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Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), first named Newark Airport and later Newark International Airport, is an international airport within the city limits of both Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. It is about 15 miles southwest of Midtown Manhattan.
The airport is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which also manages the two other major airports in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area, John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and LaGuardia Airport (LGA), in addition to two smaller airports, Teterboro Airport and the Downtown Manhattan Heliport. Newark is the tenth busiest airport in the United States and the nation's fifth busiest international air gateway; JFK ranks first.
Newark Liberty is the second-largest hub for Continental Airlines, which is the airport's largest tenant (operating all of Terminal C and part of Terminal A). Primarily due to this large hub operation, Continental Airlines is by far the leading carrier in the New York market. FedEx Express operates one of their ten major cargo hubs at Newark.
In 2006, Newark Airport handled about 36 million passengers. Along with JFK's 43 million and LaGuardia's 26 million, New York's combined airport passenger totals surpass that of Chicago to become the busiest in the United States.
Source: Wikipedia