The New York City area is home to 3 large airports - John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty. Let's take a few minutes to compare these airports' histories, terminals, airlines, and more in a crash course style video!
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Media credits (and further reading):
2018 Port Authority Report on the 3 airports: https://old.panynj.gov/airports/pdf-traffic/ATR2018.pdf
Miscellaneous images: https://www.goodfreephotos.com/
Google Earth / Google Maps
MTA Q3 bus - https://www.flickr.com/people/27665395@N05
MTA LaGuardia Link - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tdorante10
NJ Transit Bus - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AEMoreira042281
Old Newark Airport with Port - http://www.oldnewark.com/photos/historical/displayimage.php?album=110&pid=359#top_display_media
1930s Newark - https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/hurry-up-and-wait-newark-airport/
1950s Newark - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/551128073129821209/
United at Newark - https://www.businessinsider.com/united-airlines-is-having-yet-another-problem-with-the-federal-government-2015-11
Old photos of LaGuardia; American flight landing at LaGuardia - http://www.nycaviation.com/2014/10/la-guardia-airport-celebrates-75-years/36431
Glenn Curtiss Airport / North Beach Airport - https://metroairportnews.com/glenn-curtiss-airport/
Old JFK photos - https://www.6sqft.com/before-jfk-there-was-idlewild-airport/
Old United / Idlewild Poster - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/396316835931821733/
Delta at JFK - https://www.travelmarketreport.com/articles/Delta-Air-Lines-Plans-Dramatic-Expansion-of-JFK-Terminal
Flights at JFK and LGA - https://www.flightsfrom.com/
EWR Terminal One rendering - https://www.tutorperini.com/projects/aviation/ewr-terminal-one/
LaGuardia reconstruction rendering - https://ny.curbed.com/2019/6/27/18761271/laguardia-airport-renovation-delta-terminal-andrew-cuomo
J.D. Power 2020 Airport survey - https://www.jdpower.com/business/press-releases/2020-north-america-airport-satisfaction-study
Judy Blume’s novel about the 1950s Newark disasters, all of which crashed in her hometown of Elizabeth, NJ: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23899174-in-the-unlikely-event
The ARK - http://arkjfk.com/about/
Newark’s Art Deco buildings: https://untappedcities.com/2019/09/10/an-art-deco-gem-of-a-terminal-is-hidden-in-newark-airport/
Gala Amusement Park: https://ny.curbed.com/2013/7/10/10222636/65-photos-of-new-york-citys-long-lost-amusement-parks
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