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  2. John F. Kennedy International Airport - Wikipedia

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    John F. Kennedy International Airport [a] (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK) is a major international airport serving New York City and its metropolitan area. JFK Airport is located on the southwestern shore of Long Island , in Queens , New York City, bordering Jamaica Bay .

  3. List of longest runways - Wikipedia

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    1 List of airports with a paved runway at least 4,000 m (13,123 ft) long. 2 Other notable runways. 3 See also. ... John F. Kennedy International Airport [29] United ...

  4. Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 901 - Wikipedia

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    Runway overrun on landing: Site: 650 ft (200 m) from end of Runway 04R at John F. Kennedy Airport: Aircraft; Aircraft type: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30: Aircraft name: Haakon Viking: Operator: Scandinavian Airlines: IATA flight No. SK901: ICAO flight No. SAS901: Call sign: SCANDINAVIAN 901: Registration: LN-RKB: Flight origin: Stockholm Arlanda ...

  5. Flights Resume on JFK's Longest Runway - AOL

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    Flights resumed this week on John F. Kennedy International Airport's "Bay Runway," after a four-month closing for construction designed to reduce flight

  6. Longest flights - Wikipedia

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    [46] [47] A notably long passenger flight for the time came with Western Air Express' launch of its scheduled non-stop flight between Salt Lake City (Woodward Field) and Las Vegas (Anderson Field). This non-stop flight covered a great circle distance of 585 km (364 mi; 316 nmi) in approximately 5 hours using a Douglas M-2.

  7. Aviation in the New York metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    It is the country's most frequently used port of entry and departure for international flights. The metro area has three major airports: John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and LaGuardia Airport (LGA), all operated since 1947 by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. [1]

  8. Distracted pilots led to near collision on JFK runway, NTSB says

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    The landmark near collision last year involving two commercial flights on the runway at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was caused by pilots who were repeatedly distracted in ...

  9. Airfield traffic pattern - Wikipedia

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    Patterns are typically rectangular in basic shape, and include the runway along one long side of the rectangle. Each leg of the pattern has a particular name: [3] Upwind leg. A flight path parallel to and in the direction of the landing runway. It is offset from the runway and opposite the downwind leg. Crosswind leg. A short climbing flight ...