New JetBlue Terminal 5 Pics

I was able to get a tour of the new Jetblue T5 at JFK. Scheduled o open in the Fall of this year it will have 26 gates that will accept either of our current AC. It will not have any customs facilities so they will continue to arrive at T4. The terminal is very customer friendly and will be a hit when it opens. If you have any questions post away....
Walking up the departure road from T6
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On the Departure Level
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Looking Toward Old TWA T5. The Port Authority owns this building and no decision has been made as to what it will be used for. Jetblue will be placing some electronic check in kiosks in it.
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Inside by the ticket counters.In the middle 20 lanes of TSA security
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The escalators lead to the Air Train Connector
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Once past the TSA security Checkpoints its down the ramp to the Concession/Waiting area
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In the large waiting/concession area. This leads to all gate areas
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Another view of the concession area.
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Looking down the East wing towards the old T5 trumpet.
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Plane spotters dream,Indoors looking down 31L
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Looking towards T4
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Looking out the last gate to see the Old piece saved from T5. A final decision has yet to be made as its condition is very poor.
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Just some spotting while on the tour
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AA757 with winglets
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Just some of the miles of belts in the new state of the art Baggage system.
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One of the six customer bag carousels
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The view from the air train bridge. The steel work at the left of the picture is the new connector from the elevator bank at T6 to the new T5. It will have 3 sets of moving walkways. The construction that you see on one the tubes was necessary to allow traffic to move under it. This tube is not part of the original Sarian building so modifications could be made. We cannot touch the other tube
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wow!
thanks so much for these insider shots.
Can't wait until it opens.

Ha thanks dad!... definitely enjoying seeing what im missing!

The new terminal is really shaping up now! It looks great, and I can't wait to fly through it when it opens. I'm a little disappointed that they're not doing more with the Saarinen building though, it's such a beautiful facility. Sad to see it will no longer have an airside view, but at least there is still some way to remember TWA. The number of times I have been through that building makes me shudder...

For all you TWA fans we will be using the flight info boards in that are currently in T5. I dont remember if TWA ever upgraded them to some sort of electric signage but I remember the click-click-click of the signs as they changed. Would be cool If thats what we are using!!

Wow, awesome look into the new building!

Here is aclose up picture of the arrival/display boards we will be using I dont believe these are the original ones they had when it opened. TWA must have upgraded them somewhere along the line
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I have been avoiding JFK on B6, only because to FLL/PBI why not go out of HPN, but once this opens I may have to take a trip up there.

In your 2nd photo the door was wide open and there are people in the terminal. Can anybody walk into the TWA part now?, or is it still off-limits?

The EXIF data from the photo shows it was taken back in 2005:

2005:12:07

Thanks Matt,
I think there was one day with a "ribbon cutting ceremony" where construction began and some press members went in. I can't wait until I can go into that TWA part!

I'll be there for the public opening hopefully. Shaping up to be a sharp-lookin' terminal. :borat: :borat: