FLIGHT CENTER HOTEL

LOCATION:

Queens, NY

CLIENT:

Flight Center Hotel, LLC

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The TWA Flight Center Hotel at JFK Airport flanks the former TWA Flight Center terminal designed by Eero Saarinen, which now houses 50,000 square feet of meeting and event space, as well as eight restaurants and six bars. PHA provided traffic and civil engineering services for the off-site (on-airport) components of this renovation and expansion project. The firm was responsible for traffic access coordination and site circulation planning, including civil design of new vehicular access to the hotel loading area and the adjacent JFK Yellow Garage, as well as a new covered walkway. The new vehicular and pedestrian access to the Flight Center Hotel required reconfiguring the Terminal 5 Arrivals/ Departures intersection with the JFK Access Road, including a new signal and pedestrian crosswalk. The roadway plans also included modifications to the JFK Yellow Garage access and internal circulation. The off-site covered walkway will provide pedestrian access from the AirTrain terminal to the hotel, and also includes the construction of new plaza/fountain areas and landscaping improvements to provide a visual gateway to the site.

PHA provided roadway design, utility coordination, signal design, grading and drainage design services for these improvements. The firm’s responsibilities also included preparation of extensive maintenance and protection of traffic (MPT) plans, which were required for the roadway improvements described above as well for various other aspects of the project including sewer relocation along Terminal 5 Arrivals Road, overhead gantry sign removals, and delivery of a historic plane to the roof of the Flight Center development. The MPT planning included Vissim modeling to ensure on-airport circulation would not be impacted during construction.