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