Starbucks (near Gate 46)
Finding it
Starbucks (near Gate 46) is in Concourse C, C Concourse in Terminal 8 near Gate 46 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- Nearest gates
- Gate 46
- Level
- 3
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
Set at Gate 46 on Concourse C, this Starbucks sits inside the same cluster as Alidoro, Dunkin and a Hudson newsstand spread across Gates 39 and 41, rather than the plain newsstand row where Terminal 8's other Starbucks sits on Concourse B near Gate 10. With a sandwich counter and a doughnut shop for neighbours instead of books and magazines, it reads as part of a small food grouping on the C piers rather than a standalone coffee stop. Anyone flying out of the 39-to-46 gate run has it closer than crossing back to Concourse B.
Other options in Terminal 8
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- Terminal 8 - JFK Airport — JFK Airport (PANYNJ), checked 2026-09-04
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.