It became vacant on October 22, 2008, when JetBlue moved to Terminal 5, and finally demolished in 2011.
Pei, in his design of the Sundrome, used all-glass mullions, unprecedented at the time.
[1] Prior to the construction of the Sundrome, National Airlines used a corrugated metal quonset hut as a terminal located between the eventual location of the Sundrome and Terminal 7 from 1948, when the airline first provided air service from Idlewild Airport, as it was then known.
[2] National Airlines used the Sundrome until its acquisition by Pan American World Airways in 1980.
[7] Despite an effort by preservationists to protect the building,[8] demolition of the entire terminal was completed as planned in October 2011.