Beauty on 5th Duty Free
Hours
5:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Finding it
Beauty on 5th Duty Free is in The Great Hall in Terminal 8 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- 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
Beauty on 5th Duty Free opens at 5am and closes at 12am. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical JFK checkpoint queue at 28 minutes around 5am.
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
This one sits in the Great Hall rather than tucked behind a checkpoint, so it catches passengers still moving through the open retail stretch of Terminal 8's Level 3. Running 5:00 AM to midnight, it covers both the first wave of morning departures and the last inbound arrivals of the night. Duty free is the only feature marked, distinguishing it from the fashion houses around it: BOSS, Breitling and Lacoste occupy the same Great Hall floor but sell apparel and watches rather than beauty product. Anyone landing near midnight will find this one of the last things still lit here.
What to expect
- Duty free
Other options in Terminal 8
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- Beauty on 5th Duty Free, Terminal 8 - John F. Kennedy International Airport — John F. Kennedy International Airport, checked 2026-09-10
- Where To Shop - JFK Airport — JFK Airport, checked 2026-09-10
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.