The 60-year-old terminal and its 10 gates close permanently in January. Terminal 2 will be torn down to make way for the New Terminal One projected to open in 2026.
A New York City relic is getting a major facelift.
The oldest terminal at the John F. Kennedy International Airport is closing permanently this weekend after 60 years in operation.
Terminal 2 opened back in 1962, back when TWA had its own terminal at the airport.
The Port Authority commemorated the terminal's final flights Friday morning -- the last incoming flights to use the terminal will arrive before the close of the weekend.
Terminal 2 joins its neighbors (Terminals 1 and 3, the latter was closed in 2014) in making way for the new Terminal 1 that's expected to open in 2026.
Officials broke ground in late 2022 on the new state-of-the-art terminal, which is part of an $18 billion airport redevelopment project.
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The soon-closing terminal was also the last remnant of what used to be called Idlewild Airport, which housed Northwest, Braniff and Northeast airlines.
