Pterodactyl or plane? You decide.

See those ripples in your beer stein? Heads up, NYC: there’s a monster fast approaching — and this one ain’t from Montauk.

Emirates‘ A380 superjumbo has already enjoyed its inaugural launch from Dubai about 10 hours ago … good news for all you area airport Ahabs: the White Whale will be touching down today at JFK at approximately 4:45 p.m our time.

If you want to come out and see it, don’t plan on getting very far through Terminal 4 without a ticket and passport. But the 1.2 million pound, 489-passenger colossus can probably be spotted from Philly.