New York Airport (JFK): terminals, flights

John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK) is a network point for New York, USA. Our catalogue shows 0 departing routes and 3 arriving, with the airlines, frequencies and lowest peso (MXN) fares listed below.

Airport facts

JFK carries 3 routes and 5 airlines in our catalogue, totalling 59 weekly departures. John F. Kennedy International Airport (ICAO KJFK) serves New York, the United States, in the America/New_York zone (UTC−4 in July). Its coordinates (40.639928, -73.778692) are the basis of every distance on this site.

• IATA: JFK
• ICAO: KJFK
• City: New York
• Country: USA
• Time zone: America/New_York
• Coordinates: 40.639928, -73.778692
• Airlines at the airport: 5

Time difference against Mexico City. In July, New York runs 2 h ahead of the Mexican capital (UTC−4 versus UTC−6). In January the airport operates on UTC−5, so the gap is not constant across the year: daylight saving shifts it. This is the calculation that decides whether a pre-booked ground connection still works.

Coordinates, and why we publish them. 40.639928, -73.778692 is the position from which every great-circle distance on this site is computed, including the ones that set the EU261 compensation band. It is not the distance the aircraft flies — that follows airways and diversions — but the geodesic measure the regulations use. Publishing it lets anyone recompute the figures on these pages.

Airlines at JFK

5 catalogued airlines operate routes to or from JFK: 4 full-service and 1 low-cost, with checked allowance from 0 to 25 kg. Alliances present: SkyTeam, oneworld. They cover 3 catalogued routes and 59 weekly departures. The table below lists each operator with its type, alliance and checked allowance.

Carriers in our catalogue operating routes to or from this airport, with type, alliance and economy baggage allowance:

What US DOT does not cover. The United States has no federal delay compensation: the Department of Transportation regulates refunds — your money back when the airline cancels or significantly changes the flight and you decline the alternative — but it does not require a payout for the hours you lost, the way EU261 does. The single federal exception is involuntary denied boarding from oversales, priced under 14 CFR Part 250; that is a different mechanism from delay and is not triggered by a late departure.

Routes to New York (JFK)

Our catalogue lists 3 routes into JFK, totalling 59 weekly departures and spanning 2,506 to 3,575 km. The busiest is MEX-JFK at ~28 flights a week; 2 of them carry a cached fare, spread across 1 audience profiles. Every row in this section comes from that same corridor catalogue, not from a live search.

What traffic JFK moves. By audience profile, the routes catalogued here split as: Mexico-US paisano corridor (3). That mix explains the airport’s seasonality: family corridors spike in December and Holy Week, leisure ones follow the holiday calendar, and regional ones stay flatter across the year.

Why some rows have no fare. Of the 3 routes listed, 2 returned a price on the collector’s last pass and the rest show a dash. A dash means the automated query got no result for that pair — not that the route is suspended or expensive. For those pairs the reference price comes from the live search, which queries current inventory.

Fare seasonality

1 routes at JFK carry a monthly minimum-fare breakdown. Between the cheapest and priciest months observed the gap reaches 73% on the widest route, which shows how much the date matters against the choice of airline at this airport.

Lowest detected fare by month on routes with data, in pesos (MXN). The cheapest versus dearest month helps you time the purchase:

The three peaks of the Mexican calendar. December, Holy Week and summer concentrate family and leisure demand at once, and in those windows price stops responding to normal lead time: cheap buckets sell out earlier and flexible fares go at a premium. Outside them, the usual pattern rewards buying 4 to 8 weeks ahead and travelling midweek. That window is a general Mexican-market rule of thumb, not a measurement of this route: our series records observed prices, not the lead time at which each ticket was bought.

Seasonality does not transfer between airports. Every pair has its own calendar: a labour corridor flattens in summer while a beach one spikes, and JFK can host both. Before assuming ‘August is expensive’, read the row for your specific route; the airport average blends demands that move in opposite directions.

Connection tips

JFK concentrates 59 catalogued weekly departures across 5 airlines, in the America/New_York zone. That density is what decides how much slack to leave on a connection: the more of its own services the airline runs here, the more same-day rebooking options exist.

John F. Kennedy International Airport runs on the America/New_York time zone; factor the offset from your origin city when planning connections and transfers. The busiest route at JFK is MEX-JFK (~28 flights a week). The lowest fare detected at this airport is $2,457 MXN on the MEX-JFK route. Book 4–8 weeks ahead for the busiest routes to/from New York; fares climb in December, Holy Week and summer. Each route guide above shows month-by-month seasonality and the lowest peso fare. That window is a general Mexican-market rule of thumb, not a measurement of this route: our series records observed prices, not the lead time at which each ticket was bought.

The cheap connection that loses the checked bag. Two separate tickets are not one itinerary: there is no interline agreement, the bag is not checked through to the final destination, and if the first flight lands late the second airline owes you nothing — it sold a different flight. The apparent saving evaporates the moment you buy a same-day replacement. On a single ticket, rebooking and the bag transfer are the carrier’s problem, not yours.

A US layover needs a visa too. The United States has no visa-free international transit: with a Mexican passport you need a B1/B2 or C-1 visa merely to change planes in Houston, Dallas, Miami or Atlanta, even without leaving the terminal. Every US connection forces you through immigration, bag reclaim, customs and re-check. A US-routed itinerary that looks cheaper can therefore be unusable if your visa has expired or is still in process.

Other airports in USA

12 further the United States airports appear in our catalogue besides JFK, with 47 routes between them. The best-connected is Dallas (DFW) with 10 routes, and the nearest sits ~33 km great-circle from JFK. The 12 distances in this section are measured from each airport’s own coordinates.

Other airports in the same country in our catalogue, with the number of catalogued routes — useful if you need an alternative gateway:

Great-circle distance is not the transfer. The figures in the table are geodesic, computed from each airport’s coordinates; the real journey depends on whether road, rail or a domestic flight exists, and on what they cost. An airport 300 km away can be more accessible than one at 120 km if the first has a direct motorway and the second does not. Use them to rule out, not to plan.

FAQ

The 9 questions on this record are answered from catalogue figures for JFK: routes and weekly frequencies, minimum fares observed by the collector, checked-baggage allowances and the rights regime that applies on each leg. No answer adds data that is not in those sources.

What are the IATA and ICAO codes for New York airport? The IATA code is JFK and the ICAO code is KJFK. John F. Kennedy International Airport serves New York, USA.

Which airlines operate at JFK? Airlines on our catalogued routes at JFK: Aeromexico, American Airlines, JetBlue, Delta Air Lines, Volaris.

How many routes are there from New York (JFK)? Our catalogue lists 0 departing routes and 3 arriving at JFK — see the tables above.

What time zone is JFK in? JFK operates in the America/New_York time zone.

How many weekly departures does JFK have in this catalogue? Across the catalogued routes touching JFK we count 59 weekly departures over 5 airlines and 3 routes. That is the coverage relevant to Mexican travellers, not the airport’s full directory.

What is the time difference between New York and Mexico City? In July, New York runs 2 h ahead of Mexico City (UTC−4 versus UTC−6). The gap shifts with daylight saving, so recompute it for your exact date before booking transfers.

What is the longest catalogued route at JFK? Catalogued routes at JFK span 2,506 to 3,575 km great-circle, computed from each airport’s coordinates. That distance drives aircraft type and the applicable compensation band on European sectors.

What is the lowest fare detected at JFK? $2,457 MXN on MEX-JFK, per the collector’s last pass across 2 routes with data at this airport. It is an observed one-way minimum, not a guaranteed price or a bookable offer.

Which airlines are based at JFK? American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue run JFK as a base. An airline based here keeps aircraft and crews overnight, so it has more of its own services to rebook a disrupted passenger onto the same day.

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Published by FlightsMX Editorial Team. Last verified: May 2026.