John F. Kennedy International Airport

…In particular, in urban airports in Japan, which are often surrounded by houses, factories, and schools, and where rows of houses stand right up to the runway, if an accident of this kind were to occur, there is a very strong possibility of causing major damage. Despite this, public attention is focused almost entirely on noise, with little attention paid to safety issues, and no progress has been made in addressing the issue. Airport Pollution, Aircraft Noise, and Aviation Accidents [Eiichiro Sekigawa]
[Major airports around the world]
John F. Kennedy International Airport is the third airport in New York City, opened in July 1948. It is the number one airport in the United States in terms of international traffic and cargo handling volume, and is known as the gateway to the United States.

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…とくに周囲を人家や工場，学校などに取り囲まれ，滑走路の間際まで家並みの迫っているところの多い日本の都市空港では，いったんこの種の事故が起これば大被害をもたらすおそれがきわめて強いが，それにもかかわらず一般の関心はほとんど騒音のみに集中して安全の問題はあまりかえりみられず，対策も進んでいない。空港公害航空機騒音航空事故【関川 栄一郎】
【世界の主要空港】
ケネディ空港John F.Kennedy International Airport1948年7月に開港したニューヨーク市の第3空港。国際線の交通量と貨物の取扱高では全米第1で，アメリカの空の玄関口といわれる。…

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