Hotel Review: TWA Hotel @JFK

by Adam Stuart | September 13, 2024 | 0 Comments

a tribute to the golden age of flying

There is no hotel quite like it. The famed TWA Flight Center at JFK designed by architect Eero Saarinen has been repurposed as the only onsite hotel at New York’s JFK. It was last used as an actual terminal in 2001, when American Airlines, which bought out Trans World Airlines (TWA), closed the building.

people sitting at a table in a restaurant
a large building with many people sitting around tables and chairs with TWA Flight Center in the background

While the guest rooms are in two featureless towers behind the terminal/flight center, the terminal building itself houses the hotel’s bars, restaurants, gym (downstairs), and reception desks. There is a museum area which highlights TWA history – neat seeing how the uniforms evolved. The curved ceilings of this building are remarkable. I love the splashes of TWA’s famed red throughout. From the front, the building is shaped like a bird of prey.

Also – they parked a Connie aircraft behind the terminal which is another cocktail lounge. The best feature of the hotel room towers is the infinity rooftop pool, with tarmac views. Enough writing, it’s all about the pictures.

a large window with a group of airplanes in the background
a large building with a large ceiling
a pool with people in it
a white airplane with red stripes
a row of chairs in a plane
a sign with a colorful display
a building with cars parked in front of it
people sitting at a table in a restaurant
a group of people standing outside a building
a large building with many people sitting around tables and chairs with TWA Flight Center in the background
a plane on the tarmac
a group of people sitting in a plane
a group of people in a restaurant
a group of people walking up a staircase

Adam Stuart

Avid traveler/lounge aficionado, who looks to maximize the fun while traveling. The journey can be as fun as the destination!
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