Idlewild Airport

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Idlewild Airport was the original name of New York City’s major international airport now known as John F. Kennedy International Airport.

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Label Occurrences
Idlewild Airport canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airport
international airport
alsoKnownAs John F. Kennedy International Airport
surface form: New York International Airport

John F. Kennedy International Airport
surface form: New York International Airport at Idlewild
builtOn reclaimed marshland
cityServed New York City
constructionStart 1943
country United States of America
surface form: United States
distanceFromCityCenter about 15 miles from Midtown Manhattan
formerNameOf John F. Kennedy International Airport
formerNamePeriodEnd 1963
formerNamePeriodStart 1948
hasCategory Airports established in 1948
Defunct name of airport
hasHubAirline Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
hasRunwaySurface asphalt
concrete
IATAcode IDL
ICAOcode KIDL
locatedIn New York
New York City
Queens
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInBorough Queens
locatedOn Jamaica Bay
namedAfter Idlewild Beach
Idlewild Golf Course
opened 1948
openingDate July 1, 1948
operator Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
surface form: Port of New York Authority
originalOwner New York City
surface form: City of New York
partOf Port of New York and New Jersey
predecessor Floyd Bennett Field
primaryUse civil aviation
commercial aviation
regionServed New York metropolitan area
renamedAs John F. Kennedy International Airport
renamingReason Assassination of John F. Kennedy
surface form: assassination of President John F. Kennedy
renamingYear 1963
replacedBy John F. Kennedy International Airport
role primary international airport for New York City
servesAs major international gateway to the United States
successor John F. Kennedy International Airport
timezone Eastern Time Zone

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

JFK hasFormerName Idlewild Airport
subject surface form: John F. Kennedy International Airport
IDL refersTo Idlewild Airport
IDL usedFor Idlewild Airport
IDL airportNameAtTimeOfUse Idlewild Airport
KIDL refersTo Idlewild Airport
KIDL formerCodeFor Idlewild Airport
KIDL associatedWithName Idlewild Airport
KIDL formerName Idlewild Airport
subject surface form: John F. Kennedy International Airport
Idlewild Golf Course inspiredNameOf Idlewild Airport
Idlewild Beach hasNameOriginFor Idlewild Airport
Idlewild Beach nameUsedBy Idlewild Airport
Idlewild hasAlternativeName Idlewild Airport