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TWA Flight Center

The TWA Flight Center, also known as the Trans World Flight Center, is an and hotel complex at in .
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: standalone terminal at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport for Trans World Airlines
  • Also known as: “Eero Saarinen TWA Terminal Building”, “Terminal 5”, and “Trans World Airlines Flight Center”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include John F. Kennedy International Airport and TWA Hotel.

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is in the borough of , New York. As one would expect of the main airport of a city like the , JFK is one of the busiest airports worldwide and also the busiest airport in the USA in terms of international passenger traffic.

Hotel
Photo: Roland Arhelger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hotel at in , , that opened on May 15, 2019. It uses the head house of the TWA Flight Center, designed by the architect Eero Saarinen and completed in 1962, and two flanking buildings added for the hotel project.

Airport terminal
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is an airport terminal, which is situated 560 feet east of TWA Flight Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laurelton and Inwood.

Neighborhood
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is a largely middle-class neighborhood in the borough of and part of the former town of . Merrick Boulevard, which bisects the community in a generally east–west direction, forms its commercial spine. is situated 2 miles northeast of TWA Flight Center.

Town
is a hamlet and census-designated place in , on , in , United States. It is considered part of Long Island's Five Towns area and is located within the . is situated 2½ miles southeast of TWA Flight Center.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
is a neighborhood in in the southeastern portion of the borough of . The neighborhood, located along the southern part of , borders . is situated 2½ miles northeast of TWA Flight Center.

TWA Flight Center

Latitude
40.64577° or 40° 38′ 45″ north
Longitude
-73.77752° or 73° 46′ 39″ west
Height
45 feet (14 metres)
Open location code
87G8J6WC+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 284907419
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q29257
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“TWA Flight Center” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مركز تي دبليو إيه الجوي”
  • Arabic: “مركز طيران تي دبليو إيه”
  • Asturian: “TWA Flight Center”
  • Catalan: “Terminal de la TWA”
  • Catalan: “TWA Flight Center”
  • Chinese: “TWA航空中心”
  • Chinese: “TWA飛行中心”
  • Chinese: “環球航空飛行中心”
  • Chinese: “環航飛行中心”
  • Chinese: “第五航廈”
  • Chinese: “肯尼迪机场T5航站楼”
  • Dutch: “TWA Flight Center”
  • Finnish: “TWA Flight Center”
  • French: “TWA Flight Center”
  • German: “TWA Flight Center”
  • Italian: “TWA Flight Center”
  • Japanese: “TWAフライトセンター”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “TWA Flight Center”
  • Persian: “مرکز پرواز تی‌دبلیوای”
  • Russian: “Терминал компании Trans World Airlines”
  • Slovak: “Terminál TWA”
  • Slovak: “TWA terminál”
  • Spanish: “TWA Flight Center”
  • Swedish: “TWA Flight Center”
  • Waray (Philippines): “TWA Flight Center”
  • Waray (Philippines): “TWA terminal”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Terminal 5 Rooftop and Wooftop Lounge and Terminal 5.

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