Where was Idlewild airport located?

The New York International Airport (the official name) was widely known as Idlewild Airport, but after Kennedy's assassination it was renamed in memory of the president. Nowadays people from around the world know JFK International Airport as one of the most popular in America.

The airport was opened in 1948 in the Queens borough of the NYC. Nowadays it handles about 27.7 million passengers a year, which makes it one of the busiest airport not only in the airport system of the city, but of the whole country. It covers 4,930 acres and has more than 30 miles of roadway.

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Ray Metoyer

I actually learned where Idlewild Airport is located when I was 10 years old and watching the early 1960's sitcom, "Car 54 where are you"? It was a cop show comedy set in NYC and there was a line in the theme song: "Kruschev's due at Idlewild, Car 54 where are you?" Never forgot LOL!!!

William Laughlin

JFK is definitely NOT the busiest airport in the US. It is the fifth busiest with 27.7 million passengers per year, not 55 million. The top busiest US airports for 2015 are: 1. ATL Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport with 49,340,732 passengers annually 2. LAX Los Angeles International Airport with 36,351,226 passengers annually. 3. ORD O'Hare International Airport with 36,305,668 passengers annually. 4. DFW Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport with 31,589,832 passengers annually. 5. JFK John F. Kennedy International Airport with 27,717,503 passengers annually. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_the_United_States

Richard D. Boyle

Howard Groopman, Thanks for that, Howard. Oldie but a goody in terms of memory.

Howard Groopman

Ray Metoyer, "There's a holdup in the Bronx, Brooklyn's broken out in fights, There's a traffic jam in Harlem that's backed up to Jackson Heights. There's a scout troop short a child, Khruschev's due at Idlewild....Car 54, Where are You?"

slpotash

My dad worked there as an accountant for the FAA. Then we moved to Md.

Bob Gorby

What?! No mention of iconic Twilight Zone episode, “The Odyssey of Flight 27”?!

Stephen W. Gerrard

williamrlaughlin, the statement read "one of the busiest", not THE busiest.

Douglas Oaten

I have already flown into and out of Idlewild. I'm olf enough for that

Susan Barkley

williamrlaughlin, if you read the entire answer it said "which makes it one of the busiest airport not only in the airport system of the city, but of the whole country.