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9 Μαρ 2019 · Idlewild was finally opened to commercial flying on July 1st, 1948. Following test and service flights, a Peruvian International Airlines DC-4 from Santiago, Chile, made the first scheduled arrival on July 9th. Air France began transatlantic services from the new airport on Bastille Day, July 14th.
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John F. Kennedy International Airport was originally called Idlewild Airport (IATA: IDL, ICAO: KIDL, FAA LID: IDL) after the Idlewild Beach Golf Course that it displaced. It was built to relieve LaGuardia Field, which had become overcrowded after its 1939 opening.
It provided the unofficial name for the airport being planned in the 1940s, while the City Council and Mayor LaGuardia argued on what to call it. There was no debate when the airport was rededicated in honor of slain president John F. Kennedy in December 1963.
9 Μαρ 2019 · In the third installment of our history of New York John F. Kennedy Airport we will look at Idlewild's opening and early years of operation. We'll also explore the scheme for the airport's long term development.
25 Μαρ 2022 · Then, in 1963, six days after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, the City Council of New York voted unanimously to change the informal “Idlewild Airport” to JFK International Airport (with approval from the Kennedy family).
25 Μαΐ 2017 · Idlewild officially became John F. Kennedy Airport in a ceremony held on Christmas Eve 1963. The president’s younger brother Edward Kennedy was in attendance, helping to unveil a 242-foot-long sign emblazoned with the new name. Their brother Robert F. Kennedy was scheduled to attend but canceled.
24 Ιουν 2015 · Idlewild Airport, 1961. Dmitri Kessel—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images. Caption from LIFE. Variegated plumes of the Fountain of Liberty—ranked with the big jet planes as an Idlewild...