See what JFK airport will look like after $10 billion in improvments

I will believe it when I see it...

I hope there would be consideration of naming something at the new airport after its original name. There could be an "Idlewild terminal," or "Idlewind Ring Road." Some of us remember the original airport.

With projection at 40million additional pax for Kennedy, that's a heckuva lot more A/C. Seems to be the issue is going to be more with airspace than it is with facilities, at that point. Not sure how more space can be created in the sky than what exists currently.

The only way to get that kind of pax increase is reduce the number of small commuter aircraft and go to bigger planes (like many of the airports in Asia with many fewer runways).


The airspace around KJFK, KEWR and KLGA is already saturated, with an arrival/departure slot reservation system.

Seems a bit much considering somme of the terminals that'd be replaced, especially T8 (based on the renderings), aren't even 20 years old. LaGuardia was one thing, but it doesn't feel like JFK needs quite the same level of overhaul on the terminal end of things. Roadside and taxiway improvements I can understand though.

It seems like the Governor is throwing around big grandiose plans to create some kind of legacy. JFK's problem is more the off-airport access (although a couple of terminals could probably use some upgrades). The Belt and Van Wyck are perpetually congested to/from the airport. Although I understand that the plan also calls for widening of the Van Wyck (I'd like to see how they'll accomplish that!).

Pretty pictures, but from the looks of it, it appears the overhaul of T8 (which seems unnecessary), cuts off taxiways A and B, which are probably the most important ones for operations.

[sarcasm on] It's only $10 billion in taxpayer dollars. Boston's Big Dig was projected to be a measly $2.4 billion, but ended up being a mere $14 billion, so what could possibly go wrong with a $10 billion project? [sarcasm off]