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I'm playing about with a possible scenario for a future trip, where we'd be flying up to New York and we can pick which airport to fly into, as there are direct flights from elsewhere in the US (so immigration/customs is not a concern for us) into La Guardia, JFK or Newark. We'd then be heading into Manhattan.
If you had the choice of those three airports, which one would you choose as the easiest to get through and get into Manhattan?
Just asked DH Drew, a native New Yorker, who said LaGuardia. Fairly small with several means of getting to Mangattan.
JFK is not terrible except it's notorious for construction somewhere all the time, and frankly, I find it a crazymaker.
Drew says, "Forget it" about Newark. Hard to get into and out of, plus you have to pay to get out of New Jersey. Seriously! New Jersey is the the only state that makes you pay to leave it!
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Just asked DH Drew, a native New Yorker, who said LaGuardia. Fairly small with several means of getting to Mangattan.
JFK is not terrible except it's notorious for construction somewhere all the time, and frankly, I find it a crazymaker.
Drew says, "Forget it" about Newark. Hard to get into and out of, plus you have to pay to get out of New Jersey. Seriously! New Jersey is the the only state that makes you pay to leave it!
Oh my goodness - I never knew that, so that's good information.
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Truthfully, NJ isn't a terrible place. My FIL has a lovely condo near Princeton.
It's something of a joke among New Yorkers--"Jersey, the state you have to pay to get out of!"
Probably a pretty smart politician figured out that a lot of money could be made by charging all those NY workers who live less expensively in Jersey. "Oh, yeah? Think you wanna live here and work over there? We'll show youse."
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We fly in/out of LaGuardia and JFK regularly and prefer LaGuardia for it's proximity.
LaGuardia is about 15-20 minutes closer than JFK and as a result taxi/car prices are anywhere from $10-$25 cheaper (depending on where you're going in Manhattan). It's also a smaller airport and a little bit easier to navigate.
Your best bet is to fly into LaGuardia. All three airports are very busy, but LaGuardia is closest to Manhattan, and the least busy of the three.
Notwithstanding the jokes about New Jersey, there are tolls going into Manhattan no matter which airport you decide to fly into.
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I strongly suggest you avoid Newark. It is known for lots of long delays. I had a change in Newark on a trip cross country. Left MHT (5 hours by car to Newark) for a "quick" flight to Newark. Landed 5 hours after take off. Spent a couple of hours circling over Albany because Newark was backed up and no place to land. Had an anxiety attack I might miss my connection but flying out of Newark is no better. It left about 4.5 hours late. Only thing I missed was a good night's sleep in CA.
I also don't think getting into the city is particularly easy from Newark. My vote would be 1. LaGuardia 2. JFK 3. a smaller local airport (SWA flies into quite a few)
When we cruised out of NYC we flew in and out of La Guardia. Got picked up by the "Pocono Wilderness Lodge" Shuttle (thanks to rescuesue!) and used a shuttle when we flew out for home.
Probably a pretty smart politician figured out that a lot of money could be made by charging all those NY workers who live less expensively in Jersey. "Oh, yeah? Think you wanna live here and work over there? We'll show youse."
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We fly in/out of LaGuardia and JFK regularly and prefer LaGuardia for it's proximity.
LaGuardia is about 15-20 minutes closer than JFK and as a result taxi/car prices are anywhere from $10-$25 cheaper (depending on where you're going in Manhattan). It's also a smaller airport and a little bit easier to navigate.
Works for me!
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Your best bet is to fly into LaGuardia. All three airports are very busy, but LaGuardia is closest to Manhattan, and the least busy of the three.
Notwithstanding the jokes about New Jersey, there are tolls going into Manhattan no matter which airport you decide to fly into.
Good to know - I assume if we take a cab (we might do a car service), the tolls are included in the total price or do we pay the tolls?
I strongly suggest you avoid Newark. It is known for lots of long delays. I had a change in Newark on a trip cross country. Left MHT (5 hours by car to Newark) for a "quick" flight to Newark. Landed 5 hours after take off. Spent a couple of hours circling over Albany because Newark was backed up and no place to land. Had an anxiety attack I might miss my connection but flying out of Newark is no better. It left about 4.5 hours late. Only thing I missed was a good night's sleep in CA.
That's exactly the sort of thing I want to know, so thank you for that.
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I also don't think getting into the city is particularly easy from Newark. My vote would be 1. LaGuardia 2. JFK 3. a smaller local airport (SWA flies into quite a few)
I must admit I haven't checked out Southwest yet... good plan!
When we cruised out of NYC we flew in and out of La Guardia. Got picked up by the "Pocono Wilderness Lodge" Shuttle (thanks to rescuesue!) and used a shuttle when we flew out for home.
Hmmm... not sure that's going to be an option for us. Which shuttle company did you use, just out of interest, and would you recommend them?
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I am sure you know, but Southwest flights are not offered on most general travel sites. You would need to go to Southwest.com. I would also check out Jet Blue. They fly out of JFK. These two are my favorite airlines-good service and decent prices.
A piece of advise is in the US, the later in the day, the later flights tend to be so travel in the morning if you can.
I am sure you know, but Southwest flights are not offered on most general travel sites. You would need to go to Southwest.com. I would also check out Jet Blue. They fly out of JFK. These two are my favorite airlines-good service and decent prices.
I had a look on Southwest's site and sadly they don't seem to have direct flights into La Guardia from Orlando, so it's not an option. I looked at Long Island, but that's way too far out for us...
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A piece of advise is in the US, the later in the day, the later flights tend to be so travel in the morning if you can.
We can't travel until midday, as we'll be coming off a cruise, but trust me, I am looking at flights literally just after that time.
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