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Newark Liberty International Airport
Newark Liberty International Airport
IATA: ICAO: LID:
IATA: EWR – ICAO: KEWR – FAA LID: EWR
WMO:
– WMO: 72502
FAA airport diagram
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Newark
Operator Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey
Serves New York metropolitan area
Location Newark, New Jersey and Elizabeth,
New Jersey
Hub for • Continental Airlines
• FedEx Express
Elevation AMSL 18 ft / 5 m
EWR
Coordinates 40°41′33″N 074°10′07″W / 40.6925°N
Location in Port of New York and New Jersey
74.16861°W / 40.6925;
-74.16861Coordinates: 40°41′33″N Runways
074°10′07″W / 40.6925°N 74.16861°W /
40.6925; -74.16861 Direction Length Surface
Website www.panynj.gov/... ft m
Maps 4L/22R 11,000 3,353 Asphalt/Concrete
4R/22L 10,000 3,048 Asphalt
11/29 6,800 2,073 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 40 12 Concrete
Statistics (2010)
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Aircraft operations (ACI)[1] 403,880
Passengers (ACI)[1] 33,107,041
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[2]
EWR,
Newark Liberty International Airport (IATA: EWR ICAO:
KEWR, EWR),
KEWR FAA LID: EWR first named Newark Metropolitan
Airport,
Airport and later Newark International Airport is an in-
ternational airport within the city limits of both Newark
and Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States (although it is
entirely owned by the city of Newark). It is about 15 miles
(24 km) southwest of Midtown Manhattan (New York Ci-
ty).
Newark Airport was the first major airport in the
United States[3] and is the New York-New Jersey metro-
politan area’s busiest in terms of flights. [4] The airport
is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey, which also manages the region’s two other major
airports, John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Major airports in the New York Metropolitan Area: John F.
LaGuardia Airport (LGA), as well as three smaller facil- Kennedy (1), LaGuardia (2) and Newark Liberty (3).
ities, Stewart International Airport, Teterboro Airport
and the Downtown Manhattan Heliport. opened in 1939, dividing New York’s air traffic and al-
Newark Liberty is the second-largest hub in terms of lowing Chicago Midway International Airport to take the
flights for Continental Airlines (after Houston’s George lead in some years thereafter. Newark was closed to the
Bush Intercontinental Airport), which is the airport’s airlines and taken over by the United States Army for lo-
largest tenant (operating all of Terminal C and part of gistics operations during World War II. In 1945, captured
Terminal A). Primarily due to this large hub operation, German aircraft brought from Europe on the HMS Reaper
Continental Airlines is by far the leading carrier in the for evaluation under Operation Lusty, were off-loaded at
New York market.[5] Once the merger between Conti- Newark AAF and then either flown or shipped to Free-
nental and United Airlines is complete, Newark will be man Field, Indiana or Naval Air Station Patuxent River,
the third-largest hub (in terms of flights) for United Air- Maryland.
lines after Houston and Chicago-O’Hare. Newark’s second Airline traffic resumed after the war; in 1948 the Port
largest tenant is FedEx Express, whose third largest cargo Authority of New York and New Jersey took over the air-
hub uses three buildings on two million square feet. [6] port, later making major investments in new hangars, a
In 2010 Newark Airport handled 33.1 million passen- new terminal and runway 4/22. The art deco Administra-
gers,[1] compared with JFK’s 46.5 million[1] and tion Building served as the main terminal until the open-
LaGuardia’s just under 24.0 million. In total, about 104 ing of the North Terminal in 1953, and was added to the
million passengers used New York-area airports in 2010, National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
making the region the busiest airport system in the Unit- On 16 Dec 1951 a passenger C-46 lost a cylinder on
ed States by passenger count and second in the world be- takeoff from runway 28 and crashed in Elizabeth, killing
hind London. By operations (number of aircraft taking off 56. On 22 Jan 1952 an American Airlines Convair on ap-
and landing) the area"s airports are the world’s busiest proach to runway 6 crashed in Elizabeth, killing 30. On 11
system, with London ranking second. Feb 1952 a National DC-6 crashed in Elizabeth after take-
off from runway 24, killing 33.[9] Inevitably the airport
was closed for some months; airline traffic resumed later
History in the year, but the airport’s continued unpopularity and
Newark Airport was first developed on 68 acres of re- the New York area’s growing air traffic led to searches
claimed land along the Passaic River by the City of Ne- for new airport sites. A new international airport to serve
wark [4]and was the first major airport in the New York the New York City area would have been built in what is
area, opening on October 1, 1928.[7] now the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, however
The Newark Metropolitan Airport Terminal, once local protests defeated the plan.[10]
adorned with murals by Arshile Gorky[8] and no longer The April 1957 Official Airline Guide showed 144
used for passengers, is a National Historic Landmark. weekday passenger fixed-wing departures from Newark:
Dedicated in 1935 by Amelia Earhart it was North Amer- 40 Eastern, 19 Capital, 16 American, 14 United, 14 Mo-
ica’s first commercial airline terminal. Newark was the hawk, 13 Allegheny, 11 TWA, 8 National, 5 Delta and 4
busiest airport in the world until LaGuardia Airport Braniff. National had a nonstop to Miami, Eastern had
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nonstops to Miami, New Orleans and Houston, Braniff
had a nonstop DC-7C to Dallas and TWA flew nonstop to
St Louis; no other nonstops to points west of Chicago,
and no international nonstops. (Eastern started a non-
stop to Montreal in 1958, probably Newark’s first sched-
uled international nonstop since 1939.) Jet airliners ar-
rived in 1961; in 1964 American and TWA started flying
nonstop to California, though Newark’s longest runway
remained 7,000 ft (2,100 m) until 1970. TWA’s 707 non-
stop to Heathrow in 1978 was probably Newark’s first in-
tercontinental nonstop.
In the 1970s the airport underwent a significant en-
largement, including the construction of the current Ter-
minals A, B, and C, and was renamed Newark International
Airport. Terminals A and B opened in 1973, although some A flag flies over Gate A17
charter and international flights requiring customs
clearance remained at the North Terminal. The main ton, D.C., such as the Capitol or White House. To honor
building of Terminal C was completed at the same time, the victims that died on September 11, in 2002 the air-
but only metal framing work was done on the terminal’s port’s name was changed from Newark International Air-
satellites, and it lay dormant until the mid-1980s, when port to Newark Liberty International Airport. This name was
for a brief time the west third of the terminal was chosen over the initial proposal, Liberty International Air-
equipped for international arrivals and used for certain port at Newark, and refers to the landmark Statue of Liber-
People Express transcontinental flights. Terminal C was ty, just 7 miles (11 km) east of the airport.[12][13]
fully completed and opened to the public in June 1988. Further information: September 11, 2001 attacks
Underutilized through the 1970s, Newark expanded In 2001, Newark Liberty International Airport became
dramatically in the 1980s. People Express struck a deal the terminus of the world’s longest non-stop scheduled
with the Port Authority to use the North Terminal as roundtrip airline route, Continental’s service to Hong
both its air terminal and corporate office in 1981 and be- Kong. Continental began flying from Newark to Beijing
gan operations at Newark that year. It quickly became on June 15, 2005 and Delhi on November 1, 2005. When
one of the largest American airlines, increasing Newark’s these services began, Continental became for a time the
traffic through most of the 1980s. Virgin Atlantic Airways only airline to serve India nonstop from the United
began flights from Newark to London in 1984, challeng- States, and the third U.S. carrier, after United and North-
ing JFK’s status as New York’s international gateway (but west to serve mainland China nonstop and the first U.S.
Virgin Atlantic now has more flights at JFK than at Ne- carrier to offer nonstop flights to Beijing from the New
wark). Federal Express (now known as FedEx Express) York City area. On July 16, 2007, Continental Airlines an-
opened its second hub at the airport in 1986.[6] When nounced that it would seek government approval for
People Express merged into Continental in 1987 opera- nonstop flights between Newark and Shanghai in 2009. In
tions at the North Terminal were greatly reduced, and September 2007, the United States Department of Trans-
the building was demolished to make way for cargo facil- portation tentatively awarded Continental the right to
ities in the early 1990s. Newark has remained a hub for fly to Shanghai from Newark beginning March 25, 2009
Continental. using Boeing 777-200ER aircraft.
Today Continental has its Global Gateway at Terminal Since June 2008 flight caps restricting the number of
C, having completed a major expansion project that in- flights to 81 per hour have been in use. The flight caps,
cluded the construction of a new, third concourse and a which were only in effect until 2009, are intended to
new Federal Inspection Services facility. With its Newark be a short-term solution to Newark Airport’s congestion
hub Continental is the largest provider of air service to problem.[14]
the New York metropolitan area.
United Airlines Flight 93 pushed back from gate A17
at 8:01 am, on its way from Newark to San Francisco In-
Facilities
ternational Airport, on September 11, 2001. Two hours Newark Liberty International Airport covers 2,027 acres
later it would crash into a field in Shanksville, Pennsyl- (820 ha) and has three runways and one helipad:
vania, when passengers attempted to take over the plane • Runway 4L/22R: 11,000 x 150 ft (3,353 x 46 m),
from a team of hijackers. Based on the direction that the Surface: Asphalt/Concrete
plane was flying at the time and information gathered • Runway 4R/22L: 10,000 x 150 ft (3,048 x 46 m),
afterwards, most observers [11] believe that the hijack- Surface: Asphalt
ers intended to crash the plane into a target in Washing-
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• Runway 11/29: 6,800 x 150 ft (2,073 x 46 m), Surface:
Asphalt
• Helipad H1: 40 x 40 ft (12 x 12 m), Surface: Concrete
Runway 11/29 is part of the original paved runway sys-
tem developed in the 1940s. In 1952, original Runways
1/19 and 6/24 were closed in response to concerns about
obstructions and noise, and a modern Runway 4/22 (now
4R/22L) was commissioned at a length of 7,000 ft
(2,100 m) This runway was later extended to 9,800 feet
(3,000 m), shortened for a while to 9,300 ft (2,800 m) and
finally brought to its present length by 2000. Runway 4L/
22R opened in 1970 at a length of 8,200 ft (2,500 m) and
was extended to its current dimensions by 2000.
All approaches except Runway 29 are equipped with
Instrument Landing Systems, and Runway 4R is certified Foreground: Terminal C; background: the skylines of Manhat-
for Category III ILS approaches. tan and Jersey City
Most departing traffic use Runway 4L/22R while most
arriving traffic use 4R/22L, and 11/29 is used more often
by smaller aircraft or when there are strong crosswinds
on the two main runways. Newark’s two parallel runways
(4L and 4R) have a lateral separation of only 900 feet
(270 m), which is the fourth smallest of major airports
in the U.S., after SFO, LAX and SEA.[15] (Calculated from
the lat-lons at [16] the parallel runways are 950 ft (290 m)
apart.)
Terminals
Terminal A at night in 2005
Airport Traffic Control Tower
Newark Liberty International Airport has three passen-
ger terminals. Terminal A and Terminal B were complet-
ed in 1973 and have four levels. Ticket counters are on New York City skyline from Terminal C
the top floor, except for the second-floor Air India and
first-floor British Airways desks. Gates and shops are on press as a replacement for the former North Terminal
the third floor. An international arrivals lounge (Termi- when the airline’s hub there outgrew the old facility.
nal B) and baggage carousels (both A and B) are on the Upon opening, Terminal C had 41 gates, originally with
second floor. Finally, short-term parking and ramp oper- one departures level, one arrivals level, and an under-
ations (restricted areas) are on the ground floor. ground parking garage. The gates, as well as food and
Terminal C, completed in 1988, has two ticketing lev- shopping outlets, are located on a mezzanine level be-
els, one for international check-in and one for domestic tween the two check-in floors. From 1998 to 2003, Termi-
check-in. Terminal C was originally built by PEOPLEx- nal C was renovated and expanded in a $1.2 billion pro-
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gram known as the Continental Airlines Global Gateway
Project.[17] The project doubled the available space for
Airlines and destinations
outbound travelers as the former baggage claim/arrivals
hall was remodeled and turned into a second departures Scheduled cargo airlines and destina-
level. Probably most significant was the addition of Inter- tions
national Concourse C-3, a spacious and airy new facility
with capacity for a maximum of 19 narrowbody aircraft Traffic and statistics
(or 12 widebody planes). Completion of this new con- In 2009, Newark Liberty International Airport handled
course brought Terminal C’s total number of mainline jet 32,825,570 passengers.
gates to 57. Concomitant with Concourse C-3 is a new in-
ternational arrivals facility. Also included in the project:
a 3,400-space parking garage constructed in front of the Ground transportation
terminal, a new airside corridor connecting Concourses
C-1, C-2, and C-3, a new President’s Club (now called Unit- AirTrain
ed Club) lounge between C-2 and C-3, and all-new bag-
gage processing facilities, including reconstruction of the
former underground parking area into a new baggage
claim and arrivals hall.
As of 2008, Terminal B is being renovated to increase
capacity for departing passengers and passenger com-
fort. The renovations include expanding and updating
AirTrain Newark
the ticketing areas, building a new departure level for do-
mestic flights, and building a new arrivals hall.[18] Plans
are also in place to expand Terminal A by adding a new
parking garage and radically expanding the size of the
first concourse to add new gates, ticketing, baggage and
security areas.[19]
Each terminal has three concourses: Terminal A, for
instance, is divided into concourses A1, A2, and A3. Gate
numbering is continuous through all the terminals.
Wayfinding signage throughout the terminals was de-
signed by Paul Mijksenaar.[20]
Terminal A is the only terminal having no immigra-
tion facilities: flights arriving from other countries can-
not use Terminal A (except countries with US customs
preclearance), although some departing international
flights use the terminal. Many Continental Express Embraer Regional Jets (ERJs) at Ter-
Following the business model of the Port Authority’s minal C
other facilities, in some cases entire terminals are oper-
ated by terminal operators and not by the Port Authori- Main article: AirTrain Newark
ty directly. At Newark Liberty, Terminal A is operated by Newark is an intermodal airport. A monorail system,
United Airlines and Terminal C is operated by Continen- AirTrain Newark, connects the terminals with the Ne-
tal Airlines. Terminal B is the only passenger terminal di- wark Liberty International Airport Rail Link Station for
rectly operated by the Authority.[21] connection to Amtrak and New Jersey Transit service.
When Continental’s merger with United is complete, Passengers can use this connection to travel from EWR
Newark will become a major northeast hub for the com- to any station along New Jersey Transit’s Northeast Cor-
bined carrier. Newark will become the largest hub for ridor Line or North Jersey Coast Line, including regional
United Airlines in terms of available seat miles, but the transit hubs such as New York City’s Penn Station.
third largest hub in terms of flights, after Houston’s Ge- Continental Airlines uses this rail connection to book
orge Bush Intercontinental Airport and Chicago’s O’Hare passengers through Newark to 30th Street Station in
International Airport. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Wilmington Station in Wilm-
ington, Delaware; Penn Station in New York City; Stam-
ford Station in Stamford, Connecticut; and Union Station
in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Airlines Destinations Terminal
Air Canada Calgary, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver A
Air Canada Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson A
Express op-
erated by
Jazz Air
Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle [ends March 24, 2012] B
Air India Ahmedabad, Mumbai B
Alaska Air- Seattle/Tacoma B
lines
Alitalia Rome-Fiumicino B
American Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami A
Airlines Seasonal:
Seasonal Chicago-O’Hare
American Ea- Chicago-O’Hare A
gle
British Air- London-Heathrow B
ways
Continental Aguadilla, Amsterdam, Antigua, Aruba, Atlanta, Austin, Barcelona, Beijing-Capital, C
Airlines Belfast-International, Berlin-Tegel, Bermuda, Birmingham (UK), Bogotá, Boston, Cancún,
Charlotte, Chicago-O’Hare, Cleveland, Copenhagen, Curaçao, Dallas/Fort Worth, Delhi,
Denver, Dublin, Edinburgh, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow-In-
ternational, Guatemala City, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Houston-Intercontinental,
Jacksonville (FL), Las Vegas, Lima, Lisbon, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madrid, Man-
chester (UK), Mexico City, Miami, Milan-Malpensa, Montego Bay, Mumbai, Munich, Nas-
sau, New Orleans, Orange County, Orlando, Oslo-Gardermoen, Panama City, Paris-Charles
de Gaulle, Phoenix, Port-au-Prince, Port of Spain, Providenciales, Portland (OR), Puerto
Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Raleigh/Durham, Rome-Fiumicino, St. Louis, St.
Thomas, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San José (CR), San José del Cabo, San Juan,
San Pedro Sula, San Salvador, Santo Domingo, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Seattle/Tacoma,
Shanghai-Pudong, Shannon, Stockholm-Arlanda, Stuttgart, Tampa, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion,
Tokyo-Narita, West Palm Beach
Seasonal:
Seasonal Acapulco, Anchorage, Athens, Belize City, Bonaire, Caracas, Cozumel, Eagle/
Vail, Grand Cayman, Hayden/Steamboat Springs, Liberia (CR), Montrose, Myrtle Beach,
Roatán, Vancouver
Continental Albany, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Burlington (VT), Columbus (OH), Halifax, Moncton, C
Connection Montréal-Trudeau, Norfolk, Pittsburgh, Portland (ME), Raleigh/Durham, Rochester (NY),
operated by Toronto-Pearson, Washington-Dulles, Washington-National
Colgan Air Seasonal:
Seasonal Myrtle Beach
Continental Albany, Harrisburg, Hartford, Ithaca, Philadelphia, Syracuse, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton C
Connection Seasonal:
Seasonal Nantucket
operated by
CommutAir
Continental Albany, Asheville, Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Burlington (VT), Charleston (SC), A, C
Express op- Charlotte, Chicago-O’Hare, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Columbus (OH), Dayton, Des
erated by Ex- Moines, Detroit, Fayetteville (AR), Grand Rapids, Green Bay, Greensboro, Greenville/Spar-
pressJet Air- tanburg, Halifax, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Knoxville, Little Rock, Louisville,
lines Madison, Manchester (NH), Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Moncton,
Montréal-Trudeau, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Ottawa,
Pittsburgh, Providence, Québec City, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Rochester (NY), St.
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John’s, St. Louis, Savannah, Syracuse, Toronto-Pearson, Tulsa, Washington-Dulles,
Washington-National
Delta Air Amsterdam, Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Salt Lake City B
Lines Seasonal:
Seasonal Mumbai
Delta Con- Detroit B
nection op-
erated by At-
lantic South-
east Airlines
Delta Con- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Memphis B
nection op-
erated by Co-
mair
Delta Con- Minneapolis/St. Paul B
nection op-
erated by
Compass Air-
lines
Delta Con- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Detroit, Memphis B
nection op-
erated by
Mesaba Air-
lines
Direct Air Seasonal:
Seasonal Myrtle Beach B
operated by
Xtra Airways
El Al Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion B
Frontier Air- Milwaukee A
lines operat-
ed by Chau-
tauqua Air-
lines
Iceland Ex- Reykjavik-Keflavik B
press operat-
ed by As-
traeus
Jet Airways Brussels, Mumbai B
JetBlue Air- Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando, Tampa, West Palm Beach A
ways
LOT Polish Warsaw B
Airlines
Lufthansa Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich B
OpenSkies Paris-Orly B
Porter Air- Toronto-Billy Bishop B
lines Seasonal Mont-Tremblant [begins December 22][22]
Seasonal:
Scandinavian Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda B
Airlines
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Singapore Singapore B
Airlines
Southwest Baltimore, Chicago-Midway, Denver, Houston-Hobby, Phoenix, St. Louis A
Airlines
Swiss Inter- Zürich [begins March 31, 2012] B
national Air
Lines
Swiss Inter- Zürich [ends March 30, 2012] B
national Air
Lines operat-
ed by Pri-
vatAir
TAP Portugal Lisbon, Porto B
United Air- Chicago-O’Hare, Denver, San Francisco, St. Maarten A
lines
United Air- Brussels, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza [begins April 6, 2012][23], Zurich C
lines
United Ex- Washington-Dulles A
press operat-
ed by Ex-
pressJet Air-
lines
United Ex- Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago-O’Hare, Columbus (OH), Detroit, Halifax, Indianapolis, Jack- A, C
press operat- sonville (FL), Minneapolis/St. Paul, Montréal-Trudeau, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/
ed by Shuttle Durham, St. Johns, St. Louis
America
United Ex- Washington-Dulles A
press operat-
ed by Trans
States Air-
lines
US Airways Charlotte, Phoenix A
US Airways Charlotte A
Express op-
erated by
Mesa Air-
lines
US Airways Philadelphia A
Express op-
erated by
Piedmont
Airlines
Virgin Atlan- London-Heathrow B
tic Airways
WestJet Seasonal:
Seasonal Calgary A
The monorail is free for use between all stations, but chines automatically include this fee. Tickets purchased
passengers wishing to exit or enter the Rail Link station on a train will not allow passengers to enter the Rail Link
must pay a fee. NJ Transit tickets to or from the Rail Link station; they will have to pay the fee at the station.
station that are sold at ticket windows and vending ma-
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Airlines Destinations
ABX Air Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
Cargojet Airways Bermuda
Cargolux Anchorage, Luxembourg, Paris-Vatry
FedEx Express Anchorage, Boston, Chicago-O’Hare, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Oakland,
Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Syracuse, Toronto-Pearson, Washington-Dulles
FedEx Feeder operated Baltimore, Washington-Dulles
by Mountain Air Cargo
FedEx Feeder operated Albany, Boston, Harrisburg, Hartford, Manchester (NH), Plattsburg, Providence,
by Wiggins Airways Rochester
Kalitta Air Bahrain, Milano, Chicago-O’Hare, Liège
UPS Airlines Chicago-Rockford, Cologne/Bonn, Dallas/Fort Worth, Des Moines, Hartford, London-
Stansted, Louisville, Tokyo-Narita
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Busiest International Routes from Newark (2009–2010) [24]
Rank Airport Passengers Carriers
1 London (Heathrow), United Kingdom 1,044,724 British Airways, Continental, Virgin Atlantic
2 Frankfurt, Germany 650,054 Continental, Lufthansa
3 Toronto (Pearson), Canada 419,455 Air Canada, Continental
4 Paris (Charles de Gaulle), France 364,061 Air France, Continental
5 Amsterdam, Netherlands 280,032 Continental, Delta
6 Cancún, Mexico 274,952 Continental
7 Rome (Fiumicino), Italy 243,325 Alitalia, Continental
8 Copenhagen, Denmark 241,547 Continental, Scandinavian Airlines
9 Brussels, Belgium 240,155 Continental, Jet Airways
10 Stockholm (Arlanda), Sweden 237,057 Continental, Scandinavian Airlines
11 Munich, Germany 231,851 Continental, Lufthansa
12 Montréal (Trudeau), Canada 211,894 Air Canada, Continental, United
13 Lisbon, Portugal 209,021 Continental, TAP Portugal
14 Tel Aviv, Israel 202,709 Continental, El Al
15 Toronto (Billy Bishop), Canada 200,839 Porter Airlines
16 Manchester, United Kingdom 197,862 Continental
17 San José, Costa Rica 187,279 Continental
18 Hong Kong 182,176 Continental
19 Dublin, Ireland 180,463 Continental
20 Delhi, India 178,121 Continental
Other connections The airport is also served by a number of New Jersey
Transit buses, providing local service from downtown
Numerous bus services run between Newark Liberty and
Newark, including Newark Penn Station, Irvington, Lake-
nearby population centers, including New Jersey Transit,
wood and Toms River.
Airporter, and Olympia Trails. Express buses to Manhat-
Taxis also operate from the airport at flat rates based
tan transit hubs (Grand Central Terminal, Port Authority
on destination. From the City of New York, fares are set
Bus Terminal, etc.), and a bus service to JFK Airport are
by New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission. Ne-
also available.
wark Liberty, along with destinations in Nassau and
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Busiest Domestic Routes from Newark (June 2010 - May 2011) [25]
Rank Airport Passengers Carriers
1 Orlando, Florida 680,000 Continental, JetBlue
2 Chicago, Illinois 631,000 American, Continental, United
3 Houston, Texas 541,000 Continental
4 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 493,000 Continental, JetBlue
5 Charlotte, North Carolina 474,000 Continental, United, US Airways
6 Atlanta, Georgia 466,000 Continental, Delta, United
7 Los Angeles, California 396,000 American, Continental
8 San Francisco, California 394,000 Continental, United
9 Miami, Florida 383,000 American, Continental
10 Las Vegas, Nevada 360,000 Continental
Westchester Counties, is one of the exceptions to the rule direct passengers to ground transportation services, and
that a New York City taxi driver may refuse to take a pas- black signs lead to restrooms, telephones and other pas-
senger to any destination outside the five boroughs. senger amenities.
Continental Airlines also books passengers via Trans- New York City traffic reporter Bernie Wagenblast
Bridge Lines to Lehigh Valley International Airport in Al- provides the voice for the airport’s phone system, radio
lentown, Pennsylvania, a 90-minute trip. station and curbside announcements, as well as the mes-
There are also private limousine and car service com- sages heard onboard AirTrain Newark and in its stations.
panies providing service to the airport. The airport has the IATA designation EWR, rather
U.S. Route 1/9 is the main access road that allows mo- than a designation that begins with the letter ’N’ because
torists to gain access to the airport. Routes 1/9 provide the U.S. Navy discourages the use of IATA codes that be-
connections to Route 81 and Interstate 78, both of which gin with the letter ’N’ for United States airports[citation
have interchanges with the New Jersey Turnpike (Inter- needed], and because the obvious designator of "NEW" is
state 95) at Exit 13A and 14, respectively. already assigned to Lakefront Airport in New Orleans, LA.
Accommodations Incidents and accidents
Within Newark Liberty International Airport’s complex is • April 18, 1979: New York Airways Commuter
a Marriott hotel, the only hotel located on the airport’s Chopper on a routine flight to Laguardia and JFK
property.[26] Shuttle vans stop at all terminals to trans- Airports plunged 150 feet (46 m) into the area
port guests to the hotel because the Marriott is not ser- between Runways 4L/22R and 4R/22L killing 3
viced by the monorail and is not physically connected to passengers and injuring 15. It was later determined
any terminal. There are also a variety of hotels located the crash was due to a failure in the copter’s tail
adjacent to Newark Airport including the Hilton Newark rotor.[1]
Airport Hotel and Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel. • July 31, 1997: FedEx Flight 14, a McDonnell Douglas
MD-11, crashed during landing from Anchorage
Airport information International Airport. The No. 3 engine contacted
the runway during a rough landing which caused the
Airport information can be obtained in several ways both aircraft to flip upside down, after which it was
before traveling to the airport and while there. In ad- destroyed by fire. The two crewmembers and three
dition to the Web site listed below, travelers may call passengers escaped uninjured.[27]
the airport at +1-973-961-6000 or from within the United • September 11, 2001: United Airlines Flight 93 to San
States and Canada, toll-free at 888-EWR-INFO (397-4636). Francisco International Airport was hijacked as part
In the immediate vicinity of the airport, parking and of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The
other information can be obtained by tuning to a high- passengers revolted forcing the hijackers to crash
way advisory radio station at 530 AM. the aircraft into an empty field in Shanksville,
Newark Airport, along with LaGuardia and Kennedy Pennsylvania. All of the passengers, crew and
airports, uses a uniform style of signing throughout the hijackers died in the crash. A flag now flies over Gate
airport properties. Yellow signs direct passengers to air- A17, the gate in which the flight pushed back from
line gates, ticketing and other flight services; green signs that day.[28]
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• On October 28, 2006: Continental Airlines Flight 1883, busiest. Sandwiched between the New Jersey
a Boeing 757-200, mistakenly landed on Taxiway Z Turnpike, U.S. Routes 1 and 9, and I-78, the airport
instead of Runway 29. There were no reported handles more flights (though not as many
injuries or damage from the incident. Both pilots passengers) as Kennedy International Airport,
were grounded by the airline after the incident but despite being 40 percent of the land size. The
were later returned to duty.[29] airport serves as a hub for Continental Airlines,
• February 12, 2009: Colgan Air Flight 3407, a among 50 other scheduled carriers. The City of
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 operating under contract Newark built the airport on 68 acres of marshland
with Continental Connection crashed into a home in in 1928, and the Army Air Corps operated the
Clarence Center, New York. The flight was scheduled facility during World War II. After the Port
to arrive at Buffalo Niagara International Airport and Authority took it over in 1948, an instrument
was approximately six miles away from the airport runway, a terminal building, a control tower and
when it crashed. All 49 passengers and crew an air cargo center were added. The airport’s
members on board the aircraft and one person on original 1935 central terminal building is a National
the ground perished in the incident.[30] Historic Landmark. Newark Liberty employs more
• January 3, 2010: Terminal C was evacuated after a than 24,000 people."
person passed through from the public side to the [5] Crain’s New York Business Lists
sterile side of the airport without going through [6] ^ http://news.van.fedex.com/files/
security. Passengers reported seeing a man walk FedEx%20Express%20Hub%20in%20Newark.pdf
through the checkpoint’s exit lane after a TSA [7] "History of Newark Liberty International Airport".
security officer momentarily left his post. The sterile Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
side of the terminal was evacuated for about six http://www.panynj.gov/airports/ewr-
hours. Security cameras caught the incident, and on history.html. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
January 8, Haisong Jiang was arrested and charged [8] "Arshile Gorky’s Newark Airport Murals". Abstract
with definant trespassing.[31] Expressionism. www.warholstars.org.
• January 10, 2010: United Airlines Flight 634, an http://www.warholstars.org/
Airbus A319, made an emergency landing after the abstractexpressionism/artists/gorky/
aircraft’s right rear landing gear failed to deploy. No newark_airport.html. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
passengers or crew members were injured during [9] Elizabeth, NJ Plane Crash Kills 28, Jan 1952 |
the landing.[32] The aircraft sustained substantial GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters,
damage in the accident.[33] Fires, Floods
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ads_b/Closely.pdf nyregion/09newark.html. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
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newark_liberty_international_airport_- 11plane.html. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
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Statistics Report". 2010. http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/ • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KEWR
aviation/usstatreport.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-15. • FAA current EWR delay information
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