Aviation In New York City
New York City is the top international air passenger gateway to the United States. 100 million travelers used the city's airports in 2005; New York is the busiest air gateway in the nation.
The city is served by three major airports, JFK International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport and La Guardia Airport. JFK and Newark are connected to regional rail systems by light rail service. 100 million travelers used New York's airports in 2005 as the city surpassed Chicago to become the busiest air gateway in the nation. JFK and Newark's outbound international travel accounted for nearly a quarter of all U.S. travelers who went overseas in 2004.
Read more about Aviation In New York City: Floyd Bennett Field, Flushing Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, Teterboro Airport, Essex County Airport, Other Aviation, Delays
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“The rumor of a great city goes out beyond its borders, to all the latitudes of the known earth. The city becomes an emblem in remote minds; apart from the tangible export of goods and men, it exerts its cultural instrumentality in a thousand phases.”
—In New York City, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“So much missing, no sense of self, no core, no trust. Only a deep hollow we need to fill.”
—Sister Michele, Indian nun. As quoted in the New York Times Magazine, p. 35 (January 16, 1994)
“This city now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie
Open unto the fields and to the sky;
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)