John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK

On November 22, 1963 the 35th president of the United States of America, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was murdered in Dallas, Texas. Afterwards his name become associated with many monuments in the US such as NASA's Cape Kennedy and, of course, the international airport in New York known as JFK. Would that I could tell you that this airport is alive and well, but unfortunately, I have come to mourn JFK Airport, not to praise it. The Complex: What a perfect word that is, isn't it? Actually, the basic idea of JFK isn't all that complicated. There are eight major buildings all positioned in a circle. Inside the circle are roads and parking lots. This wouldn't be ...

Considering that New York is one of the biggest 24 hour cities in the world I have been disspaointed twice by the same airport. Destination wise, the airport is really good, there are 9 seperate terminals that make up JFK several of which are specifically for one or two airlines with the rest distributed around the other terminals. The airport itself is about 1 hour from Manhatten or about 25 miles and is in the borough of Queens. Getting a cab from the airport is easy once you find the taxi rank, and only use yellow cabs. There is a standard fee of $35 from the airport to Mahatten, but on the way back to the airport you must pay for time spent in ...