This should help things along at JFK !
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Kennedy Airport runway to be closed for 4 months
BY KEITH HERBERT | keith.herbert@newsday.com 9:43 PM EDT, July 9, 2009 Kennedy Airport's busiest runway will be closed for about four months next year as part of a $204-million, three-year makeover, a prospect that airline industry officials are viewing worriedly at the huge airport that ranks near the top nationwide in flight delays.
More than 2.75 miles long, Kennedy's Runway 13R-31L is one of the longest commercial runways in North America - second only in the United States to a runway at Denver International Airport. Last year, it handled more than 143,000 takeoffs and landings.
Aviation and airline officials say delays stemming from the construction are inescapable, though no one can say now how much delays will increase.
"The scope of the project is truly enormous," said William DeCota, director of aviation for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark airports. "It provides for the replacement of almost three miles of asphalt pavement".
Newsday.com
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