jfk-airport-terminal-5Passenger numbers : 20 million per year and 10 flights per gate per day

Gates : 26

Passengers per gate per year : 600,000

Cost : US$550m but if you include terminal & airside utilities that rises to around $875m when you include roadways, parking facilities & lease repayments over the $30 year period. Th Port Authority of New York & New Jersey put up $663m of this.

Ticket Counters – 40 + 65 e-ticket kiosks

Baggage – Inline system can process 4,000 bags per hour

Aircraft turn-around time – 30mins

Baggage delivery time – 9 mins

The System You’re Inside (And Why You Can’t See It)

The System You’re Inside (And Why You Can’t See It)

Most people believe they are making independent decisions. In reality, they are responding to systems they cannot see. From algorithms to economic structures to social norms, the real driver of behaviour is rarely the individual—it’s the environment shaping what feels possible, reasonable, or true.