1997 Airport Tra f f ic Report .......................................................................................................✈ JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT TETERBORO AIRPORT DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN HELIPORT WEST 30TH STREET HELIPORT Table of Contents Table of Contents ...........................................................................................................................✈ FACT SHEETS John F. Kennedy International Airport .....................................................................................................................1 Newark International Airport ............................................................................................................................... .....2 LaGuardia Airport............................................................................................................................... ........................3 Downtown Manhattan Heliport ............................................................................................................................... .4 West 30th Street Heliport............................................................................................................................... ............4 1. AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS Commercial and Non-Commercial Aircraft Movements 1.1.1 Annual Totals 1984-1997, by Airport and Region ..............................................................................................5 1.1.2 Monthly Totals 1997, by Airport and Region ...................................................................................................10 Helicopter Movements 1.2.1 Annual Totals 1984-1997, by Airport, Heliport and Region ............................................................................15 1.2.2 Monthly Totals 1996-1997, by Airport, Heliport and Region..........................................................................16 Aircraft Movements By Market 1.3.1 Annual Totals 1984-1997, by Airport and Region ............................................................................................17 Maps Cities Served – Scheduled Non-Stop Service by Airport..............................................................................................22 2. PASSENGER TR AFF IC Top Fifteen Airport Comparisons 2.1.1 Number of Passengers–1997 .............................................................................................................................33 2.1.2 Number of Passengers, Worldwide–1997..........................................................................................................34 Commercial Passenger Traffic 2.2.1 Annual Totals 1984-1997, by Airport and Region ............................................................................................35 2.2.2 Monthly Totals 1997, by Airport and Region ...................................................................................................39 Passenger Traffic in Helicopters 2.3.1 Annual Totals 1984-1997, by Airport, Heliport and Region ............................................................................43 2.3.2 Monthly Totals 1996-1997, by Airport, Heliport and Region..........................................................................44 Passenger Traffic By Market 2.4.1 Annual Totals 1984-1997, by Airport and Region ............................................................................................45 Passenger Traffic By Airline 2.5.1 Top 10 Carriers, 1997 Passengers, by Airport and Region ...............................................................................47 Passenger Traffic by Terminal 2.6.1 1997 Passengers, Domestic and International by Airport..................................................................................49 Top 25 Origins/Destinations 2.7.1 Scheduled Airlines, 1996, Domestic by Airport and Region .............................................................................50 2.7.2 Scheduled Airlines, 1997, International by Airport and Region ........................................................................54 Passenger Demographics 2.8.1 Profile of Departing Passengers, by Airport and Region....................................................................................57 i 3. CARGO TRANSPORT Top Fifteen Airport Comparisons 3.1.1 Revenue Cargo in Short Tons, 1997 .................................................................................................................59 3.1.2 Revenue Cargo in Short Tons, Worldwide–1997 ..............................................................................................60 Revenue Freight In Short Tons 3.2.1 Annual Totals 1984-1997, by Airport and Region ............................................................................................61 3.2.2 Monthly Totals 1997, by Airport and Region ...................................................................................................62 3.3.1 By International Market, Annual Totals 1989-1997, for Region.......................................................................63 3.3.2 U.S. Trading Districts by Air, 1997 ...................................................................................................................64 3.3.3 Air Trade Commodities in the NY/NJ Region, 1997.......................................................................................65 Revenue Freight by Airlines 3.4.1 Top 10 Carriers 1997, by Airport and Region...................................................................................................66 Revenue Mail In Short Tons 3.5.1 Annual Totals 1984-1997, by Airport and Region ............................................................................................68 3.5.2 Monthly Totals 1997, by Airport and Region ...................................................................................................69 4. OTHER ACTIVITIES Airport Bus Passengers 4.1.1 Annual Totals 1984-1997, by Airport and Region ............................................................................................71 4.1.2 Monthly Totals 1996-1997, by Airport and Region..........................................................................................72 Paid Parked Cars 4.2.1 Annual Totals 1984-1997, by Airport and Region ............................................................................................73 4.2.2 Monthly Totals 1996-1997, by Airport and Region..........................................................................................74 Subway and New Jersey Transit 4.3.1 Annual Totals 1984-1997, by Airport and Region ............................................................................................75 4.3.2 Monthly Totals 1996-1997, by Airport and Region..........................................................................................76 Airport Employment 4.4.1 Annual Totals 1984-1997, by Airport and Region ............................................................................................77 Estimated Annual Payroll 4.5.1 Annual Totals 1984-1997, by Airport and Region ............................................................................................78 The Economic Impact of the Aviation Industry 4.6.1 1997 Totals for the New York/New Jersey Region...........................................................................................79 APPENDIX Glossary......................................................................................................................................................................81 ii John F. Kennedy International Airport ...........................................................................................................................✈ OPERATED BY terminals as well as a new Air Traffic American Airlines is completing its $220 John F. Kennedy International Airport Control Tower, a quadrant roadway million program to consolidate and upgrade (JFK) has been operated by The Port system, a new parking garage, and that will its terminal facilities. Terminal 8 serves Authority of New York and New Jersey connect with a light rail network that is international and Caribbean destinations. under a lease with the City of New York planned to link the passenger terminals and Terminal 9, formerly the United Airlines since June 1, 1947. connect with the city subway and railroad to terminal, serves American’s domestic and JFK, LGA and New York City. Puerto Rico destinations and is connected LOCATION to the international terminal. CENTRAL TERMINAL AREA Tower Air has invested more than $10 JFK International is located in the south- million dollars in its headquarters at JFK, eastern section of Queens County, New JFK has nine airline passenger terminals in including its offices in Hangar 17, the reno- York City, on Jamaica Bay. It is fifteen miles the center of the airport, surrounded by a vating and expanding of Building 213 for its by highway from midtown Manhattan. dual ring of peripheral taxiways. Initially 655 acres, the Central Terminal Area new terminal in 1993, and in 1995 con- structing a new finger with three additional SIZE (CTA) was enlarged to 880 acres by reloca- tion of the taxiways to provide space need- gates. Equivalent to all of Manhattan Island from ed for expansion of the passenger termi- Air Traffic Control Tower 42nd Street to the Battery, JFK consists of nals. There are about 173 aircraft gate 4,930 acres, including 880 acres in the positions serving the various terminals. The The modern Air Traffic Control