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In March 1948, the City Council changed the official name to New York International Airport, Anderson Field, but the common name remained "Idlewild" until December 24, 1963. [17] [26] The airport was intended as the world's largest and most efficient, with "no confusion and no congestion". [19]: 3 [27]
Much of Newark Airport's traffic shifted to Idlewild, today known as John F. Kennedy International Airport, after Newark was temporarily closed in February 1952; flights were shifted to LaGuardia Airport and Idlewild, which allowed for planes to takeoff and land over the water rather than over the densely populated areas surrounding Newark ...
formerly McCarran International Airport, named for Pat McCarran ; changed in 2021 Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China closed, named after two plutocrats Kai Ho and Au Tak Kimberley Airport, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa formerly B. J. Vorster Airport, named for B. J. Vorster Meigs Field, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Idlewild Airport, the original name of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City; Idlewild, Georgia, a fictional town in the 2006 film Idlewild; Idlewild, Kentucky, an unincorporated community; Idlewild, Michigan, a western Michigan community and former resort, known as "Black Eden" in the early 20th century
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Washington Dulles International Airport (/ ˈ d ʌ l ɪ s / DUL-iss) (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) – commonly known by its former name of Dulles International Airport, by its airport code of IAD, or simply as Dulles Airport – is an international airport in the Eastern United States, located 26 miles (42 km) west of downtown Washington, D.C., in Loudoun and Fairfax counties in ...
Idlewild Airport is now John F. Kennedy International Airport. [64] New Amsterdam (17th century) is now New York. [65] Blackwell's Island became Welfare Island in 1921, and is now Roosevelt Island. [66] Blythebourne is now Borough Park, Brooklyn. [67] Brooklyn Village is now Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. [68] Boswijck is now Bushwick, Brooklyn. [69]
Pan Am Flight 526A, a Douglas DC-4, took off from San Juan-Isla Grande Airport, Puerto Rico, at 12:11 PM AST on April 11, 1952 on a flight to Idlewild International Airport, New York City with 64 passengers and five crew members on board. [1] Due to inadequate maintenance, engine no. 3 failed after takeoff, followed shortly by engine no. 4. [2]