John F. Kennedy International Airport - Quiz
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  • 1. In what year did Terminal 1 open?
A) 2003
B) 1988
C) 1998
D) 1948
  • 2. How many years after the opening of JFK did Terminal 1 open?
A) 40 years
B) 60 years
C) 50 years
D) 25 years
  • 3. Which airline consortium directed the creation of Terminal 1?
A) SkyTeam
B) Star Alliance
C) Terminal One Group
D) Oneworld
  • 4. Which of these airlines was part of the consortium that founded Terminal 1?
A) United Airlines
B) Delta Air Lines
C) British Airways
D) Lufthansa
  • 5. What previous facility was located on the site of Terminal 1?
A) Pan Am terminal
B) TWA Flight Center
C) Eastern Air Lines terminal
D) The International Arrivals Building
  • 6. Which firm designed Terminal 1?
A) Eero Saarinen and Associates
B) William Nicholas Bodouva + Associates
C) Gensler
D) Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
  • 7. How many gates does Terminal 1 have?
A) 15
B) 12
C) 10
D) 11
  • 8. Which two terminals at JFK can handle the Airbus A380?
A) Terminal 1 and Terminal 5
B) Terminal 1 and Terminal 4
C) Terminal 4 and Terminal 8
D) Terminal 1 and Terminal 7
  • 9. Until what year did Air France operate the Concorde at Terminal 1?
A) 2005
B) 2003
C) 1998
D) 2000
  • 10. Which airline flies the Airbus A380 to Terminal 1 from Seoul–Incheon?
A) Asiana Airlines
B) Japan Airlines
C) Korean Air
D) Air China
  • 11. Which airline alliance is Air France associated with in Terminal 1?
A) Star Alliance
B) Oneworld
C) SkyTeam
D) Independent
  • 12. Which airline represents Oneworld in Terminal 1?
A) Lufthansa
B) Turkish Airlines
C) Royal Air Maroc
D) Air France
  • 13. Which of the following is a Star Alliance carrier at Terminal 1?
A) Saudia
B) Air Serbia
C) Turkish Airlines
D) Gulf Air
  • 14. Which of these is NOT an airline serving Terminal 1?
A) Azores Airlines
B) Viva
C) American Airlines
D) Gulf Air
  • 15. On what date was the airport renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport?
A) November 22, 1963
B) December 17, 2003
C) December 24, 1963
D) May 28, 1998
  • 16. Who proposed the renaming of the airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport?
A) Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr.
B) President John F. Kennedy
C) The Port Authority Board of Commissioners
D) An airline executive
  • 17. Why was the airport code changed from KIA to JFK in 1968?
A) Because the airport was sold
B) Due to a clerical error
C) To avoid association with 'killed in action'
D) To match the new terminal name
  • 18. Which airport currently uses the codes IDL and KIDL?
A) Newark Airport
B) Indianola Municipal Airport
C) LaGuardia Airport
D) JFK International Airport
  • 19. What was the peak number of airline operations at JFK in 1967?
A) 200,000
B) 403,981
C) 1,000,000
D) 500,000
  • 20. When did the Concorde start scheduled trans-Atlantic supersonic flights to JFK?
A) December 17, 2003
B) November 22, 1977
C) October 24, 2003
D) May 28, 1998
  • 21. Which airline retired the Concorde on October 24, 2003?
A) Lufthansa
B) Delta Air Lines
C) Air France
D) British Airways
  • 22. When did Terminal 4, the replacement for the International Arrivals Building, open?
A) May 24, 2001
B) December 17, 2003
C) March 19, 2007
D) May 28, 1998
  • 23. Which airline uses Terminal 5, which incorporates the TWA Flight Center?
A) Qatar Airways
B) JetBlue
C) Delta Air Lines
D) American Airlines
  • 24. What event happened at JFK on March 19, 2007?
A) First passenger Airbus A380 flight to the US
B) Opening of Terminal 4
C) First commercial Airbus A350 flight
D) Retirement of the Concorde
  • 25. Which airline operated the first regularly scheduled commercial A380 flight to the US at JFK?
A) Korean Air
B) Emirates
C) Singapore Airlines
D) Lufthansa
  • 26. On what date did JFK receive the first commercial Airbus A350 flight?
A) December 8, 2015
B) November 2010
C) August 1, 2008
D) March 19, 2007
  • 27. Which airline began the first commercial Airbus A350 flight to JFK?
A) Singapore Airlines
B) Emirates
C) Asiana Airlines
D) Qatar Airways
  • 28. What is the model of the aircraft used for the world's longest flight hosted at JFK?
A) Boeing 747
B) Airbus A380
C) Airbus A350-900ULR
D) Concorde
  • 29. How long is the world's longest flight currently hosted at JFK?
A) 10,000 km
B) 20,000 km
C) 5,000 km
D) 15,349 km
  • 30. Who was the architect responsible for the plan to give each major airline their own terminal space?
A) I. M. Pei
B) Wallace Harrison
C) Chester L. Churchill
D) Eero Saarinen
  • 31. In what year did airlines approve the revised plan for separate terminals?
A) 1954
B) 1955
C) 1959
D) 1957
  • 32. What was the maximum gross weight the original airport was designed to accommodate?
A) 400,000 pounds
B) 200,000 pounds
C) 300,000 pounds
D) 500,000 pounds
  • 33. Which aircraft required airport modifications in the late 1960s due to its weight?
A) Concorde
B) Boeing 747
C) Douglas DC-8
D) Boeing 707
  • 34. Which company designed the International Arrivals Building?
A) SOM
B) Kahn and Jacobs
C) Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton
D) PANYNJ
  • 35. Who designed Eastern Air Lines' Terminal 1, which opened in 1959?
A) Chester L. Churchill
B) Wallace Harrison
C) I. M. Pei
D) Eero Saarinen
  • 36. What unique feature did the American Airlines Terminal 8 have until 2007?
A) A 317-foot stained-glass facade
B) An elliptical suspended roof
C) All-glass mullion windows
D) A reflecting pool on the roof
  • 37. Pan American World Airways' terminal was known by what name?
A) Worldport
B) The Sundrome
C) The TWA Flight Center
D) The International Arrivals Building
  • 38. The TWA Flight Center was designed by which architect?
A) Chester L. Churchill
B) Wallace Harrison
C) I. M. Pei
D) Eero Saarinen
  • 39. Into what has the original TWA Flight Center head house been converted?
A) The TWA Hotel
B) A museum of aviation
C) A retail shopping complex
D) Terminal 5's main check-in area
  • 40. The Sundrome (Terminal 6) was designed by which architect?
A) Robert Sowers
B) I. M. Pei
C) Eero Saarinen
D) Wallace Harrison
  • 41. What design feature was unprecedented when the Sundrome opened in 1969?
A) The use of finger piers
B) The elliptical roof design
C) The use of jetways
D) Use of all-glass mullions
  • 42. Which U.S. President attended the opening ceremony of Idlewild?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Harry S. Truman
  • 43. How large was the original terminal building at Idlewild in 1948?
A) 50,000 square feet
B) 100,000 square feet
C) 215,501 square feet
D) 79,280 square feet
  • 44. What was the size of the terminal building following the 1949 expansion?
A) 300,000 square feet
B) 150,500 square feet
C) 215,501 square feet
D) 79,280 square feet
  • 45. What year was the control tower added to the airport?
A) 1957
B) 1952
C) 1949
D) 1948
  • 46. How many runways did Idlewild have upon opening?
A) Five
B) Eight
C) Six
D) Seven
  • 47. When did runway 7R close?
A) 1957
B) Around 1966
C) 1948
D) 1990
  • 48. Until what year was the smaller runway 14/32 used?
A) 1966
B) 1952
C) 1957
D) 1990
  • 49. What was the first jet airliner to land at Idlewild?
A) Tupolev Tu-104
B) Sud Aviation Caravelle
C) Avro Jetliner
D) Boeing 707
  • 50. When did the first jet airliner land at Idlewild?
A) October 1951
B) May 2, 1957
C) April 18, 1950
D) July 1, 1948
  • 51. Which jet prototype was granted landing approval in 1957 after noise tests?
A) Douglas DC-7
B) Tupolev Tu-104
C) Avro Jetliner
D) Sud Aviation Caravelle
  • 52. What was the average number of daily airline operations at Idlewild in 1951?
A) 250
B) 73
C) 242
D) 1,283
  • 53. What is the IATA code for John F. Kennedy International Airport?
A) IDL
B) JFK
C) NYC
D) JFKNY
  • 54. How many acres does JFK Airport cover?
A) 4,000 acres
B) 1,000 acres
C) 5,200 acres
D) 2,104 acres
  • 55. How many passenger terminals does JFK Airport feature?
A) Three
B) Four
C) Six
D) Five
  • 56. How far is JFK Airport from Midtown Manhattan?
A) 16 miles
B) 30 miles
C) 10 miles
D) 26 miles
  • 57. JFK was built to relieve overcrowding at which airport?
A) Teterboro
B) Idlewild Beach
C) Newark Liberty
D) LaGuardia Field
  • 58. What was the site of the airport originally used for before construction?
A) Idlewild Beach Golf Course
B) A residential neighborhood
C) A military base
D) A shipping port
  • 59. Which expressway provides vehicular access to the airport?
A) Interstate 278
B) Interstate 678
C) Interstate 95
D) Interstate 80
  • 60. Which crime family were the associates of the Air France robbery linked to?
A) Bonanno crime family
B) Lucchese crime family
C) Genovese crime family
D) Gambino crime family
  • 61. How did the thieves enter the strong room?
A) They bribed a security guard
B) They picked the lock
C) They obtained a key
D) They used explosives
  • 62. What type of room was used to store the money?
A) A cement block strong room
B) A wooden crate
C) A reinforced cargo container
D) A steel vault
  • 63. Where had the American currency been exchanged before being transported to the US?
A) The Middle East
B) Southeast Asia
C) South America
D) Europe
  • 64. When was the theft of the currency discovered?
A) Immediately
B) The next day
C) A month later
D) The following Monday
  • 65. What was the status of the cargo terminal at the time of the robbery?
A) Locked and bolted
B) Heavily guarded
C) Under surveillance
D) Unsecured
  • 66. How many bags of money were taken in the suitcase?
A) Ten
B) Four
C) Seven
D) Three
  • 67. Who was the only person convicted in the Lufthansa heist?
A) Henry Hill
B) John Gotti
C) James Burke
D) Louis Werner
  • 68. Who was believed to be the mastermind behind the Lufthansa heist?
A) The Lucchese crime family head
B) An unnamed airport worker
C) Louis Werner
D) James Burke
  • 69. What payment methods are used for external transfers on the AirTrain?
A) Cash only
B) Credit card swipe at turnstile
C) OMNY or MetroCard
D) Mobile app only
  • 70. Which bus serves Terminal 8 at JFK as of 2025?
A) B15
B) Q10
C) Q6
D) Q3
  • 71. How many Tesla Supercharger stalls are currently in the new station on airport property?
A) 16
B) 12
C) 8
D) 4
  • 72. When was the latest arrest associated with the Lufthansa heist made?
A) 1978
B) 2000
C) 2014
D) 2025
  • 73. Is travel on the AirTrain within airport property free?
A) Yes, it is complimentary
B) Only for employees
C) Only for international travelers
D) No, it requires a fare
  • 74. What is the total number of gates at JFK?
A) 140
B) 150
C) 120
D) 130
  • 75. What shape describes the arrangement of the terminal buildings?
A) Circular ring
B) Deformed U-shaped wavy pattern
C) Square grid
D) Straight line
  • 76. What system connects the terminals at JFK?
A) AirTrain
B) Shuttle bus
C) Monorail
D) Subway
  • 77. Who designed the directional signage throughout the terminals?
A) J.D. Power
B) Paul Mijksenaar
C) Aviation Week
D) The Port Authority
  • 78. Which company manages Terminal 4 at JFK?
A) JFKIAT (IAT) LLC
B) LCOR, Inc.
C) Delta Air Lines
D) The Port Authority
  • 79. How many gates does Terminal 4 currently contain?
A) 44
B) 52
C) 48
D) 40
  • 80. Which concourse serves primarily Asian and some European airlines?
A) Concourse B
B) Concourse C
C) Concourse D
D) Concourse A
  • 81. Terminal 4 replaced which former airport facility?
A) Terminal 2
B) International Arrivals Building (IAB)
C) The original AirTrain station
D) Terminal 3
  • 82. In what year did the International Arrivals Building open?
A) 1960
B) 1957
C) 1950
D) 2001
  • 83. What was a major feature of the 2013 expansion of Terminal 4?
A) New control tower
B) Direct subway connection
C) New runway construction
D) Centralized security checkpoint
  • 84. When did American Express open a Centurion lounge at Terminal 4?
A) January 2015
B) May 2013
C) October 2020
D) Early 2023
  • 85. What holographic device is used in Terminal 4 to display zoo animals?
A) Schiphol digital mirror
B) Proto hologram
C) JFK immersive screen
D) Delta hologram
  • 86. Which airline partner of Delta operates in Terminal 4?
A) United Airlines
B) American Airlines
C) Southwest Airlines
D) KLM
  • 87. In what year did Terminal 5 open?
A) 2003
B) 2005
C) 2010
D) 2008
  • 88. Which firm redesigned Terminal 5?
A) Corgan Associates
B) GMW Architects
C) William Nicholas Bodouva + Associates
D) Gensler
  • 89. How many total gates are in the active Terminal 5 building?
A) 29
B) 30
C) 25
D) 12
  • 90. Which airline opened an airport lounge in Terminal 5 in 2015?
A) British Airways
B) Sun Country Airlines
C) Aer Lingus
D) JetBlue
  • 91. What is the name of the rooftop lounge in Terminal 5?
A) Terminal 5 Terrace
B) JetBlue Sky Lounge
C) T5 Rooftop & Wooftop Lounge
D) The Observation Lounge
  • 92. When was a $100 million renovation of T5 announced?
A) 2020
B) 2025
C) 2014
D) 2016
  • 93. When did Terminal 7 open?
A) 1997
B) 2003
C) 1970
D) 1989
  • 94. In what year did United Airlines suspend service to JFK after its return in 2021?
A) 2023
B) 2022
C) 2025
D) 2020
  • 95. When did American Airlines begin the program to build the new Terminal 8?
A) 2007
B) 2019
C) 2005
D) 1999
  • 96. How many gates were originally planned for the new Terminal 8?
A) 31
B) 59
C) 44
D) 36
  • 97. How many gates does the final version of Terminal 8 have?
A) 59
B) 44
C) 31
D) 36
  • 98. When did Terminal 8 officially open?
A) August 2007
B) November 2022
C) May 2023
D) January 2005
  • 99. How many security checkpoint lanes does Terminal 8 have?
A) 44
B) 31
C) 36
D) Ten
  • 100. What does the terminal mural depict?
A) The map of JFK airport
B) 70 prominent cities
C) The history of flight
D) American Airlines fleet
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