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McDonald's

Terminal 1•Food Court•Pre-Security
Fast FoodBreakfastBurgersSalads

Hours

7:00 AM - 10:00 PM

McDonald's is known around the globe for their fast food.

Finding it

McDonald's is in Food Court in Terminal 1 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. It sits landside, so you can reach it without a boarding pass — and you still have to clear security afterwards.

Level
4

Terminal 1 has 30 places to eat and 34 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 5am.

Hours against the security queue

McDonald's opens at 7am and closes at 10pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical JFK checkpoint queue at 30 minutes around 7am.

Across the week, JFK security runs longest around 8am at a median of 33 minutes, and lightest around 2am at 10 minutes. The queue is typically building before this location opens.

Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's JFK wait-time record, not a live reading.

What to expect

  • fast food
  • breakfast
  • american
  • burgers
  • salads

Other options in Terminal 1

All landside, so you can reach any of these before security.

Sources

Official Travel Resources

1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.

Official Airport Resources1 link▼