The facility, which is being built on a 26-acre site and due to open in early 2024, will have greater ramp capacity to handle 3 large modern cargo aircraft simultaneously.
It will also have more than 50 dock doors to efficiently track and transfer goods through the facility.
Lödige’s system will feature 2 elevating transfer vehicles with a ULD storage rack for 218 ULD positions and 3 level ULD racks providing high storage density in Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) new terminal and free up space for other activities.
Advanced levels of automation guarantees efficient throughput and high safety standards, and optimal operational processes.
The equipment also includes 3 truck docks, a castor deck area and 14 elevating workstations.
Bryan Rosenberger, Vice President Design and Construction at Aeroterm, says, “As the first new cargo facility built at JFK in two decades, this project is an essential step in revitalising JFK as a cargo hub. On each development project, Realterm partners with both local and global groups for best-in-class expertise in design, construction and specific air cargo equipment. We are excited to partner with Lödige on this development.”