Main Terminal / Concourses at New York Kennedy JFK Airport
JFK Airport has a Central Terminal Area (CTA), with a one-mile circular roadway, and eight passenger terminals (T-1 through T-8) arranged in a semi-circle.
Each terminal offers its own services and amenities, which include food & drink, shop & duty-free concessions, Information counters, internet access, business & banking services, lost & found, Tourist & Transportation information counters, news & shoeshine stands, Travelers' Aird, paging, luggage storage, lost & found, ADA services, and more.
Note that TSA expand family lanes to all security checkpoints within the U.S., which will enable families, as well as travelers unfamiliar with travel procedures or with special needs, to make it through security at their own pace.
Getting around: 1. Terminal 2 (T2) has a walkway to T3's gate 18; and T5 has two walkways on either end to Saarinen Terminal, and connects to the Skywalk and to the Departures area with surrounding gates.
2. All terminals are served by the AirTrain (free within the Airport), which runs 24/7 - between midnight and 4am every 15 mins; between 4-7:30am every 7 mins; between 7:30am-3pm every 10 mins; between 3pm-8pm every 7 mins; between 8pm & midnight every 15 mins.
3. The Airtrain not only stops at every terminal (at pre-security), but also branches out into two separate City routes: (a) The The Jamaica Station route connects to the Long Island Railroad, to NYC Transit subways E, J and Z at Sutphin Blvd/Archer Av. Station, and to various Q buses. (b) The Howard Beach Route connects to Parking lots A, B & C, stopping on Lefferts Blvd., and to the A train at Howard Beach Station. The A train takes you either to the Rockaways, or (in opposite direction) to Brooklyn & Manhattan, with other subway connections along the line.
International Arrivals: Unless you have gone through US customs clearance by participating airports in Canada and the Caribbean, you need to go through passport check, retrieve checked bags, go through customs clearance and - if transferring to another flight - re-check-in bag (the tag should indicate layover and final destination Airport Codes).
Terminal 1 of JFK Airport with 11 gates houses a number of major international carriers. It consists of an Arrivals level, a Mezzanine, a Departure and a Concourse level with Gates 1 through 11. Currency Exchange is available on the Arrivals Level.
Terminal 2 of JFK Airport with 11 gates, is for Delta's domestic flights and accommodates Delta’s First Class, Medallion & Business Elite Check-in service, and has an Arrivals and a Departures level, with Gates 19-29, and a walkway to Terminal 3. Currency exchange I available near gate 19B.
Terminal 3 of JFK Airport with 18 gates is currently used by Delta, Delta Connection & US Helicopter. It has a separate Arrivals level for international & domestic Arrivals. The Departure level is surrounded by the gate area, with a food court being cose to gate 11A/B, and walkway to Terminal 2 is near gate 18. Currency exchange is available right after security check, and near gate 6, 15 & 16.
Terminal 4 of JFK Airport - the International Terminal, with 17 gates is currently used by a long list of major international carriers. Its Arrivals level is separate, connected by 2 walkways from the concourse level. The Departure level opens up to the Concourse level, with Concourse A and gates A2-7, and Concourse B with gates B20-30. It has an inside AirTrain station. Currency exchange is available in the Arrivals area, the Concourse level before security check and in both Concourses A & B. (T4's gates will be expanded - see NOTE below - to accommodate all of Delta's international flights, effective 2013.)
Terminal 5 of JFK Airport with 25 gates houses JetBlue Airways. Its Arrivals area has two walkways on either end to Saarinen Terminal, and connects to the Skywalk and to the Departures area with surrounding gates.
Terminal 6 of JFK Airport is closed and will be demolished for future Terminal 5 expansion.
Terminal 7 of JFK Airport, currently owned & operated by British Airways, has 12 gates and is used by a number of Oneworld affiliated carriers, such as ANA, British Airways, Cathay Pacific & Qantas, as well as Star Alliance carriers United & US Airways. It has each a small Arrivals and Departure Level, and a large Concourse level with surrounding gates. Terminal improvements & shifting of airlines are under consideration.
Terminal 8 of JFK Airport is a major Oneworld hub, with American Airlines being the major carrier. Some of Oneworld airlines operating at T7, also operate at T8. It has an Arrivals and a Departure level with concourses B & C. Concouse B has gates 1 through 16 and Concourse C has gates 31-47. Currency Exchange is available in both concourses.
The full-service Welcome Centers in the Arrivals area of the passenger terminals and staffed by Customer Care Reps, wearing red vests, offer the following services : ground transportation information, hotel reservations, information on shops, restaurants, rental cars & tourist attractions. The Center also has an ATM cash machine.
NOTE: Terminal 4 - one of the country's largest terminals - is being expanded by adding at Concourse B nine international gates (making it a total of 16 Delta gates), as well as a new automated baggage handling system, and a large Delta Sky Club. Upon completion of this project in 2013, all international terminals at JFK will have undergone renovation. T4 will thereafter replace the aging T3.
Each terminal offers its own services and amenities, which include food & drink, shop & duty-free concessions, Information counters, internet access, business & banking services, lost & found, Tourist & Transportation information counters, news & shoeshine stands, Travelers' Aird, paging, luggage storage, lost & found, ADA services, and more.
Note that TSA expand family lanes to all security checkpoints within the U.S., which will enable families, as well as travelers unfamiliar with travel procedures or with special needs, to make it through security at their own pace.
Getting around: 1. Terminal 2 (T2) has a walkway to T3's gate 18; and T5 has two walkways on either end to Saarinen Terminal, and connects to the Skywalk and to the Departures area with surrounding gates.
2. All terminals are served by the AirTrain (free within the Airport), which runs 24/7 - between midnight and 4am every 15 mins; between 4-7:30am every 7 mins; between 7:30am-3pm every 10 mins; between 3pm-8pm every 7 mins; between 8pm & midnight every 15 mins.
3. The Airtrain not only stops at every terminal (at pre-security), but also branches out into two separate City routes: (a) The The Jamaica Station route connects to the Long Island Railroad, to NYC Transit subways E, J and Z at Sutphin Blvd/Archer Av. Station, and to various Q buses. (b) The Howard Beach Route connects to Parking lots A, B & C, stopping on Lefferts Blvd., and to the A train at Howard Beach Station. The A train takes you either to the Rockaways, or (in opposite direction) to Brooklyn & Manhattan, with other subway connections along the line.
International Arrivals: Unless you have gone through US customs clearance by participating airports in Canada and the Caribbean, you need to go through passport check, retrieve checked bags, go through customs clearance and - if transferring to another flight - re-check-in bag (the tag should indicate layover and final destination Airport Codes).
Terminal 1 of JFK Airport with 11 gates houses a number of major international carriers. It consists of an Arrivals level, a Mezzanine, a Departure and a Concourse level with Gates 1 through 11. Currency Exchange is available on the Arrivals Level.
Terminal 2 of JFK Airport with 11 gates, is for Delta's domestic flights and accommodates Delta’s First Class, Medallion & Business Elite Check-in service, and has an Arrivals and a Departures level, with Gates 19-29, and a walkway to Terminal 3. Currency exchange I available near gate 19B.
Terminal 3 of JFK Airport with 18 gates is currently used by Delta, Delta Connection & US Helicopter. It has a separate Arrivals level for international & domestic Arrivals. The Departure level is surrounded by the gate area, with a food court being cose to gate 11A/B, and walkway to Terminal 2 is near gate 18. Currency exchange is available right after security check, and near gate 6, 15 & 16.
Terminal 4 of JFK Airport - the International Terminal, with 17 gates is currently used by a long list of major international carriers. Its Arrivals level is separate, connected by 2 walkways from the concourse level. The Departure level opens up to the Concourse level, with Concourse A and gates A2-7, and Concourse B with gates B20-30. It has an inside AirTrain station. Currency exchange is available in the Arrivals area, the Concourse level before security check and in both Concourses A & B. (T4's gates will be expanded - see NOTE below - to accommodate all of Delta's international flights, effective 2013.)
Terminal 5 of JFK Airport with 25 gates houses JetBlue Airways. Its Arrivals area has two walkways on either end to Saarinen Terminal, and connects to the Skywalk and to the Departures area with surrounding gates.
Terminal 6 of JFK Airport is closed and will be demolished for future Terminal 5 expansion.
Terminal 7 of JFK Airport, currently owned & operated by British Airways, has 12 gates and is used by a number of Oneworld affiliated carriers, such as ANA, British Airways, Cathay Pacific & Qantas, as well as Star Alliance carriers United & US Airways. It has each a small Arrivals and Departure Level, and a large Concourse level with surrounding gates. Terminal improvements & shifting of airlines are under consideration.
Terminal 8 of JFK Airport is a major Oneworld hub, with American Airlines being the major carrier. Some of Oneworld airlines operating at T7, also operate at T8. It has an Arrivals and a Departure level with concourses B & C. Concouse B has gates 1 through 16 and Concourse C has gates 31-47. Currency Exchange is available in both concourses.
The full-service Welcome Centers in the Arrivals area of the passenger terminals and staffed by Customer Care Reps, wearing red vests, offer the following services : ground transportation information, hotel reservations, information on shops, restaurants, rental cars & tourist attractions. The Center also has an ATM cash machine.
NOTE: Terminal 4 - one of the country's largest terminals - is being expanded by adding at Concourse B nine international gates (making it a total of 16 Delta gates), as well as a new automated baggage handling system, and a large Delta Sky Club. Upon completion of this project in 2013, all international terminals at JFK will have undergone renovation. T4 will thereafter replace the aging T3.
