John F. Kennedy International Airport

John F. Kennedy International Airport (originally Idlewild) is an international airport located in Jamaica, Queens, in southeastern New York City on the edge of Jamaica Bay. JFK is the top international air passenger gateway to the United States and is also the leading freight gateway to the country by value of shipments. It is the home airport for JetBlue Airways, while also being a major international gateway hub for Delta Air Lines, and a major secondary hub for American Airlines. The airport is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages three other airports in the New York metropolitan area, Newark Liberty International Airport, LaGuardia Airport and Teterboro Airport. Of these, JFK is the largest. Although JFK is known as the premier international hub for both New York City and the United States, it also handles domestic flights, mostly to the West Coast. In 2005 the airport handled 41 million passengers; Newark International handled about 33 million and LaGuardia about 26 million, making for a total of approximately 100 million travelers using New York's airports as the city's airspace surpassed Chicago's to become the busiest in the United States.