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It got its popular nickname in September 1960 when Senator John F. Kennedy in a close presidential campaign arranged a $100,000 donation from the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr Foundation to cover airfare for the autumn 1960 group of East African students just as the program was running out of funds.
John F. Kennedy International Airport: Queens, New York City, New York, United States JFK/KJFK 422,912 3 4.2% 20. Philadelphia International Airport: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States PHL/KPHL 419,253 5 3.2% 21. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport: Baiyun-Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China CAN/ZGGG 412,210 6 5.1% 22.
John F. Kennedy International Airport [a] (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK) is a major international airport serving New York City and its metropolitan area. JFK Airport is located on the southwestern shore of Long Island , in Queens , New York City, bordering Jamaica Bay .
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The fastest time for an airliner is 2 hours 53 minutes for JFK–London Heathrow by Concorde in 1996. [110] The fastest JFK-LHR time for a subsonic airliner is 4 hours 56 minutes by a British Airways Boeing 747-400 in February 2020. [111] The distance JFK-LHR is 5,540 kilometres (3,440 mi).
In July 2011, the Travel Channel announced adding a second one-hour, 10-episode Bourdain show to be titled The Layover, which premiered November 21, 2011. [56] Each episode featured an exploration of a city that can be undertaken within an air travel layover of 24 to 48 hours. The series ran for 20 episodes, through February 2013.
After a 5 hour layover, the flight continued east-bound on a slightly longer route back to Paris-Le Bourget flying 19,246 kilometres (11,959 mi; 10,392 nmi), covering a great circle distance of 18,541 kilometres (11,521 mi; 10,011 nmi) [143] in 21 hours and 46 minutes. This was the first non-stop flight between Europe and New Zealand.
After seven hours sitting in coach, I arrived at Chicago’s Union Station and led by my old college roommate, Sarah, embarked on a 5-hour tour of downtown Chicago.