Terminal 2 first opened on Nov.18, 1962, and it was jointly operated by three now-defunct or nonexistent airline brands: Braniff, Northwest and Northeast.
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Terminal 2 joins its neighbors (Terminals 1 and 3, the latter was closed in 2014) in making way for the new Terminal 1 that's expected to open in 2026. Officials broke ground in late 2022 on the new state-of-the-art terminal, which is part of an $18 billion airport redevelopment project.
History of Terminal 4 at JFK International AirportJFK's Terminal 4 was constructed on the site of the international arrivals building (IAB), with an investment of $1.4bn in the 1990s. The IAB site was redeveloped and transformed into the 140,000m² Terminal 4. The terminal was officially opened in May 2001.
Airport terminals 3 and 6, originally constructed by Pan Am and National Airlines, respectively, were demolished more than a decade ago, leaving JFK with a (sometimes confusing) set of six terminals, numbered 1 through 8.
College Park Airport (KCGS), in the city of College Park, Maryland, US, is the world's oldest airport in operation, established in 1909 when Wilbur Wright arrived at the field to train two military officers in the US Army.
The airport grounds are made up of five terminals numbered 1, 4, 5, 7 and 8, skipping Terminal 3 and 6, which were demolished in 2011 and 2013 after Terminal 5 was expanded, and Terminal 2 which was closed on January 2023 to be used it for the airport's new international terminal.
Terminal closureThe problems at JFK's Terminal 1 all began yesterday when an electrical panel failed. The failure led to the power outage and also started a small fire. The fire was quickly extinguished, solving one of the two problems.
As soon as the sleek new four-concourse 94-gate Terminal 3 opened, Terminal 2, which had been home to international and charter arrivals and departures, was rendered obsolete, so it was shut down.
When it opened in 1998, John F. Kennedy International Airport's Terminal One served fewer than three million passengers a year. By 2019, that number had jumped to more than four million and was expected to quickly exceed the terminal's design capacity.