IDEWILD = JFK
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Looking back at New York International Airport, often known as Idlewild Airport, and now JFK was dedicated on July 31, 1948.
Crowds gathered as then President Harry S. Truman gave a speech and a squadron flew past to mark the event. Late in 1963, the airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport in memory of the late president.