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Without specifying the native American tribe, Southeast Queens Press (website) explains that "the Golf course acquired its name from an old Indian name for the area - "Idalwilde" - or peaceful and savage."
http://www.queenspress.com/anniversary2001-jfkairport.htm
It's unclear whether similar names, like Idylwilde, CO or Idyllwilde, CA have a common etiology from a Native American language.
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Since Idlewild Airport was named after the Idlewild Golf Course where did the name Idlewild come from initially?
The Idlewild Golf Course was named after the local Indian name for the area, Idalwild, or peacefull and savage.
How did Idlewild Airport get its name?
Idlewild Airport, now John F. Kennedy International Airport, got its name as construction began in the early 1940s around a sporting complex called the Idlewild Golf Course. When Idlewild Airport opened for operations in 1942, Floyd Bennett Field was deed to the U.S. Navy. Idlewild Field was dedicated as New York International Airport in 1948. Idlewild airport was originally going to be called Alexander A Anderson Airport. However, Fiorella Laguardia wanted it named Idlewild. It is named for the area where the Idlewild golf course was.
What was the name of the airport before it became JFK?
The airport was built on land that originally was Idlewild Beach Golf Club. They named the airport Idlewild. In the movie Goodfellas, when Henry was a low-level mobster he liked to rob Idlewild Airport.
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Construction on Idlewild International Airport (presently John F. Kennedy International Airport) began in 1942. The airport took its name from the Idlewild Golf Course that it replaced. Planning began during the administration of Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia (1882-1947, mayor 1934-45) and called for 1,000 acres of development. After six years of construction, the airport opened on July 1, 1948.
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