[12] The opening was planned to include a helicopter landing on the terminal's roof by Arthur Godfrey, upon which the broadcaster was to be presented with a scroll for "his contribution to the progress of aviation."

[13] The ground floor of the terminal contained a two-story passenger concourse and waiting room lined by airline ticket counters and was accessible by entrances on West 42nd Street and Tenth Avenue.

Luggage conveyors located behind the ticket counters were used to transport checked baggage to a dispatching room at the southwest corner of the building.

[16] Bus operations by Carey Transportation, Inc. were accommodated on street level at the south side of the building, which had a 400-foot-long (120 m) covered platform for passenger loading and unloading.

Buses traveling from Newark Airport would exit the Lincoln Tunnel via northbound Dyer Avenue and turn left onto West 41st Street to drop off and pick up passengers along the south side of the terminal.

[16] The parcel of land that had been acquired by the Port Authority of New York allowed bus loading and unloading operations to occur off-street.

[6] Seven airlines began operating at the terminal on opening day: Allegheny, American, Eastern, Mohawk, National, United, and Trans World.

[23] Although bus service between the West Side Airlines Terminal and Newark Airport had ended, the building was not closed since it had other non-airline tenants, which included office space, a rental car agency, a restaurant, and a record shop.

[26] The terminal became vacant shortly before Hudson Yards was rezoned, was sold to developer Stephen M. Ross of The Related Companies in 2004, and was subsequently demolished and redeveloped with a 63-story mixed-use building named MiMA that was completed in 2011.