As cellphones are not allowed in waiting lines, you may want to bring a book or other non-digital entertainment. If you arrive at this airport from overseas, be prepared to wait in line at Customs & Border Protection, often over an hour if you are not a permanent resident of the United States. Connecting between JFK and LGA requires at least three journeys on public transport, with fares on each. It is possible to connect from JFK to EWR by taking a four-legged, two-hour public transport trip each leg requires a separate fare per person. Connections that require you to travel from one airport to another are very difficult and expensive, particularly around rush hour, and will likely involve an expensive taxi, Uber, or Lyft ride. JFK has no direct public transport connections with other New York City airports, such as Newark (EWR) or LaGuardia (LGA). International travellers other than those from Canada, Bermuda or Visa-Waiver Program countries are most strongly advised to avoid connecting in JFK to other international flights, as the security and immigration procedures for non-US citizens are monumentally time-consuming and tiresome.

If you must connect via JFK, make sure you have sufficient time: For connections from domestic (US or Canada) flights to other destinations in the US or Canada, allow 2–3 hours for transfers from domestic to international destinations, allow 3–4 hours for international to domestic, 3–5 hours and for international to international, 3–6 hours. If possible, do not connect using JFK, especially when switching terminals.

Landing or taking off from JFK has been much improved by the addition of the multibillion-dollar Bay Runway in 2010, but due to sheer volume, it remains the worst airport in the country in terms of flight delays. As one would expect of the main airport of a city like the Big Apple, JFK is one of the busiest airports worldwide and also the busiest airport in the USA in terms of international passenger traffic. Kennedy International Airport ( JFK IATA) is in the borough of Queens, New York.

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