aircraft on the certificate Zip Aviation operates helicopter tours and private charter services from New York City, serving destinations including the Hamptons, Atlantic City, Boston, Washington DC, and Philadelphia.
• Helicopter Flight Services, Inc. 6 aircraft on the certificate
• Wheels Up Partners LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate
• Jet Charter Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate Jet Charter NYC arranges private jet charter flights to, from, and within the New York metropolitan area and beyond.

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 74 since 1982, 3 fatal

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles