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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]
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
Mr. Tieman had swum ashore and floundered painfully across the marshes to the airport, whose lights were clearly visible from the scene of the crash. It was not until 7 o'clock in the morning - 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours after the crash - that the first launch reached the survivors, who were huddled on a muddy flat in the river.
Black River was renamed Draanjik River after its original Gwich'in name in 2014. [4] ... Idlewild Airport is now John F. Kennedy International Airport. [64]
5 April A Curtiss C-46 Commando operating for US Airlines, leased from the USAF, a cargo flight with two occupants inbound from Raleigh-Durham International Airport, crashed 4.4 miles north of Idlewild tower in heavy rain and overcast conditions at the intersection of 169 Street and 89th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
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Wild Rose Idlewild Airport covers an area of 100 acres (40 ha) at an elevation of 908 feet (277 m) above mean sea level.It has two runways: 9/27 is 2,990 by 100 feet (911 x 30 m) with a turf surface and 18/36 is 1,695 by 100 feet (517 x 30 m) also with a turf surface.