New York Airports

Fri, 08/19/2011 - 13:48 — Anonymous Getting around New York can be a little
overwhelming. But getting into New York is not as hard as one might think,
thanks primarily to the fact that New York has well over 100 public airports.
13 of these are primary, commercial airports. Two are non-primary commercial
airports, and 22 are Reliever airports. The rest are public use airports, but
are used by smaller planes and usually have less than 10,000 passengers per
year. There are also cargo airports and military airports and even airports
no longer in use but still tracked by the state of New York. All of these
counted together is a lot of airports. The two main commercial airports in
New York are LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International Airport. LaGuardia
is found in Long Island, in New York City. In 1960, LaGuardia was named the
greatest airport in the world by the aviation community. It is smaller than
Kennedy Airport, but still a favourite because of its close proximity to
Manhattan. There are 40 gates in its main terminal, and it also has a
terminal for Delta airlines and US Airways, as well as the Marine terminal.
The Marine terminal was originally used for waterplanes, and is now a
historic landmark. John F. Kennedy International Airport is also in New York
City, about 12 miles southeast of Lower Manhattan. This airport hosts over 90
airlines and is the 18th busiest airport in the world. It has eight terminals
with over 150 gates. Flights from this airport go all over the world, from
every terminal except two and five, which only handle flights within the
United States. In addition to John F. Kennedy International Airport and
LaGuardia, New York also has four other international airports. Buffalo
Niagara, Niagara Falls, Rochester, and Syracuse Hancock. Buffalo Niagara is
located in Cheektowaga. It is the busiest airport in upstate New York, and
the third busiest in the state of New York. It was opened in 1926, so it is
also one of the oldest airports in the country. Niagara Falls is a joint
public-military airport in Niagara county. It can handle military craft of
all sizes and planes as big as Boeing 747s. Greater Rochester International
Airport has two terminals and 17 gates and handles flights all around the
United States and Canada. Syracuse Hancock International Airport is also
joint public-military and also has flights throughout the United States and
Canada. Although it receives a fair amount of snow annually, it is only
closed an average of 24 hours per year. In addition, New York has 22 Reliever
airports, which handle traffic when the other airports are overwhelmed with
traffic. They also provide convenient access to the communities they are
located in. That means that they can also have a lot of traffic on their own,
without taking overflow traffic from the major airports. Because New York has
so much air traffic, and so many people coming and going, and all of these
people have different needs and expectations, it has to have this many
airports to handle it all. Whether passengers are looking to fly in to a
quiet, lesser used airport that is off the beaten path, or they need an
international airport that flies all over the world, New York has the
airports that can handle it.