The Avro Jetliner was the first jet airliner to land at Idlewild on April 16 , 1950 . A Sud Aviation Caravelle prototype was the next airliner to land at Idlewild , on May 2 , 1957 . Later in 1957 , the USSR sought approval for two Tupolev Tu-104 flights carrying diplomats to Idlewild ; the Port Authority did not allow them , saying noise tests had to be done first . ( The Caravelle had been tested at Paris . ) The airport was renamed '' ' John F. Kennedy International Airport ' '' on December 24 , 1963 , a month and two days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy ; Mayor Robert F. Wagner , Jr. proposed the renaming to JFK . The IDL and KIDL codes have since been reassigned to Indianola Municipal Airport in Mississippi
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