STT757 From United States, joined Mar 2000, 9763 posts, RR: 39 Reply 1, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 457 times:
Nothing will be happening for the next few years, the Port Authority owns the terminal and they just released their 5 year budget which alocates zero for the refurbishment of T-5.
It was originally envisioned that T-5's gates would be torn down, as would all of T-6 and replaced with a single terminal for B6 and UAL which would incorporate T-5 as an entrance. UAL is no longer a partner in the plan, and the Port Authority has other priorities (rebuilding the WTC, rebuilding the PATH line, upgrading security at the Marine Ports, Airports, PATH stations, Tunnels, Bridges etc.
The T-5/T-6 plan was a Late '90s luxury that has no place right now, maybe 10 years from now.
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UN_B732 From United States, joined Jul 2001, 3747 posts, RR: 3 Reply 3, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 362 times:
By the looks of it, it looks pretty empty, it's funny how they say "temporarily clsed" when it won't be opened an time soon. I think B6 pax. wouldn't be very happy with all the construction if they were to unify T5 and T6, but if B6 starts booming with their JFK hub (right now they appear to be focused on LGB) B6 might need the space.........
I wonder if anyone has tried to sneak into the terminal. It looks very hollow and empty from the outside.
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ContinentalEWR From United States, joined May 2000, 3713 posts, RR: 12 Reply 5, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 339 times:
The TWA Terminal (Terminal 5) was supposed to be rebuilt into a conference facility at JFK Airport and the centerpiece of a new, expanded T6, that would have housed JetBlue, United Airlines, and some Star Alliance carriers as well. The development plans were laid out before September 11th, 2001. However, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs JFK Airport, has a lot of other priorities at the moment, as someone stated above, including the reconstruction of the World Trade Center site, a transportation hub near or at the site, the AirTrain JFK, etc...Furthermore, United Airlines has pulled out of the project (it has fewer flights now from JFK than it used to*) and as such, there is little enthusiasm or interest in the project, given the current state of air travel and the airline industry in general.
*United Airlines flies nonstop from JFK to Tokyo/Narita, London/Heathrow, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC (UEx), and weekend service is or was operating to San Juan, PR. At the time of the discussions around a new terminal, United's international service from JFK included Hong Kong, Sao Paolo, Buenos Aires, and a dormant route to Caracas.
STT757 From United States, joined Mar 2000, 9763 posts, RR: 39 Reply 6, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 287 times:
JFK has plenty of room, the new T-4 is severely under utilized during the day, and the terminal's concourses were designed with future expansion in mind. They can add another 20-25 gates to the terminal.
I think T-5 has seen it's last revenue commecial flight activity, what they are going to do with it remains unclear. It's not going to be torn down that's for sure.
Perhaps they will move it like they did with EWR's historic Terminal 1, which was moved 1/4 mile and now houses EWR's administrative offices as well as Port Authority police and fire.
Usairways85 From United States, joined Nov 2001, 2532 posts, RR: 5 Reply 7, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 275 times:
But like mentioned before, what do they do with all the space around the terminal. I think i remember seeing a picture of the terminal with the gates removed. Do the use the old gate area as a parking spot for any planes?
Toner From United States, joined Feb 2003, 268 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 158 times:
In the 1930's it was Idlewild, a section of Queens. Most of the swamps were North of Conduit. The nearest golf course that I know of was Valley Stream.
It didn't become JFK untill after Kennedy's assasination.
STT757 From United States, joined Mar 2000, 9763 posts, RR: 39 Reply 12, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 149 times:
I know but there was no airport until Idlewild was built (correct me if Im wrong) in the 1940s. Before that there was Floyd Bennett field and Flushing. LGA opened in 1939.
"February 23, 2003
It's Back to Nature for a Once Bustling Airport
By DENNY LEE
Takeoffs and landings at the old Flushing Airport will soon be reserved for birds.
The city plans to restore to wetlands 33 acres of the abandoned airstrip, which ranked among the nation's busiest until La Guardia Airport opened in 1939. The plan involves ripping out old hangars, weeds and runways to make way for manmade inlets, native vegetation and the return of wildlife. Soon, the hope is, there will be fleets of herons, raptors and oystercatchers.
"This is the last former airport in the city we've been trying to bring back to life," said David Lutz, executive director of Neighborhood Open Space Coalition. "It has the potential to become the most naturalistic site in northern Queens." The other airports being naturalized include Floyd Bennett Field near Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn, and Miller Field in New Dorp Beach on Staten Island.
The city's Economic Development Corporation, which owns Flushing Airport, hopes to make the design final later this year.
Under state rules the creation of the new wetlands will make the city eligible to add 20 of the airport's 78 acres to the nearby College Point Corporation Park, said Janel Patterson, an E.D.C. spokeswoman. The rest of the land will be a buffer between the wetlands and the College Point commercial area. The corporate park is home to 175 companies, including a New York Times printing plant, and several developers are interested in the site.
"We don't want another shopping mall," Marilyn Bitterman, district manager for Community Board 7 in Queens. said about the new corporate acres. But she likes the openness the wetlands will bring.
Flushing Airport, which closed in 1984, has been a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Over the years, several proposals have been made for the site, including using it as a mooring dock for blimps. "This plan is throwing a monkey wrench into everything," said Alan Gross, president of Airships Unlimited, which made the blimp proposal.
Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company
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