JFK Terminal 4
50A John F Kennedy Airport | also 4 Central Terminal Area, 154-68 Brookville Boulevard | John F. Kennedy International Airport | built 1994
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- 2001
Terminal 4 opens as the $1.4 billion successor to the International Arrivals Building
Terminal 4 opened on May 24, 2001, replacing the International Arrivals Building, which had opened in December 1957 and was torn down in 2000. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed both. The 1.5-million-square-foot terminal included a mezzanine AirTrain station, a large check-in hall and a retail strip four blocks long. Run by a subsidiary of the Schiphol Group, it was the first U.S. terminal managed by a foreign airport operator.
“Terminal 4, the $1.4 billion replacement for the International Arrivals Building, opened on May 24, 2001.”
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- 2003
AirTrain JFK opens with a station set inside Terminal 4's mezzanine
AirTrain JFK, the driverless people mover linking the terminals with Howard Beach and Jamaica, opened on December 17, 2003, after years of delay. While most of its airport stops are outdoors, the Terminal 4 station sits within the terminal's mezzanine. STV Inc. was the system's main architectural and engineering designer, with Jonathan Cohn as design director.
“Most stations in the airport are outdoors, but the Terminal 4 station is within the mezzanine of that terminal.”
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- 2008
Emirates lands the first scheduled Airbus A380 service to the U.S. at Terminal 4
On August 1, 2008, Emirates' New York to Dubai route brought the first regularly scheduled commercial Airbus A380 flight to the United States into Terminal 4. The service was suspended in 2009 for lack of demand and returned in November 2010. Terminal 4 is one of two JFK terminals equipped for the A380.
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- 2013
A $1.4 billion expansion readies Terminal 4 to take over Delta's flights
A $1.4 billion project finished on May 24, 2013, added automated checked-bag screening, a single security checkpoint on the fourth floor, nine international gates, improved customs facilities and what was then the largest Sky Club in Delta's network. Delta then shifted its Terminal 3 operations here, and a $175 million second phase adding 11 regional jet gates was completed in January 2015.
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- 2023
Delta consolidates its JFK flights in Terminal 4 as ten new gates open
A 2020 plan to add 16 domestic gates to Concourse A for $3.8 billion was cut to about $1.5 billion after the COVID-19 pandemic, with ten new gates and renovated halls. Delta moved all its JFK operations into Terminal 4 in January 2023 as those gates opened, clearing the way to demolish Terminal 2 for the new Terminal 1.
“Delta consolidated their operations into Terminal 4 in January 2023, along with opening 10 new gates in Terminal 4's Concourse A.”
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- 2024
Terminal 4 installs an airport-first hologram that shows Bronx Zoo animals and beams in Howie Mandel
In 2024 Terminal 4 widened its arts program with a photography show made with the Cradle of Aviation Museum, a mural of Queens by local artist Zeehan Wazed and photographs taken by terminal workers. It also added what was billed as the first freestanding hologram device in any airport, built with Proto, which displays animals from the Bronx Zoo and was used to surprise travelers with a live hologram of comedian Howie Mandel.
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Further reading
- Terminal 4 (AirTrain JFK station)Wikipedia
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