Location

Kennedy International Airport

Terminal sprawl pulses under beacon towers as Josh's Delta jet plummets earthward, grief cargo unloading into concourses thick with jet roar and baggage clatter. Gates swarm redeye stragglers, fluorescent haze cuts reunion air laced with fuel sting—sanctuary vaults open for the prodigal son, campaign armor cracking against family crypt.

2 events

2 rich involvements

Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S2E2 · In the Shadow of Two Gunmen Part 2

Bartlet Delivers Solace and Unyielding Loyalty to Grieving Josh

Kennedy International invoked as Delta Flight 175 destination in attendant's VO, pulling Josh toward family crypt via airborne isolation, contrasting Chicago's campaign heat with East Coast grief landing.

Atmosphere

Anticipated jet-fuel isolation

Functional Role

Endpoint for Josh's sacrificial departure

Symbolic Significance

Portal to unresolved family reckoning

Access Restrictions

Airline boarding protocols

Implied baggage clatter and redeye concourses Beacon towers guiding descent

S4E23 · Twenty-Five

Lockdown and the President's Fracture

Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is referenced as the origin of several departures tied to suspicious travel patterns; it's part of the travel-trace timeline the investigators are chasing.

Atmosphere

Distant, procedural — an external node in the chain-of-travel evidence.

Functional Role

Source of passenger movement data relevant to tracing suspects.

Symbolic Significance

International egress point that connects local crime to global movement.

Access Restrictions

Operational but under investigative scrutiny for specific manifests.

Concourse activity and flight manifests Data feeds being queried by INS

Events at This Location

Everything that happens here

S2E2 · In the Shadow of Two Gunmen Part 2

Bartlet Delivers Solace and Unyielding Loyalty to Grieving Josh

In a poignant flashback, Governor Bartlet ambushes Josh at the Chicago airport post-Illinois primary victory, revealing his father's death from a pulmonary embolism during chemotherapy. Bartlet probes their shared history, …

S4E23 · Twenty-Five

Lockdown and the President's Fracture

Immediately after Zoey's abduction the White House snaps into operational lockdown: Secret Service roadblocks, bridge closures and an Ops Center wired to the FBI, CIA and Diplomatic Security. Leo demands …