International JFK

[auburn6]

Arriving JFK on Delta and need to go to International JFK to fly Italia to Europe. Are those gates far apart? Never been to JFK

[megr1125]

never had to use the int'l terminal but they have a monorail I think....

 

check the port authorities' website..should help..(they operate the a/p)

 

http://www.panynj.com

[smeyer418]

There is a monorail. Delta and Alitalia code share so you may be in the same terminal or the other international Delta one(within walking distance)

[auburn6]

Thanks for the info, it helps.

[GTJ]

There is no monorail at JFK (there is a monorail in the New York City region only at Newark Liberty Airport).

 

Delta Air Lines will drop you off at either terminal 2 or terminal 3 (the two are connected). Alitalia will pick you up at terminal 1. I would walk between the terminals as the distance is not far.

 

There is a regular train (not a monorail) called AirTrain that has stations at both Terminals 2/3 and Terminal 1. With the effort walking between terminal 2 or terminal 3 and the Terminal 2/3 AirTrain station, plus walking between the Terminal 1 AirTrain station and terminal 1, you might as well just walk along the sidewalk directly to terminal 1.

 

The link below shows Terminal 1 at the left, Terminal 2 in the center, and Terminal 3 at the right; the photo also shows AirTrain.

 

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.642094,-73.78948&spn=0.003981,0.010729&t=k&z=17&*****=1

[auburn6]

Thanks GTJ. Your way sounds easy and we will try it next week.

[smeyer418]

There is no monorail at JFK (there is a monorail in the New York City region only at Newark Liberty Airport).

 

Delta Air Lines will drop you off at either terminal 2 or terminal 3 (the two are connected). Alitalia will pick you up at terminal 1. I would walk between the terminals as the distance is not far.

 

There is a regular train (not a monorail) called AirTrain that has stations at both Terminals 2/3 and Terminal 1. With the effort walking between terminal 2 or terminal 3 and the Terminal 2/3 AirTrain station, plus walking between the Terminal 1 AirTrain station and terminal 1, you might as well just walk along the sidewalk directly to terminal 1.

 

The link below shows Terminal 1 at the left, Terminal 2 in the center, and Terminal 3 at the right; the photo also shows AirTrain.

 

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.642094,-73.78948&spn=0.003981,0.010729&t=k&z=17&*****=1

 

 

actually technically it is a monorail(it runs on a single central track i.e a monorail). It can't run on regional tracks but whether you call it a monorail or a train is about the same as saying its not a car but a minivan. Its free within the airport but charges if you use it a connection with the subway or the LIRR at Jamaica...

[GTJ]

actually technically it is a monorail(it runs on a single central track i.e a monorail). It can't run on regional tracks. . . .

 

You might be confusing the JFK AirTrain with the Newark AirTrain (the latter being a monorail system). The JFK AIrTrain uses a pair of standard T-rails along with third rail for propulsion. One can clearly see the standard rail setup in this picture, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AirTrain_JFK_3.jpg, and a pretty good technical description of the system can be read here: http://henryhessing.blogspot.com/2005/06/airtrain-jfk.html.

 

I think it was Walt Disney who most likely allowed the mis-perception that all new elevated train systems are to be called monorails. In the days that Disneyland was constructed, all elevated trains used steel supporting structures, and the Disney monorail broke with that tradition by using concrete support structures. The whole monorail system was advertised to be the way of the future. Since most new elevated train systems similar concrete support structures, it is easy to see how Disney-influenced lay people could easily overlook the technical aspects, and refer to such new elevated train systems as "monorails."