This page captures ADS-B traffic data for John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK/KJFK) on December 24, 2025, the 62nd anniversary of the airport's renaming to honor President John F. Kennedy. A total of 1,029 flights were recorded across 530 unique aircraft, split between 523 arrivals and 506 departures, with 43 additional ground operations. Traffic ran continuously from 00:00 to 23:59 EST, averaging 42.9 flights per hour. The busiest hour was 17:00, which saw 71 total movements (37 arrivals, 34 departures). The early morning hours from 00:00 to 06:00 were consistently the lightest, with hourly totals ranging from 13 to 26. A departure-heavy surge appeared at 10:00, which logged 47 departures against only 20 arrivals, the widest arrival-departure split of the day. The top route by total movements was Los Angeles (LAX) with 26 flights, followed by Orlando (MCO) at 22 and Fort Lauderdale (FLL) at 21. Miami (MIA), Boston (BOS), and Atlanta (ATL) each recorded 17 to 18 movements. Cancun (CUN) was the only international airport in the top ten, with 13 total flights. Approach directions were led by SSW (101) and NE (94), while departures spread more evenly, with SSW (91), W (63), and ENE (58) topping the list. The longest recorded flight was an arrival from Fort Lauderdale covering 4,637 nautical miles over 739 minutes, logged to tail number N969JT. The highest altitude recorded was 44,850 feet, reached by a departure to Austin (AUS) flown by N730AS. Altitude distribution across 904,271 ADS-B position points shows the heaviest concentration at 0 to 1,000 feet (73,512 points) and a second major cluster in the cruise band from 35,000 to 37,000 feet, with 35,000 to 36,000 feet alone accounting for 53,626 points. Average groundspeed across all flights was 295 knots, with a maximum of 645.8 knots. Total distance flown summed to 893,929 nautical miles, with an average leg distance of 868.7 nautical miles and an average leg duration of 147.7 minutes. Aircraft registered to the United States made up the largest share of unique aircraft at 393, followed by unresolved registrations (34), Great Britain (16), China (12), and France (7). Aircraft from 32 distinct countries were observed in total.