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Newark Liberty International Airport opened in 1928.

Flushing Airport opened in 1927, quickly becoming the city's busiest airport it closed in 1984. While other localities had municipal airports, New York City itself had a multitude of private airfields, and thus did not see the need for a municipal airport until the late 1920s. Teterboro Airport is the oldest operating airport in the New York metropolitan area. In addition to JFK, EWR, and LGA, there are satellite or reliever airports in the metro area which provide additional commercial air carrier service, albeit on a much smaller scale, as well as numerous general aviation airports, heliports, and seaplane bases. The metro area airports also ranked low in 2017 consumer surveys. It rated Terminal 5 at JFK as the best in the U.S.

In 2012, travel guide Frommer's rated three terminals in the region as the worst in the world: JFK Terminal 3, Newark Terminal B and LGA's US Airways terminal. Despite caps placed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) limiting the number of flights per hour, they rank among the top five in the United States for delays. The class B airspace used by the three airports is extremely congested. JFK and Newark are connected to regional rail systems by AirTrain JFK and AirTrain Newark respectively. The International Air Transport Association airport code (IATA code) "NYC" is reserved to refer to these three airports. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and LaGuardia Airport (LGA), which have been operated by the Port Authority since 1947. The metro area is served by three major airports, John F. The number increased to 117 million in 2014. In 2011, more than 104 million passengers used the airports under the auspices of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ).

It is also the most frequently used port of entry and departure for international flights. The New York metropolitan area has the busiest airport system in the United States and the second busiest in the world after London. JFK is the largest entry point for international arrivals to the United States. An Air India Boeing 747-400 arrives at JFK, with El Al Israel and Swiss International jets at Terminal 4 in 2004.