Spending a night in an airport terminal is now more comfortable thanks to the first on-site, full-service hotel operated out of the TWA Terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Scheduled to open in late 2018 or early 2019, the TWA Flight Center Hotel will feature two new hotel towers with 505 guestrooms and new glass curtain walls to help shield rooms from airport noise. The space-age, Eero Saarinen-designed TWA terminal building originally opened in 1962.

The historic terminal building, vacant for more than 15 years, will be revamped into a lobby with eight food and beverage outlets, a nightclub — in the former Constellation Club Lounge space — and numerous other facilities. The hotel will retain the building’s original design elements with the notable signature red carpet found throughout the terminal.

Plans call for a restaurant and bar to be built inside the main body of a restored Lockheed Super Constellation. This four-engine passenger aircraft was the backbone of the TWA fleet during the 1950s and 1960s. The LEED-certified hotel will have 3,700 square meters of meeting space and a 10,000-square-foot public observation deck. Room rates begin at $250 per night.

MCR Development leads the privately funded redevelopment. Plans also include an innovative museum showcasing New York as the birthplace of the Jet Age, the storied history of Trans World Airlines and the Midcentury Modern design movement.