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9 Μαρ 2019 · FIRST FLIGHTS. 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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21 Μαρ 2019 · In this third installment of our multi-part history on New York John F. Kennedy Airport, we'll take a tour of the airport's first permanent passenger terminal building, the International Arrivals Building (IAB).
9 Μαρ 2019 · The 1.5 million square feet (140,000 square meters) of floor space in the airline terminal buildings was a about a hundred times that of the airport's original temporary terminal building.
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.
New York International Airport – later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) -- was dedicated on July 31, 1948, with an event that was front-page news around the world. More than 200,000 spectators and 500 journalists converged on the new airport overlooking Jamaica Bay.
24 Ιουν 2015 · But when it was featured in a LIFE photo essay in 1961, the airport—then still called Idlewild after the golf course it displaced—was a shining beacon of modern architecture. As the magazine ...
JFK Airport was originally known as Idlewild Airport after the Idlewild Golf Course that it displaced. The airport was originally envisioned as a reliever for LaGuardia Airport, which was already showing signs of insufficient capacity in the late 1930s.
