Airports

Cargo at Kennedy

JFK continues as one of the world's leading international air cargo centers. With more than one million square feet of office and warehouse space dedicated to broker, freight forwarder and container freight station operators who do business within the NY/NJ region, JFK's cargo handling capacity continues to expand. The Port Authority and Continental Cargo celebrated the grand opening of a new $25 million cargo facility at Kennedy International in May, 2002.This state-of-the-art building expedites the shipments of various freight operations that were previously housed in separate buildings.

The Airis Corporation is also building a new $25 million facility that will house a 278,000 square-foot cargo warehouse and 38,100 square feet of office space. And in recognition of its expanding, modern cargo services, Kenedy International was named the best cargo airport in North America in the 16th Annual Asian Freight Industry awards survey conducted by Cargonews Asia, the region's leading freight industry publication.

Although there still remains a decline in air cargo in the New York/New Jersey region due to the worldwide recession, the War with Iraq and the aftereffects of September 11, air cargo is poised to make a strong comeback as the industry recovers. And with new modern facilities for United Airlines, Continental Airlines, Korean Air, and the Airis Corporation, JFK's leadership role in the air cargo industry will only be strengthened in years to come.

The region's biggest and busiest air cargo airport easily accommodates long-haul direct and non-stop international/transcontinental traffic. Located on Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York, the airport is just seven miles from LaGuardia, twenty miles from Newark International and fifteen miles from downtown Manhattan.

Facts about JFK's air cargo operations:

The air cargo area: 1,700 acres
The entire air cargo area is designated as a Foreign-Trade Zone.
It is a world leader in modern automated and computer-controlled cargo terminals.
It is the northeast region's U.S. Customs headquarters and the first air cargo center in the U.S. to use the AMS computerized Customs clearance system.
It serves in excess of 100 scheduled and non-scheduled carriers with over 1,000 plane movements daily to hundreds of cities worldwide.
It accommodates all aircraft loading: both narrow and wide-body upper deck and narrow-body belly.
It contains 4.5 million square-feet of warehouse and storage facilities, including climate controlled areas and areas for inspection, assembly, etc.
It houses over 800 air cargo agents, brokers and forwarders.
It is served by hundreds of long-haul and short-haul trucking companies.
The cargo area is convenient to nine passenger terminals accommodating over 30 million passengers annually.

See information about JFK's cargo facilities.

Visit the airport's website at www.kennedyairport.com.