• JetBlue farms the blue potatoes for their famous blue chips at JFK
  • Approximately 11,000 people are employed at LaGuardia, and 37,000 at JFK
  • LaGuardia is the busiest airport in the United States without any non-stop service to Europe
  • Pilots refer to the “USS LaGuardia”, because the runways are short and surrounded by water, thus giving the feel of landing on an aircraft carrier
  • JFK was originally known as Idlewild Airport after the Idlewild Beach Golf Course that it displaced
  • Building LaGuardia required using garbage from a nearby dump to increase the land space, and metal from the garbage still causes magnetic interference with the compasses of outgoing planes
  • JFK ranks #9 on this year’s Best Airport Dining awards
  • At 7,000 feet, LaGuardia’s runways are among the shortest at any major airport
    The voice of the messages heard on the JFK AirTrain belongs to New York city traffic reporter Bernie Wagenblast