NYC friends... question about airports

Weston1283
Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 5,022
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Quick question for anyone who can help...

How difficult is it to transfer to JFK from EWR or LGA?  Which one is easier?  How long should I give myself to transfer?  Transfer would be happing around 8 am on a Thursday.  Thanks!
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,599
    Weston1283 said:
    Quick question for anyone who can help...

    How difficult is it to transfer to JFK from EWR or LGA?  Which one is easier?  How long should I give myself to transfer?  Transfer would be happing around 8 am on a Thursday.  Thanks!
    You want to take a taxi from JFK to Laguardia?  You're nuts.  Figure an hour from landing to get your luggage because JFK is sloooooooooooooooow.

    Then an hour to get to LaGuardia by taxi on a good day.

    Figure 2 hrs minimum.
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,878
    I'm sorry but there isn't a good way.  8am makes it even longer.  90 - 120 mins as quoted above.  Brutal.
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  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    edited March 2018
    https://www.nycairporter.com/ I believe transfers between airports--at least I know it does LGA to JFK transfers. Might have to stop in Manhattan first if transferring to/from EWR.

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,878
    And Newark is further away than LA Guardia.
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,164
    +1 and if the trip includes terminal B at LGA you are even more fucked.  Its a mess at 8am,
  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    edited March 2018
    Ugh. Just... ugh. No. It won't be worth whatever you are saving on airfare. And that time of day, I feel like even two hours is cutting it close.
    If you have checked bags, give yourself another 30 minutes to get those if you are landing in Newark.

    I'm thinking back to a Sunday afternoon a number of years ago now (eight or nine, before Siri, cars with GPS, etc.). My husband went to EWR for a flight to Europe, and he realized when he arrived in the parking lot that his admin, for some reason, had booked him on a flight leaving from JFK, instead (we lived in NJ). I sat on the phone and navigated him via Google Earth to JFK. He missed his flight -- took well over an hour to get there, again, on a Sunday afternoon.
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  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,963
    LGA would be easier but not easy. At least you're going against traffic at that time. You'd probably want 4-5 hours between flights to be safe. Airports eat time.


  • Weston1283
    Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 5,022
    Thanks everyone, will try to avoid it at all costs!
    2010: Cleveland
    2012: Atlanta
    2013: London ONT / Wrigley Field / Pittsburgh / Buffalo / San Diego / Los Angeles I / Los Angeles II
    2014: Cincinnati / St. Louis / Tulsa / Lincoln / Detroit / Denver
    2015: New York City
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale / Miami / Jacksonville / Greenville / Hampton / Columbia / Lexington / Philly II / New York City II / Toronto II / Bonnaroo / Telluride / Fenway I / Wrigley I / Wrigley - II / TOTD - Philadelphia, San Francisco
    2017: Ohana Fest (EV)
    2018: Amsterdam I / Amsterdam II / Seattle I / Seattle II / Boston I / Boston II
    2021: Asbury Park / Ohana Encore 1 / Ohana Encore 2
    2022: Phoenix / LA I / LA II / Quebec City / Ottawa / New York City / Camden / Nashville / St. Louis / Denver
    2023: St. Paul II
    2024: Las Vegas I / Las Vegas II / New York City I / New York City II / Philly I / Philly II / Baltimore
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,143
    No sane person flies into la guardia!! 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......

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