Editing Queens (section)

===Airports===
[[File:JFK Plane Queue.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[John F. Kennedy International Airport|John F. Kennedy Airport]] in Queens, the [[Busiest airports in the United States by international passenger traffic|busiest international air passenger gateway]] to the United States|alt=Five jumbo airplanes wait in a line on a runway next to a small body of water. Behind them in the distance is the airport and control tower.]]
[[File:LaGuardia Airport.JPG|thumb|upright=1|A multibillion-dollar reconstruction of [[LaGuardia Airport]] was announced in July 2015.<ref name="NYTs 2015 Jul 27" />]]
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| colspan=5 style="background-color:white"|{{line-height|1.5|'''<big>Airline Revenue Passengers<br />at Queens Airports</big>'''}}
{{line-height|1.5|'''2019 → pre-[[COVID-19 pandemic]]'''}}
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| style="background-color:white"|Domestic
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| style="background-color:white"|International
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| style="background-color:white"|Rank*
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| style="background-color:white"|Total
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| style="background-color:#FFF8DC; text-align:left"|{{space|2}}[[John F. Kennedy International Airport|JFK]]
| style="background-color:#FFF8DC; |{{space|3}}28,233,791
| style="background-color:#FFF8DC; |{{space|3}}34,317,281
| style="background-color:#FFF8DC; text-align:center" |{{font color | green |'''❶'''}}
| style="background-color:#FFF8DC; text-align:right" |{{space|3}}62,551,072
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| style="background-color:#EAEEF2; text-align:left"|{{space|2}}[[LaGuardia Airport|LGA]]
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| style="background-color:#EAEEF2"|28,875,041
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| style="background-color:#EAEEF2"|2,209,853
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| style="background-color:#EAEEF2"|
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| style="background-color:#EAEEF2"|31,084,894
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| style="background-color:white; text-align:left"|{{hanging indent |text={{space|4}}Total }}
| style="background-color:white"|57,108,832
| style="background-color:white"|36,527,134
| style="background-color:white"|
| style="background-color:white"|93,635,966
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|-valign="bottom" style="text-align:center"
| colspan=5 style="background-color:white"|{{line-height|2.5|'''2020 → mid-[[COVID-19 pandemic]]'''}}
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| style="background-color:#FFF8DC; text-align:left"|{{space|2}}[[John F. Kennedy International Airport|JFK]]
| style="background-color:#FFF8DC; |{{space|3}}8,267,666
| style="background-color:#FFF8DC; |{{space|3}}8,362,976
| style="background-color:#FFF8DC; text-align:center" |{{font color | green |'''❶'''}}
| style="background-color:#FFF8DC; text-align:right"|{{space|3}}16,630,642
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| style="background-color:#EAEEF2; text-align:left"|{{space|2}}[[LaGuardia Airport|LGA]]
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| style="background-color:#EAEEF2"|7,853,368
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| style="background-color:#EAEEF2"|391,824
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| style="background-color:#EAEEF2"|8,245,192
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|-valign="bottom" style="text-align:right"
| style="background-color:white; text-align:left"|{{hanging indent |text={{space|4}}Total }}
| style="background-color:white"|16,121,034
| style="background-color:white"|8,754,800
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| style="background-color:white"|24,875,834
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| colspan=5 style="background-color:white"|{{hanging indent |text={{space|4}}*National rank for international passengers}}{{space|5}}(enplanements + deplanements)<ref name="Port-Authority-JFK" /><ref name="US-Dept-Transportation-JFK" />
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Queens has crucial importance in international and interstate air traffic, with two of the [[New York metropolitan area]]'s three major airports located there.
[[John F. Kennedy International Airport|John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)]], in 2019, before the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], served 62.6 million passengers (enplanements + deplanements) – 34.3 million of which were international, ranking it the [[Busiest airports in the United States by international passenger traffic|busiest airport in the United States by international passenger traffic]]. In response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the United States imposed travel restrictions, first, in January 2020, on travelers from China and, in the following months, on travelers from other countries. 2020 annual passenger traffic at JFK dropped to 16.6 million (−73.4%) – 8.4 million (−73.4%) of which were international, still ranking it the busiest airport in the United States by international passenger traffic.<ref name="Port-Authority-JFK" /><ref name="US-Dept-Transportation-JFK" />

JFK is owned by the City of New York and managed, since 1947, by the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]. The airport's runways and six terminals cover an area of {{convert|4930|acres}} on [[Jamaica Bay]] in southeastern Queens.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.panynj.gov/airports/jfk-facts-info.html |title=Facts and Information |website=[[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] |access-date=July 6, 2016 |archive-date=July 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715155348/http://www.panynj.gov/airports/jfk-facts-info.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The airport's original official name was New York International Airport, although it was commonly known as Idlewild, with the name changed to Kennedy in December 1963 to honor the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]], November 22, 1963.<ref name="TheStreet.com 2013 Dec 20" />

[[LaGuardia Airport]] is located in [[East Elmhurst, Queens|East Elmhurst]], in northern Queens, on [[Flushing Bay]]. Originally opened in 1939, the airport's two runways and four terminals cover {{convert|680|acres}}, serving 28.4&nbsp;million passengers in 2015.<ref name="Port-Authority-LGA 2016" /> In 2014, citing outdated conditions in the airport's terminals, Vice President Joe Biden compared LaGuardia Airport to a "[[third world]] country".<ref name="NYTs 2014 Feb 6" /> In 2015, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey began a $4&nbsp;billion project to renovate LaGuardia Airport's terminals and entryways. The project is expected to be complete by 2021.<ref name="NYTs 2015 Jul 27" />