The new Newark Airport Terminal A

[jis]

La Guardia started out as North Beach Airport, then when commercial flights started at that expanded location it became New York Municipal Airport.
Before being renamed Kennedy International, it was officially New York International Airport at Idlewild, IIRC….

Interestingly, PANYNJ or its predecessor took care to change the airport code to align with the new name both for Kennedy and LaGuardia. Of course they have not done so for Newark, so it remains EWR and ATC folks can still call it "Sewer" privately

 

[Devil's Advocate]

Meanwhile, DCA (Reagan National Airport, though old-timers and cabbies and staunch Dems still call it "National Airport") is doing the opposite. Terminals A and B are now terminals 1 and 2. Gate numbers are unchanged but now have a letter in front of them. Though the letter, of course, just identifies the corridor, not the terminal. "No airlines or gates have moved. This is just a signage enhancement project." Beats me what purpose it serves, 'cause I never had any trouble finding my gate at DCA. (Getting there by Metro, yeah, and clearing TSA; but finding my gate was easy.) But it's a nice little revenue stream for the sign manufacturers and installers. And probably for a team of consultants.

When people say they get lost in airports I wonder if they get lost everywhere. That said I've found American airports to be among the most tedious to navigate if you're looking for anything besides gates and baggage carousels. I prefer 2D maps that show everything all at once, but American airports focus on clumsy 3D maps that only show detail when you zoom in on some random area. But why would you zoom at that spot unless the map gave you a hint to do so? It's a irrational solution looking for an irrational problem. I've always heard "Newark" and "National," presumably because they're the simplest and easiest names to remember and use in mixed company. I would consider the people who take the time and effort to rename airports to be the staunchly political types while those who keep using the old name are doing what comes naturally.

 

[railiner]

I would consider the people who take the time and effort to rename airports to be the staunchly political types while those who keep using the old name are simply doing what comes naturally.

Sounds familiar...
As in those that had attempted to rename the entire Penn Station - NY into what they finally settled on naming just the new west wing...

 

[jis]

This renewal of Newark is doubly interesting for me since I date back to a time when Terminal C was just being built ground up, and PeopleExpress resided in the North Terminal, the very original terminal of Newark Airport.

 

[west point]

EAL shuttle was in the north terminal before PE.

 

[jis]

EAL shuttle was in the north terminal before PE.

Yes but I was only marginally aware of the existence of Newark that far back

 

[west point]

Before the EAL shuttle the orth terminal was a small terminal with a few wooden short ccpncorses for all airlines operating out of Newark. First trans atlantic flight were from Newark with some stops..

 

[railiner]

EAL shuttle was in the north terminal before PE.

The “North Terminal” was the only terminal from 1953 until the new ones were built, and served all the airlines flying out of Newark. It replaced the original 1935 terminal which has been preserved…

 

[Trident101]

Politics have nothing to do with it, I use "Reagan National" about as much as I use "Thurgood Marshall BWI", which is to say "freaking never".

True, no one who lives in the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) area uses either of the “additional” names regardless of political affiliation. That’s how we tell who the tourists are.…

 

[MARC Rider]

This renewal of Newark is doubly interesting for me since I date back to a time when Terminal C was just being built ground up, and PeopleExpress resided in the North Terminal, the very original terminal of Newark Airport.

I remember flying PeopleExpress into the North Terminal. The flight from BWI was only $19, cheaper than Amtrak at the time. Pretty weird flight, too. It took 45 minutes in the air, and basically was a parabolic trajectory, where we switched from climbing to descending somewhere over Philadelphia. I think the seat belt signs were on the whole flight.

 

[Metra Electric Rider]

I'm sort of chuckling at the name argument - it's certainly easier to just use the one word name (Lake Shore Drive was renamed but I don't know anybody who uses the new name in everyday, colloquial talk). Of course, Kennedy was a young, popular president who was killed in office, so no surprise that took well.

BTW thanks to JIS for posting that walkthrough - I hadn't realized that Grimshaw was doing the airport reno. They do a lot of transit projects (I have a soft spot since I had to build a model of Waterloo International in grad school) - airports, train stations, etc (Crossrail Stations for example).

 

[jis]

PANYNJ has appointed Arup and Skidmore Owings & Merrill as master planners and architect for the redevelopment of Newark Liberty International Airport

Master planners named to guide Newark Airport’s redevelopment through 2065

Port Authority officials named an architectural firm and an airport designer to help them plan Newark Liberty airport's development through 2065.

www.nj.com

Meanwhile, it looks like United is going to move a significant portion of its main line domestic service to the new Terminal A on Nov 1, 2022 utilizing its 15 gates at the terminal

 

[Bob Dylan]

And how many Decades will it take, along with Billions in Cost Overruns, before this Project is Completed?( It's The Port Authority!)

 

[jis]

And how many Decades will it take, along with Billions in Cost Overruns, before this Project is Completed?

The contract is for the period 2022-2065 as stated in the article. At least all of the cost overruns will be covered predominantly by the ticket tax collected at the airport and not from somewhere else. Newark actually collects figuratively speaking billions in such tax.

 

[jis]

The new EWR Terminal A is up and running, to be officially inaugurated soon.

Here’s When Flights Begin At Newark Airport’s Swanky New Terminal

The $2.7 billion terminal opened in November. Here's when it will officially launch.

patch.com

Looks like MCO - EWR flights will arrive at and depart from this terminal, so I should get to see/use it the next time I fly to the NY area.

 

[Bob Dylan]

The new EWR Terminal A is up and running, to be officially inaugurated soon.

Here’s When Flights Begin At Newark Airport’s Swanky New Terminal

The $2.7 billion terminal opened in November. Here's when it will officially launch.

patch.com

Looks like MCO - EWR flights will arrive at and depart from this terminal, so I should get to see/use it the next time I fly to the NY area.

At least they're making some improvements to the NY Area Airports which are a Big Disgrace for the World's #1 City!( same thing with Moynihan being added to NYP, which is also under construction but still a Pit!)

 

[joelkfla]

The new EWR Terminal A is up and running, to be officially inaugurated soon.

Here’s When Flights Begin At Newark Airport’s Swanky New Terminal

The $2.7 billion terminal opened in November. Here's when it will officially launch.

patch.com

Looks like MCO - EWR flights will arrive at and depart from this terminal, so I should get to see/use it the next time I fly to the NY area.

Those artsy wooden ring seats look might uncomfortable for us oldsters.

 

[jis]

The new Terminal A opened for general operations today (1/12/23). Here is a nice description with photos of the interior and artwork to be found there:

New Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport

And here is a very useful travel tips page:

Travel Tips - Newark Terminal A

The closets AirTrain station is what used to be station P2 which has been renamed "Terminal A". It is 0.35 miles from the terminal, thus having the Newar Terminal A become llike the SeaTac Airport, requiring a longish walk from the rail station link Shuttle to the terminal. But in an added twist PANYNJ provides a Shuttle Bus service from the AirTrain Station to the Terminal, a 4 minute bus ride. The Shuttle Bus runs every 5-7 minutes.

Looks among other flights to and from MCO, my current home airport, operates out of new Terminal A. So will get to see it sooner or later.

 

[joelkfla]

The new Terminal A opened for general operations today (1/12/23). Here is a nice description with photos of the interior and artwork to be found there:

New Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport

And here is a very useful travel tips page:

Travel Tips - Newark Terminal A

The closets AirTrain station is what used to be station P2 which has been renamed "Terminal A". It is 0.35 miles from the terminal, thus having the Newar Terminal A become llike the SeaTac Airport, requiring a longish walk from the rail station link Shuttle to the terminal. But in an added twist PANYNJ provides a Shuttle Bus service from the AirTrain Station to the Terminal, a 4 minute bus ride. The Shuttle Bus runs every 5-7 minutes.

Looks among other flights to and from MCO, my current home airport, operates out of new Terminal A. So will get to see it sooner or later.

So add another 15 minutes to get from the terminal to the train station. Last time I flew into Newark, for some reason the AirTrain wasn't running direct to the station, and it was required to get off at the last stop before the station and transfer to another AirTrain vehicle which was shuttling between that stop and the station. IIRC, I waited around 20 minutes for the shuttle to arrive. Of course the destination signs were all messed up, so a staff member was shouting "No, not this one" until the shuttle finally arrived. Not a happy experience.

 

[jis]

The current AirTrain has been flaky all along. It is on its last leg and is going to be replaced by a higher capacity system, supposedly more like the JFK one.

The following artists impression suggests that the new Airtrain Newark Terminal A Station will be much closer to the terminal building.

About - AirTrain EWR - Building A New EWR

www.ewrredevelopment.com

 

[jis]

Upon some digging I found this interesting aerial view of what the full buildout of new Termina A and B will look like when done: Terminal C remains as is at this point in the vision...

 

[Metra Electric Rider]

Upon some digging I found this interesting aerial view of what the full buildout of new Termina A and B will look like when done: Terminal C remains as is at this point in the vision...

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Such a weird rendering - it looks like there is a big fire raging with smoke!

 

[MARC Rider]

Such a weird rendering - it looks like there is a big fire raging with smoke!

It looks like an oblique aerial photo on a day with a few clouds. Pretty typical for views of the airports in the northeastern US as you're flying in.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Such a weird rendering - it looks like there is a big fire raging with smoke!

I see clouds, not smoke.

 

[jis]

I see clouds, not smoke.

I agree. I just see cloud. But at the end of the day it is just a rendering. It is not like it is a photo of any reality. The base may be some photo though.