Newark Liberty International Airport

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Newark Liberty International Airport
IATA: EWR - ICAO: KEWR - FAA: EWR
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Serves		Newark, New Jersey
Elevation AMSL		18 ft (5.5 m)
Coordinates		40°41′33″N, 074°10′07″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
4L/22R	11,000	3,353	Asphalt/Concrete
4R/22L	10,000	3,048	Asphalt
11/29	6,800	2,072	Asphalt
Helipads
Number	Size		Surface
Number	ft	m	Surface
H1	40	12	Concrete

For the massive interchange outside of Newark Liberty International Airport, see Newark Airport Interchange.

Newark Liberty International Airport (IATA: EWR, ICAO: KEWR, FAA LID: EWR), first named Newark Airport and later Newark International Airport, is an international airport within the city limits of both Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. It is about 15 miles south west of New York City.

The airport is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which also manages the two other major airports in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area, John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and LaGuardia Airport (LGA), in addition to two smaller airports, Teterboro Airport and the Downtown Manhattan Heliport. Newark is the fifth busiest international air gateway to the United States; JFK ranks first. [1]

Newark Liberty is the second-largest hub for Continental Airlines, which is the airport's largest tenant (operating all of Terminal C and part of Terminal A). United Airlines, FedEx, and UPS operate cargo hubs.

In 2005 Newark Airport handled approximately 33 million passengers; JFK handled about 41 million and LaGuardia about 26 million, making for a total of approximately 100 million travelers using New York's airports. With these numbers, New York's airspace surpassed that of Chicago's to become the busiest in the US.

1 History
2 Facilities
3 Terminals and destinations
4 Ground transportation
- 4.1 AirTrain
- 4.2 Other connections
5 Airport information
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

[edit] History

Major airports in the New York Metropolitan Area: John F. Kennedy (1), LaGuardia (2) and Newark Liberty (3).

Newark Airport was the first major airport in the New York area: it opened on October 1, 1928, occupying an area of reclaimed marshland in New Jersey.

In 1935, Amelia Earhart dedicated the Newark Airport Administration Building, which was North America's first commercial airline terminal (Croydon Aerodrome, south of London, was the world's first, predating Newark by 7 years). Newark was the busiest airport in the world until LaGuardia Airport opened in 1939, dividing New York's air traffic and allowing Chicago Midway International Airport to take the lead. Newark was temporarily closed to passenger traffic and taken over by the United States Army for logistics operations during World War II.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey took over the airport in 1948 and made major investments in airport infrastructure, opening new runways and hangars and revamping the airport's terminal layout. Airline traffic resumed that year. The art deco Administration Building served as the main terminal until the opening of the North Terminal in 1953, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

In the 1970s the airport underwent a significant enlargement, including the construction of the current Terminals A, B, and C, and was renamed Newark International Airport. Terminals A and B opened in 1973, although some charter and international flights requiring customs clearance remained at the North Terminal. The main building of Terminal C was completed at the same time, but only metal framing work was done on the terminal's satellites, and it lay dormant until the mid-1980s, when for a brief time a small portion of the terminal was used for People Express' international arrivals. Terminal C was fully completed and opened to the public in June, 1988.

Underutilized throughout the 1970s, Newark expanded dramatically in the 1980s. People Express struck a deal with the Port Authority to use the North Terminal as both its air terminal and corporate office in 1981 and began operations at Newark that year. It quickly rose to become one of the largest American airlines, steadily increasing Newark's traffic in the first half of the 1980s. Virgin Atlantic Airways began flights from Newark to London in 1984, challenging JFK's status as New York's international gateway (however, Virgin Atlantic now has more flights going out of JFK than out of Newark). When People Express was merged into Continental in 1987, the now-demolished North Terminal was shuttered forever. Newark, however, remained a hub for Continental, which operated out of Terminal B until the opening of Terminal C in 1988.

Today, Continental has its Global Gateway at Terminal C, having completed a major expansion project that included the construction of a new, third concourse and a new Federal Inspection Services facility. With its Newark hub, Continental is the largest provider of air service to the New York metropolitan area.

A flag flies over Gate A17.

United Airlines Flight 93 pushed back from gate A17 at 8:01 am, on its way from Newark to San Francisco International Airport, on September 11, 2001. Two hours later it would crash into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, when passengers took over the plane from a team of hijackers. Based on the direction that the plane was flying at the time and information gathered afterwards, most observers believe that the hijackers intended to crash the plane into a target in Washington, DC, such as the Capitol or White House. In memory of this event, the airport's name was changed from Newark International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport. This name was chosen over the initial proposal, Liberty International Airport at Newark, and refers to the landmark Statue of Liberty, just 7 miles east of the airport. Despite the name change few locals call it by its new name. The name most often used by locals is "Newark Airport" or simply "Newark".

Further information: September 11, 2001 attacks

In 2003, Newark Liberty International Airport became the terminus of the world's longest non-stop scheduled airline route, Continental's service to Hong Kong. In 2004, Singapore Airlines broke Continental's record by starting direct 18-hour flights to Singapore from Newark. In 2005, Continental commenced flight from Newark to Beijing on June 15, 2005 and New Delhi on November 1, 2005: when these services began, Continental became for a time the only airline to serve India nonstop from the United States, and the third U.S. carrier, after United and Northwest to serve mainland China nonstop.

[edit] Facilities

Newark Liberty International Airport covers 2,027 acres and has three runways and one helipad:

Runway 4L/22R: 11,000 x 150 ft. (3,353 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt/Concrete
Runway 4R/22L: 10,000 x 150 ft. (3,048 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
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

Most departing traffic use Runway 4L/22R, while most arriving traffic use 04R/22L, and 11/29 is used more often when the crosswinds on the two main runways is strong enough.

[edit] Terminals and destinations

Foreground: Terminal C; background : the borough of Manhattan.

Newark Liberty International Airport has three passenger terminals. Terminal A and Terminal B were completed in 1973 and have a four-level layout, with ticket counters on the top floor (with the exception of Air India, whose ticket counters are on the second floor), gates and shops are on the third floor, an international arrivals lounge (Terminal B) and baggage carousels (both A and B) are on the second level. Finally, short-term parking and ramp operations (restricted areas) are on the ground floor. Terminal C, completed in 1988, has two departures levels, one for international check-in and one for domestic check-in, with the gates and food and shopping outlets located on a mezzanine between the two check-in floors. It's worth noting that extensive renovations were completed in Terminal C from 1998-2003. The baggage claim area was renovated, and turned into a second departure level, splitting departures into International Floor/Domestic Floor, a third Concourse was added, an International Arrivals facility was added, and a 3,400 space parking garage, and new baggage processing facilities were added, including turning the former underground parking area into a new baggage claim (parking had been prohibited underneath the terminal as a security measure after the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993.)

Each terminal is subdivided into three numbered concourses: Terminal A, for instance, is divided into concourses A1, A2, and A3. Gate numbering is continuous through all the terminals.

[edit] Terminal A

Terminal A is the only terminal at Newark not fitted with immigration facilities: flights arriving from other countries (except Canada) cannot use Terminal A, although some departing international flights use the terminal.

Air Canada (Toronto-Pearson)
- Air Canada Jazz (Montréal, Toronto-Pearson)
AirTran Airways (Atlanta)
Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma)
American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Eagle/Vail [seasonal], Los Angeles, Miami, San Juan)
- AmericanConnection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (St. Louis)
- American Eagle (Boston, Raleigh/Durham)
Continental Airlines (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago-O'Hare, Chicago-Midway, Dallas/Fort Worth, Washington-Reagan)
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Chicago-Midway, Washington-Dulles, Washington-Reagan)
JetBlue Airways (Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando, Tampa, West Palm Beach)
United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco)
- United Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Washington-Dulles)
- United Express operated by Trans States Airlines (Washington-Dulles)
US Airways (Charlotte)
- US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
- US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin (Pittsburgh)
- US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Charlotte)
- US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines (Pittsburgh)
- US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte)
- US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines (Pittsburgh)
- US Airways Express operated by Trans States Airlines (Pittsburgh)

[edit] Terminal B

Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
Air India (Mumbai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
Air Jamaica (Montego Bay)
Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
British Airways (London-Heathrow)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Salt Lake City)
- Delta Connection operated by Comair (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
El Al (Tel Aviv)
EVA Air (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
Jet Airways (Brussels, Mumbai) [begins August 15, 2007]
KLM (Amsterdam)
LOT Polish Airlines (Krakow [begins June 2, 2007], Rzeszów [begins June 3, 2007], Warsaw)
L'Avion (Paris-Orly)
Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
- Lufthansa operated by PrivatAir (Düsseldorf, Munich)
Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur, Stockholm-Arlanda)
Midwest Airlines (Milwaukee)
Myrtle Beach Direct Air
- Myrtle Beach Direct Air operated by Sky King (Myrtle Beach [seasonal])
Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Qatar Airways (Doha, Geneva) [begins June 28, 2007]
Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda)
Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
Silverjet (London-Luton)
Swiss International Air Lines
- Swiss International Air Lines operated by PrivatAir (Zürich)
TAP Portugal (Lisbon, Porto)
USA 3000 (Cancún, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Punta Cana, St. Petersburg)
Virgin Atlantic (London-Heathrow)
Voyageur Airways (Mont-Tremblant) [seasonal]

[edit] Terminal C

Continental Airlines
- Domestic: (Aguadilla, Albuquerque, Austin, Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus, Daytona Beach, Denver, Detroit, Eagle/Vail/Beaver Creek/Aspen Valley, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hayden/Steamboat Springs, Honolulu, Houston-Intercontinental, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Manchester (NH), Miami, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Montrose/Telluride, New Orleans, Orange County, Orlando, Phoenix, Ponce, Portland (OR), Providence, Raleigh/Durham, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), San Juan, Sarasota, Seattle/Tacoma, St. Thomas, Tampa, Tucson, West Palm Beach)
- International: (Acapulco, Amsterdam, Antigua, Aruba, Athens [Begins June 7, 2007], Barcelona, Beijing, Belfast-International, Belize City, Berlin-Tegel, Bermuda, Birmingham (UK), Bogotá, Bonaire, Bristol (UK), Brussels, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Calgary, Cancún, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Cozumel, Delhi, Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Freeport, Geneva, Glasgow-International, Grand Cayman, Guatemala City, Guayaquil, Halifax, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Kingston, Liberia, Lima, Lisbon, London-Gatwick, Los Cabos, Madrid, Manchester (UK), Mexico City, Milan-Malpensa, Montego Bay, Mumbai [begins October 30, 2007/Pending Gov't Approval], Nassau, Oslo, Panama City, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Port of Spain, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Roatán, Rome-Fiumicino, St. Maarten, San José (CR), San Pedro Sula, San Salvador, Santiago, Santo Domingo, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Shannon, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tel Aviv, Tokyo-Narita, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Willemstad, Zürich)
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Albany, Asheville, Baltimore/Washington, Bangor, Birmingham (AL), Buffalo, Burlington, Charleston (SC), Charlotte, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Columbia, Columbus, Dayton, Detroit, Fayetteville (AR), Grand Rapids, Greensboro, Greenville (SC), Halifax, Hartford, Indianapolis, Jackson (MS) [begins September 5, 2007], Jacksonville, Kansas City, Knoxville, Lexington, Little Rock, Louisville, Madison, Manchester (NH), Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Moncton, Montréal, Myrtle Beach, Nantucket [seasonal], Nashville, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland (ME), Providence, Québec City, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Rochester (NY), Sarasota, Savannah, St. John's, St. Louis, Syracuse, Toronto-Pearson, Tulsa)
US Helicopter (Downtown Manhattan Heliport, East 34th St. Heliport, New York-JFK)

[edit] Ground transportation

[edit] AirTrain

AirTrain Newark

Many Continental Embraer Regional Jets (ERJs) at Terminal C

Newark is an intermodal airport. A monorail system, AirTrain Newark, connects the terminals with the Newark Liberty International Airport Rail Link Station for connection to Amtrak and New Jersey Transit service. Passengers can use this connection to travel directly from EWR to any station along New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor or North Jersey Coast Line, including regional transit hubs such as New York City's Pennsylvania Station.

Continental Airlines uses this rail connection to book passengers through Newark to 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wilmington Station in Wilmington, Delaware, Penn Station in New York City, Stamford Station in Stamford, Connecticut, and Union Station in New Haven, Connecticut.

The monorail is free for use between all stations, however passengers wishing to exit or enter the Rail Link station must pay a $5.50 fee. NJ Transit tickets sold by ticket windows and vending machines originating or terminating at the Rail Link station (denoted as ** EWR ** on their tickets) automatically include the $5.50 fee. Tickets purchased onboard a train will not allow passengers to enter the Rail Link station; they will have to pay the fee at the station.

[edit] Other connections

Numerous bus services run between Newark Liberty and nearby population centers, including New Jersey Transit, Airporter, and Olympia Trails. Express buses to Manhattan transit hubs (Grand Central Terminal, Port Authority Bus Terminal, etc.) cost $13. There is also bus service to JFK Airport, which costs $23.

The airport is also served by a number of New Jersey Transit buses. Routes 40 and 62 provide local service from downtown Newark, including Newark Penn Station, at a fare of $1.25. Route 67 provides local service from Lakewood and Toms River.

The New Jersey Turnpike has 2 exits that allow motorists to gain access to Newark Liberty International Airport. Those exits are 13A and 14.

Taxis also operate from the airport at flat rates based on destination. From the City of New York, fares are set by New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission. From New York City, the taxi fare shall be the metered rate plus a surcharge of $15.00 plus the cost of round trip tolls. This is approximately $40 to $75 depending on the exact origin. Newark Liberty is the only exception to the rule that a New York City taxi driver may refuse to take a passenger to any destination outside the five boroughs.

From Newark Airport to Manhattan, the taxi fare is a set fee plus round trip tolls. From Newark Airport to

Battery Park to West 34th Street: $40.00
West 35th Street to West 58th Street: $45.00
West 59th Street to West 109th Street: $50.00
West 110th Street to West 185th Street: $55.00
North of 185th Street: $60.00
New York/LaGuardia Airport: $65.00
New York/Kennedy Airport: $75.00

There is an additional charge of $5.00 for all destinations on the east side of Manhattan between Battery Park and 185th Street.

Continental Airlines also books passengers via bus to Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pennsylvania, a 90-minute trip.

[edit] Airport information

Airport information can be obtained in several ways both before traveling to the airport and while there. In addition to the Web site listed below, travelers may call the airport at +1-973-961-6000 or from within the United States and Canada, toll-free at 888-EWR-INFO (397-4636).

In the immediate vicinity of the airport, parking and other information can be obtained by tuning to a highway advisory radio station at 530 AM.

Newark Airport, along with LaGuardia and Kennedy airports, uses a uniform style of signing throughout the airport properties. Yellow signs direct passengers to airline gates, ticketing and other flight services; green signs direct passengers to ground transportation services, and black signs lead to restrooms, telephones and other passenger amenities.

Former New York City traffic reporter, Bernie Wagenblast provides the voice for the airport's phone system, radio station and curbside announcements, as well as the messages heard onboard AirTrain Newark and in its stations.

The airport has the somewhat inconvenient designation EWR, rather than an designation that begins with the letter 'N' because the U.S. Navy strictly forbids the use of IATA codes that begin with the letter 'N' for United States airports.