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The T5 Rooftop & Wooftop

Terminal 5•Gate 528•Post-Security

Hours

6:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Get some air before you're up in the air at this post-security outdoor space, complete with places to plug in and a dog walk.

Finding it

The T5 Rooftop & Wooftop is in Gate 528 in Terminal 5 near Gate 528 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 528
Level
3

Terminal 5 has 33 places to eat and 8 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 3:30am.

Hours against the security queue

The T5 Rooftop & Wooftop opens at 6am and closes at 10pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical JFK checkpoint queue at 28 minutes around 6am.

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 on level 3 near gate 528, and it is the only spot in this stretch of Terminal 5 with an open-air deck rather than four walls. BlueHouse, Herschel and InMotion, the other stops around gate 528, are all indoor retail; this is the outdoor break between them, with a pet relief area and charging stations built into the terrace rather than tucked into a corner. It runs 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM, so it covers the terminal's daytime departure banks but not a late red-eye. Terminal 5 has just this one rooftop; there is no second location to compare it against.

What to expect

  • Outdoor space
  • Pet relief area
  • Charging stations

Other options in Terminal 5

All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.

Sources

Official Travel Resources

1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.

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