New York's Airports

Ill throw my opinion in recently flew in and out of JFK and fo rthe transfer to Manhatten we took a SuperShuttle bus and probably took 1hr30mins to Manhatten and 2hrs back the bus transfer companies have a simple and easy service, but the time depends on traffic and which drop off and pick up you are, costs were $17-21.

Thanks for the advice everyone, much appreciated!

I am looking at possibly flying something like London-New York for a couple of days, then New York-Nassau/Tampa/Key West or somewhere like that for about 5 days relaxing. The flights I’ve found were arriving/departing into different NYC airports so I wanted to find out a bit more.

La Guardia is a domestic airport, Newark an JFK are more international orientated. JFK is a bit of a nightmare, personally I much prefer Newark. Connections to Manhattan from all are very good, as they should be. Don’t forget Newark is actually in a different state (New Jersey).

Out of EWR I highly recommend taking the train into Manhattan. You take the AirTrain which runs between the terminals at EWR to the rail station and from there you pick up either an Amtrak or NJ Transit train. That train will take you to the New York Penn Station where you can hop on the subway system. I’ve done the NJ Transit before and it was $14 one way for an adult. Here’s a website that will explain it all here:

http://www.panynj.gov/airtrainnewark/

The thing about taxis is that the price depends greatly on the traffic (and if there are any tunnel tolls you have to pay) which can be pretty bad at times. I’ve had a taxi cost $50 from LGA to Midtown thanks to the afternoon rush. I’ve given up on using LGA to get into NYC and only use EWR now and the train. I hope this helps.

Cheers for that :).

Haven’t been but isnt there now a helicopter service to the dock area Of Manhatten from JFK

Yes. I’m curious how they are doing.

http://www.flyush.com/index.shtml

I’m flying into Newark (west of Manhattan) in February and we’re getting a cab which is about $50 I’m told. La Guardia is to the north-east of Manhattan and is only $20 by cab and JFK (east of Manhattan)is approx $45 by cab. I think all of them have coach services as well and JFK has a train. Newark and JFK are approx the same distance away – 15 miles.

Out of EWR I highly recommend taking the train into Manhattan. You take the AirTrain which runs between the terminals at EWR to the rail station and from there you pick up either an Amtrak or NJ Transit train. That train will take you to the New York Penn Station where you can hop on the subway system. I’ve done the NJ Transit before and it was $14 one way for an adult. Here’s a website that will explain it all here:

http://www.panynj.gov/airtrainnewark/

The thing about taxis is that the price depends greatly on the traffic (and if there are any tunnel tolls you have to pay) which can be pretty bad at times. I’ve had a taxi cost $50 from LGA to Midtown thanks to the afternoon rush. I’ve given up on using LGA to get into NYC and only use EWR now and the train. I hope this helps.

The following link may help:
http://www.newyorkairports.com/

the wonders of Google Earth – hope this helps –

I’m flying into Newark (west of Manhattan) in February and we’re getting a cab which is about $50 I’m told. La Guardia is to the north-east of Manhattan and is only $20 by cab and JFK (east of Manhattan)is approx $45 by cab. I think all of them have coach services as well and JFK has a train. Newark and JFK are approx the same distance away – 15 miles.

Haven’t been but isnt there now a helicopter service to the dock area Of Manhatten from JFK

LGA is the closest to Manhattan, but we used a taxi to get in, all those years ago, so transport links i can’t help you with sorry Dan!