New York JFK

The quickest way to check in is online, 24 hours before your flight departs:

• Check in at Manage My Booking and print your boarding pass.
• Use the British Airways app to check in and download your boarding pass to your mobile device.

When you need to check in at the airport on the day of departure:

• If you are travelling in a group of more than nine people, please use a check-in kiosk or go to a check-in desk.
• If your child is travelling alone, or with you but on a separate booking, please go to a check-in desk.

Check-in desks open at 05:00 and close 60 minutes before your flight departs.

If you have baggage to check in, drop it at a Bag Drop desk. Desks open three hours before the flight departure time but not before the earliest opening time of 05:30.

If you are travelling with hand baggage only and have already checked in, you can go straight through security to the gate. If your hand baggage exceeds your allowance, you may need to check it in and charges may apply.

Check your hand baggage allowance.

Check your checked baggage allowance.

Like many airlines, we are unable to accept cash payments at many of the airports we operate from, including New York JFK. Please check with a member of our staff at the airport to find out if options are available for converting cash to a payment card.

You must enter airport security at least 45 minutes before your flight departs.

Fast Track Security is available to:

• customers travelling in First and business (Club World) (plus one guest)
• British Airways Executive Club Gold and Silver Members (plus one guest)
• oneworld^® Emerald and Sapphire members (plus one guest)

Name	Managed by	Location	Opening hours
BA First Lounge*		Terminal 7, after security	Daily 05:00 - 22:00
BA Club Lounge		Terminal 7, after security	Daily 05:00 - 22:00
Admirals Club		Terminal 8, Concourse B, after Gate 12 on the Mezzanine level	Daily 05:15 - 22:00
Flagship Lounge*		Terminal 8, Concourse B, after Gate 12 on the Mezzanine level; within Admirals Club Lounge	Daily 05:15 - 22:00
Admirals Club		Terminal 8, Remote Concourse C, across from Gate 42	Daily 05:15 - 21:00
JAL First Class Lounge*		Terminal 1, airside, Level 2	Until last departure
Sakura Lounge		Terminal 1, airside, Level 2	Until last departure
Oasis Lounge**		Terminal 4, 4th floor, eastside	Daily 04:00 - 23:30

* Open to Executive Club Gold Members, oneworld Emerald members or if you're travelling in First.

** Operated by a third party on behalf of LAN and Royal Jordanian. You can use the lounge on the day of departure when your onward flight is with a oneworld member airline, but might not be able to do so at peak periods due to capacity constraints.

You need to be at the gate no later than 30 minutes before the flight departs. If we have your contact details, we will try to contact you when it is about to close but we can't delay the aircraft's departure to wait for late passengers.

You will notice a ‘Group’ number on your boarding pass which shows your boarding priority. Please be ready to board the aircraft when your group is called.

Find out your group for boarding

If you want to take advantage of pre-boarding or priority boarding, please arrive at the gate early.

Pre-boarding is available to:

• families with small children
• customers requiring disability or mobility assistance

Priority boarding is available to:

• customers travelling in First, business (Club World) or World Traveller Plus
• Executive Club Gold, Silver and Bronze Members
• oneworld Emerald, Sapphire and Ruby members

If you arrive after your priority group has been called, you can use the priority lane to board at your leisure.

If you're arriving in JFK Terminal 7 and have a US or Canadian passport, a B1/B2 tourist visa or if you're travelling on the ESTA Visa Waiver Programme, you can use an Automated Passport Control (APC) kiosk to speed up your travel through immigration.

Instead of filling out a paper customs form, you can scan your passport, take a photograph, and answer a series of customs-related questions using the APC kiosk. Please then take your receipt and passport to a US Customs and Border Patrol officer to finalise your documents for entry into the USA.

• If you're travelling on an ESTA or a B1/B2 tourist visa you will need to have entered the USA at least once since 2008.
• Families or people living at the same address can also complete their transaction together at a single APC kiosk.

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Find out everything you need to know about flight connections with British Airways, including travelling between London airports.

Flight connections

If you need additional help for your journey, e.g. for getting through the airport, boarding the aircraft, or reaching your onward travel connections, please let us know at least 48 hours before you travel at Manage My Booking and we can arrange this for you with New York JFK airport.

More about disability assistance

Train services

The JFK AirTrain and the Long Island Rail Road operate train services into Manhattan. AirTrain stations are located at all terminals at JFK. The journey time between JFK airport and Penn Station in Manhattan is around 35 minutes.

Taxis

Taxis are available outside the Arrivals area at each terminal. The journey time to and from Manhattan is around 40 - 90 minutes depending on traffic.

Bus services

Bus services operate every 20 to 30 minutes to and from Grand Central Terminal at Park and 41st (East Side), and Penn Station. Buses depart and arrive at the Express bus stop at each terminal. The journey time is around 75 minutes.

Once you have disembarked from the aircraft and are in the terminal building you will need to pass through passport control.

After passport control, follow the yellow signs for 'Arrivals/Baggage reclaim' and look for your flight on the information screens to see which carousel your bags will arrive on.

Once you have your baggage, you may need to pass through customs.