TWA Flight Center

Questions about TWA Flight Center

What design work is credited to Eero Saarinen at TWA Flight Center?

Eero Saarinen designed TWA Flight Center.

Sources: SRC-5546 · SRC-5547 · SRC-7998

More documented details

The recorded construction date for TWA Flight Center is 1962.

Sources: SRC-5546 · SRC-5548 · SRC-8000

The recorded style of TWA Flight Center is Futurist (Neo-futurist / Googie).

Sources: SRC-5546 · SRC-5547 · SRC-8001

TWA Flight Center is in John F. Kennedy International Airport, Queens, New York.

Sources: SRC-5546 · SRC-5548 · SRC-8003

TWA Flight Center is connected to Catch Me If You Can (movie, 2002).

Sources: SRC-5547 · SRC-5548 · SRC-8007

TWA Flight Center is a Futurist (Neo-futurist / Googie) center in Queens, New York, and a filming location for Catch Me If You Can (2002). Built in 1962, it was designed by Eero Saarinen, and is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It is owned by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (operated as TWA Hotel under a 75-year lease to Flight Center Hotel LLC, an MCR Development/JetBlue partnership).

Location: John F. Kennedy International Airport (Terminal 5 / TWA Hotel), Queens, New York, United States

Verified facts

• Designed by Eero Saarinen
  confidence 70/100 · 4 recorded source groups · SRC-5546, SRC-5547, SRC-7998, SRC-7999
• Built in 1962
  confidence 70/100 · 3 recorded source groups · SRC-5546, SRC-5548, SRC-8000
• Architectural style: Futurist (Neo-futurist / Googie)
  confidence 80/100 · 5 recorded source groups · SRC-5546, SRC-5547, SRC-8001, SRC-8002, SRC-9767
• Located in John F. Kennedy International Airport, Queens, New York
  confidence 75/100 · 4 recorded source groups · SRC-5546, SRC-5548, SRC-8003, SRC-8004
• Historic designation: U.S. National Register of Historic Places (2005); New York City Landmark (interior and exterior)
  confidence 90/100 · 4 recorded source groups · SRC-5546, SRC-5547, SRC-8005, SRC-8006
• Appeared in Catch Me If You Can (movie, 2002)
  confidence 90/100 · 4 recorded source groups · SRC-5547, SRC-5548, SRC-8007, SRC-8008
• Owned by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (operated as TWA Hotel under a 75-year lease to Flight Center Hotel LLC, an MCR Development/JetBlue partnership)
  confidence 85/100 · 3 recorded source groups · SRC-13873, SRC-13874, SRC-14741

Evidence & sources

• SRC-13873 — https://lodgingmagazine.com/twa-flight-center-to-take-off-as-new-hotel/ (Tier 2, reference; retrieved July 2026)
• SRC-13874 — https://www.reit.com/news/reit-magazine/march-april-2020/mcr-unveils-new-twa-hotel-jfk-airport (Tier 2, reference; retrieved July 2026)
• SRC-14741 — TWA Hotel — Wikipedia (Tier 1, reference; retrieved July 2026)
• SRC-5546 — TWA Flight Center — Wikipedia (Tier 2, encyclopedia; retrieved June 2026)
• SRC-5547 — Film Locations: Leonardo DiCaprio at JFK Airport's TWA Flight Center — Untapped New York (Tier 2, press; retrieved June 2026)
• SRC-5548 — Film Locations for Catch Me If You Can — movie-locations.com (Tier 2, reference; retrieved June 2026)
• SRC-5702 — TWA Hotel — Directions (official) (Tier 1, institutional; retrieved June 2026)
• SRC-5703 — MCR Hotels — TWA Hotel (Tier 2, institutional; retrieved June 2026)
• SRC-7998 — National Trust for Historic Preservation — This Architect's "Perfect Building" Takes Flight Once Again (Tier 2, article; retrieved June 2026)
• SRC-7999 — Architect Magazine — The Seductive Fantasy of Saarinen’s TWA Terminal (Tier 2, article; retrieved June 2026)
• SRC-8000 — AD Classics: TWA Flight Center / Eero Saarinen – ArchDaily (Tier 2, web; retrieved June 2026)
• SRC-8001 — ExperienceFirst (exp1.com) — Everything You Need to Know About JFK's Former TWA Flight Center (Tier 3, travel-blog; retrieved June 2026)
• SRC-8002 — Rethinking The Future — TWA Flight Centre, New York by Eero Saarinen (Tier 3, architecture-magazine; retrieved June 2026)
• SRC-8003 — Historical Marker Database (HMdb.org) — TWA Flight Center Historical Marker (Tier 2, database; retrieved June 2026)
• SRC-8004 — American Landmarks — TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport (Tier 3, history-blog; retrieved June 2026)
• SRC-8005 — Docomomo US — TWA Terminal (Trans World Airlines Flight Center) register entry (Tier 1, preservation-registry; retrieved June 2026)
• SRC-8006 — Architectural Visits — TWA Flight Center (Tier 3, architecture-blog; retrieved June 2026)
• SRC-8007 — Is that Really JFK? Fact or Fiction about Port Authority Airports in the Movies and TV – Port Authority of NY & NJ (Portfolio) (Tier 1, web; retrieved June 2026)
• SRC-8008 — Catch Me If You Can Locations – LatLong.net (Tier 3, web; retrieved June 2026)
• SRC-9767 — ArchEyes — The TWA Flight Center (1962) by Eero Saarinen, JFK (Tier 2, architecture_journalism; retrieved June 2026)

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