Port Authority Approves Development of 250,000 SF Cargo Facility at JFK Airport

A rendering of the expanded and improved JFK International Airport in Queens, NY.

NEW YORK CITY—The Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey authorized a 31-year lease with JFK Air Cargo LLC on Thursday to build a 250,000-square-foot air cargo facility at JFK International Airport in Queens.

The new project marks the second phase of the state’s planned air cargo modernization program at JFK. Phase one of the cargo modernization effort was authorized by the Port Authority board in 2017 with a long-term lease with Aero JFK II LLC for a 346,000-square-foot handling facility. The Aero JFK facility and the reconstruction of Taxiways CA and CB authorized by the November 2017 vote are already in progress. The first phase of the air cargo modernization program was valued at $132-million in combined investment in the facility and taxiway upgrades at JFK.