Sims on the Go
Finding it
Sims on the Go is in Security Arrivals/Baggage Claim in Terminal 8 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
- 1
Terminal 8 has 49 places to eat and 50 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 12am.
Hours against the security queue
Across the week, JFK security runs longest around 8am at a median of 33 minutes, and lightest around 2am at 10 minutes.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's JFK wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
This shop sits at Security/Arrivals Baggage Claim on Level 1, on the landside side of the checkpoint rather than among the airside concourses. Its one neighbor is Hudson News, putting it in arrivals-facing company rather than departure gate traffic. Terminal 8 has only this single Sims on the Go. At baggage-claim level, it's positioned for arriving passengers on their way out rather than travelers waiting at a gate.
One of 3 Sims on the Go locations at John F. Kennedy International Airport (Terminal 1, Terminal 7, Terminal 8).
Other options in Terminal 8
All landside, so you can reach any of these before security.
Sources
- Dine & Shop directory — John F. Kennedy International Airport — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, checked 2026-09-04
- Sims on the Go - JFK Airport — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, checked 2026-09-10
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.