As a retired controller I am maybe not up to date wih terminology, so this may be a daft question.
An earlier poster says NY has 200 flights a day arriving from over the pond on min fuel, but, if a pilot says he is on "min fuel" what does he/she mean?
In my days it was a requirement to have enough fuel to get to destination, hold for 30 minutes, then fly to a diversion airfield and be able to hold there for 30 minutes there as well.
If flights are arrving at JFK and declaring min fuel then they either have more fuel than they are indicating, so are not really in an emergency situation, or should have diverted earlier. Sometimes one just gets a feeling pilots are declaring min fuel just so they can get to the gate earlier.
It might be useful if everyone was talking about the same thing when talking about min fuel so that the appropriate level of urgency can be applied to the situation.
ps I'm not saying all pilots do this, but I am sure a handful do.