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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 .
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), formed in 1945, is the association of the airline companies. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a body of the United Nations succeeding earlier international committees going back to 1903. These two organizations served to create regulations over airports which the ...
The Airports Council International is the world trade association of airport authorities. [2] In some countries, when the authority of an entity encompasses more than just the airports in an area, harbor and rail facilities for example, the entity may be referred to as a port authority .
The Kennedy area controls John F. Kennedy International Airport and its only major satellite, Republic Airport. [2] This area controls many international flights from Europe because Kennedy is known in the aviation community as the "Gateway to America". [4] 200 JFK - SUP (Supervisor) 202 SP1 2V/2E 126.2200 at JFK; 204 SP2 2D/2Y 127.9200 at JFK
The PAPD protects three major airports: Newark Liberty International, John F. Kennedy International, and LaGuardia, which handle over 140 million air passengers, over 1.2 million flights, and over 2.2 million tons of air cargo annually. [4] Together, the three New York area airports create the largest airport system in the entire United States.
Terminal 3, also known by the trademarked name Worldport, was an airport terminal built by Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) in 1960 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, United States. It operated from May 24, 1960 to May 24, 2013, and was demolished in 2013–2014.
The Clean Air Act set emission standards for stationary emitters of air pollutants and directed federal funding to air quality research. [222] In 1965, the act was amended by the Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act , which directed the federal government to establish and enforce national standards for controlling the emission of pollutants ...
U.S. CBP Office of Field Operations agent checking the authenticity of a travel document at an international airport using a stereo microscope CBP OFO has full Border Search Authority granted by the U.S. Congress which allows officers to stop, question, inspect and examine any person or conveyance entering or exiting the United States and place those individuals violating federal law under arrest.