JFKJohn F. Kennedy International Airport 🇺🇸

JFK / KJFK · New York, New York · USA

Design
Project type
Replacement
Strength of evidence
Year
2028
Project intelligenceWhere the project stands in the process, based on the source's own status
Identified
Planning
Funded
Procurement
Under construction
Completed
What's happening now

Runway 22L departure-end EMAS replacement

Why RWI is watching this: Sources point to current or upcoming economic activity right now - funding, procurement, design or construction.

+3 more below under "Projects and watch items".

Runways
13L/31R13R/31L4L/22R4R/22L
Documented EMAS

2 installations · EMASMAX

Installed 1996

Runway 22L FAA NASR current presence

Physical location per FAA NASR: runway 4R. NASR cycle 2026-08-06. This record describes runway-end presence, not project status or physical history.

Runway 4R FAA NASR current presence

Physical location per FAA NASR: runway 22L. NASR cycle 2026-08-06. This record describes runway-end presence, not project status or physical history.

EMAS installation (2)
EMASMAX Current physical state
Source
FAA EMAS Incidents and Installations map (verified CSV export)
Federal Aviation Administration · FAA map data
Open source →
Details from the source

FAA map region: Map - Main FAA arresting-system data lists EMAS at multiple ends of runway 4R/22L (04R, 22L); exact end not recorded.

EMASMAX No confirmed runway link Installed 1996
Source
Fact Sheet – Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS)
FAA · FAA fact sheet · 2016-02-04
Open source →
Details from the source

2 system: A (1996, bädden ersatt 1999) och B (2007, bädden ersatt 2014), enligt 2016 Fact Sheet ('JFK International, Jamaica, NY, 2, 1996(1999)/2007(2014)'). Historiskt sett varldens forsta EMAS-installation (1996).

Location
John F. Kennedy International Airport: 40.6399, -73.7787

40.6399, -73.7787

Projects and watch items
SignalLifecycleStatusProject typeConfidenceYearSourceScore
Runway 22L departure-end EMAS replacement Active opportunity DesignReplacement2028 Other source 8.0
John F. Kennedy International Airport — EMAS-ersättning väntas efter incident (1999-05-01)
A source-backed watch item, not confirmation of an active project or current physical installation.
Needs research Watch item – research candidateAfter incident FAA map data 8.0
John F. Kennedy International Airport — EMAS-ersättning väntas efter incident (2003-05-01)
A source-backed watch item, not confirmation of an active project or current physical installation.
Needs research Watch item – research candidateAfter incident FAA map data 8.0
John F. Kennedy International Airport — EMAS-ersättning väntas efter incident (2005-01-01)
A source-backed watch item, not confirmation of an active project or current physical installation.
Needs research Watch item – research candidateAfter incident FAA map data 8.0
Intelligence historyReal, source-backed project and funding events in chronological order - never an assumed causal link between entries
1999
EMAS activation Incident
Incident · EMAS engaged
2003
EMAS activation Incident
Incident · EMAS engaged
2005
EMAS activation Incident
Incident · EMAS engaged
2028
Project · Design Active opportunity

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Without a certain event date
Project · Watch item – research candidate Needs research

Neither the event's timing nor the source's date is known.

Project · Watch item – research candidate Needs research

Neither the event's timing nor the source's date is known.

Project · Watch item – research candidate Needs research

Neither the event's timing nor the source's date is known.

Evidence 4 sources

Source-backed, but no reviewed claim has been transcribed yet for the sources below - see each one's own link to the original source.

Port Authority Board Agenda – EMAS planning authorization
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey · Other source · 2026-03-19 · Open source →
Fact Sheet – Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS)
FAA · FAA fact sheet · 2016-02-04 · Open source →
Fact Sheet – Engineered Material Arresting Systems (EMAS)
FAA · FAA fact sheet · 2011-03-07 · Open source →
FAA EMAS Incidents and Installations map (verified CSV export)
Federal Aviation Administration · FAA map data · Open source →
Incidents
DateTypeEMAS
1999-05-01 EMAS activation Yes
2003-05-01 EMAS activation Yes
2005-01-01 EMAS activation Yes