Finding it
Pret a Manger is in Gate 44 in Terminal 8 near Gate 44 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 44
- 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
Pret a Manger opens at 3:30am and closes at 10pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical JFK checkpoint queue at 19 minutes around 3am.
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.
About this location
The Terminal 8 Pret a Manger near gate 44 opens at the same 3:30 a.m. as its counterpart near gate 4, but closes half an hour earlier, at 10 p.m. rather than 10:30. It sits closer to the gate-32 cluster of Alidoro, Bagel Boss and BKLYN Blend than to the other Pret, serving as the sandwiches-and-coffee stop for travelers at the higher gate numbers rather than a duplicate of the gate-4 counter. Neir's Tavern, the terminal's latest closer at midnight, is the only nearby option still open once this one shuts.
One of 2 Pret a Manger locations at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
What to expect
- sandwiches
- coffee
Other options in Terminal 8
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- Pret a Manger — JFK Airport — John F. Kennedy International Airport, checked 2026-09-10
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.