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Formerly "Idlewild", The John F. Kennedy International Airport, or "JFK", is located fifteen miles from midtown Manhattan, in southeastern Queens, at the southern end of the Van Wyck Expressway. Over 29 million passengers pass through JFK annually.
Taxis (flat rate $45 plus tolls, as of May 2004) aren't your only option to get to Manhattan from JFK, you may want to check out the :
-AirTrain JFK to Manhattan (via connection with NYC subway)
-New York Airport Service Express Bus to Midtown Manhattan/West Side
-SuperShuttle Manhattan to anywhere in Manhattan between Battery Park and 227th, including all hotels
-Q10 and Q3 buslines connecting to MTA subway trains
-Private Car/Limousine/Van Services
Details on all of the above transportation options are too numerous to list here, but are clearly presented on the official JFK website - see below. Here you will also find all information on getting to Queens, Brooklyn, The Bronx, or Staten Island from JFK. Leave a Comment
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JFK is where most international travelers and a decent share of domestic ones will arrive.
It is a multi-terminal airport with the airtrain linking the nine of them in six stops. Terminals two and three, five and six and also eight and nine are shared stops.
The major international terminals are one and four although international flights leave from nearly all. Depending upon airline of course. Leave a Comment
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My least favorite of the airports serving this great city.
I do find myself here more often than not though as i like the schedule to oakland at 615am via denver.
A smallish 4 or so terminal airport it is very easy to access. You can take the M60 bus from 125th street or the Airporter bus lines from places like GCT and the Port Authority.
Mostly domestic here but not strictly. Leave a Comment
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This is to me what an airport should be. It is connected to the North East Corridor Amtrak and NJT trains. There is fast efficient monorail between the parking areas, the train station, and all the terminals. Only three here now but I have heard of plans to expand.
There are also bus services to the city if the airtrain is too expensive for you. I believe last time i took it it was $11.75 each way.
A full array of Int'l and domestic flights leave and arrive here. Leave a Comment
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I feel this needs to be put out where all can see it. It is NOT an easy thing to connect between NYC airports. Depending on traffic you can take 3 hours between any of them or more.
If you must connect between airports here make sure you have a stop over so you dont have to rush and worry and most likely miss your flight anyway. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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We flew from Heathrow to Newark on Virgin Airlines.
We usually fly with them on international flights and can get decent discounts sometimes.
The flight was not too long, about half of that to South Africa. The crew were friendly and did not run out of food (as had happened to us previously!).
There was one downside to the flight, and this was due to the irritating people sitting in front of us.
A family of 4 from Germany were demanding of the crew, got up and down all the time, had their seats down at all times, and were generally painful. They complained about their seats and ended up getting better seats, so that the 2 left in front of us could lie down!
Besides them the flight was good though. Crew were friendly and personable.
I know a few people who literally go from London to New York for the weekend to go shopping, and I personally think this is a bit much, but they are happy to do it. Leave a Comment
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Fredericton, New Brunswick finally got a direct route to the USA in August, 2003. Instead of flying via Montreal or Toronto, we now can choose one of two daily Delta jet aircraft flights direct to Boston where there are hourly shuttle flights onward to NYC. Here, at the end of my trip, I took a shot out of the aircraft window as we were lined up for take-off from La Guardia in NYC on the homeward leg.
UPDATE: Well, it was nice while it lasted! Due to Delta Airline's on-going financial problems, the direct link to Boston was cancelled in 2007. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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New York is North Americs'a gateway and there are cheap air fares almost year-round from Europe. London and Amsterdam are great places to fly from, just walk into any regular travel agency and enquire there. Or visit some travel websites like Expedia or Travelocity. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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The John Kennedy airport is the international airport of NY, located 20km away from Manhattan in Queens. There are also two smaller airports in NY, Newark Liberty and La Guardia. I used DELTA airlines flying direct from Greece (10h trip) but of course there are international flights to/from everywhere in the world.
From the airport to Manhattan:
The fastest way (or when you are REALLY tired) is by taxi, about 45 minutes. Yellow cabs charge a flat fee to Manhattan of $45, but with toll and tip it is about $55. The Super Shuttle charges around $23 + tip, but each person pays, which means it is worthwhile if there is only one person travelling. Also, time varies on where other people in the van are going. The cheapest way is by subway. From JFK there is the air-train that connects to the A-Subway at Howard Beach Station ($5).
The Air-train goes circuly around all the terminals and it’s for free between the terminals. There are 9 terminals though so on your way back to the airport check out which is your terminal so you don’t loose time. Here’s a list of aircompanies and the terminal they use:
Terminal 1: Aeroflot, AeroMexico, Air China, Air France, Alitalia, Austrian, Cayman Airways, China, Japan, Korean, Lufthansa, Olympic, Royal Air Maroc, Saudi Arabia, Turkish
Terminal 2/3:Delta, Us Helicopter
Terminal 4:Aer Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aerosvit Ukranian, Air India, Air Jamaica, Air Tahiti Nui, Asiana, Avianca, Caribbean, Continental, Constelation, Copa, Czech, Israir, JetBlue, Klm, Kuwait, Lacsa, Lan, Lot Polish, Ltu, Miami, North American, Northwest, Pakistan, Royal Jordanian, Singapore, South African, Sun Country, Swiss Int’l, Taca, Tam, Thai, Travelspan, Uzbekistan, Virgin, World, Zoom
Terminal 6:JetBlue
Terminal 7: Air Canada, Ana, British, Cathay Pacific, Iberia, Icelandair, L’avion, Open Skies, Qantas, United, Us Airways
Terminal 8:American, Jet Airways, Finnair, Malev, Mexicana
You can find Baggage storage at terminal 1 or 4, chapels at terminal 4 and travelers aid at terminal 6 Theme: Airplane
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16 miles from Manhattan sits the Newark Airport, one of three major international airports serving NYC. Newark has to be one of the worst airports I have used for numerous reasons. One, it is so congested with air traffic delays are inevitable--about 20% of all flights are late (most of these due to weather). Two, it is built in the middle of a mess of major highways, so automobile traffic is insane when getting in or out... and good luck returning your rental car in this mess! Three, it is a major hub of Continental Airlines, one of my least favorite air carriers in the world.
According to AvoidDelays.com, Newark is the #2 worst airport in the nation for most delayed arrivals and #5 worst for most delayed departures.
- Percentage of total flights that are delayed arriving into Newark for December 2005 41.8%
- Percentage of total flights that are delayed departing from Newark for December 2005 31.8%
Afternoons and evenings are the worst with peak delays from 7:00 - 7:59 PM when 62.7% of flights have delayed arrivals.
As an alternative, I have flown to Philadelphia and driven to the northern NJ area on occasion. Leave a Comment
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