Contractor’s Side

The first new cargo terminal to be built at JFK International Airport in 20 years, Aeroterm’s 350,000- square-foot Air Cargo Facility is a landmark building. The $145 million project is also the first of the JFK Vision Plan, an initiative to modernize passenger and cargo operations at the airport to meet the increasing demands of modern air freight movement. The JFK cargo industry handles approximately 1.3 million tons of cargo per year and supports 50,000 jobs, $8 billion in sales, and nearly $3 billion in wages, yet more than half of JFK’s cargo buildings are over 40 years old and do not meet current industry standards.