John F. Kennedy International Airport
international airport in New York, United States
6 dated entries naming John F. Kennedy International Airport, drawn from 6 separate years between 1948 CE and 1990 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
Also written as JFK International Airport in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.
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20th century
- 1948July 31 – At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.source
- 1958October 4 – The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) uses one of its new de Havilland Comet 4s, G-APDB, to make the first commercial transatlantic flight by a jet airliner, from London to New York International Airport, Anderson Field via Gander.source
- 1962March 1 – American Airlines Flight 1 (a Boeing 707) crashes on takeoff at New York International Airport, after a rudder malfunction causes an uncontrolled roll, resulting in the loss of control of the aircraft, with the loss of all 95 on board.source
- 1968November 24 – 4 men hijack Pan Am Flight 281 from JFK International Airport, New York to Havana, Cuba.source
- 1978December 11 – Lufthansa heist: Six men rob a Lufthansa cargo facility in New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport.source
- 1990January 25 – Avianca Flight 052 crashes into Cove Neck, New York after a miscommunication between the flight crew and JFK Airport officials, killing 73 people on board.source
Named in the same entries
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- Boeing 707 (1)
- Heathrow Airport (1)