An abandoned JFK airport terminal is being turned into a luxury hotel with a 100-degree infinity pool that's like a large hot tub overlooking the runway

David Mitchell

Rates at the TWA Hotel start at $249 per night.

• The Trans World Airlines Flight Center at JFK International Airport in New York City has sat abandoned for 18 years.
• Now, it's set to reopen as the TWA Hotel with 512 ultra-quiet guest rooms and rates starting at $249 per night.
• The hotel will include six restaurants, high-end shopping, a cocktail lounge inside a vintage airplane, 50,000 square feet of event space, and a rooftop infinity pool and observation deck.
• The hotel opens on May 15, 2019.
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The Trans World Airlines Flight Center at JFK International Airport has been a New York landmark for decades.

Designed by Eero Saarinen and opened in 1962, the iconic structure has sat abandoned since 2001, when TWA went bankrupt.

It was officially declared an NYC Landmark in 1994 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Now, the terminal is set to reopen as a 512-room luxury hotel, complete with six restaurants, high-end retail, a vintage plane transformed into a cocktail lounge, and a rooftop infinity pool and observation deck.

There will also be 50,000 square feet of event space - including a 15,000-square-foot ballroom - and a 10,000-square-foot fitness center.

The TWA Hotel opens on May 15, 2019.

Here's what it looks like.