layover in new york city jfk to lga change of airport

If the incoming flight was seriously delayed, that could have affected as well. But, bags could have been delayed, I could have got messy traffic and a 2 hour trip, and still arrived 2 hour before departure. I checked traffic on google a couple of times before, and travel time was usually showing 30-45 minutes. I think the taxi ride was early afternoon, so that helped we weren't fighting rush hour traffic.Ĭould anything have gone wrong? Sure. From deplaning at LaGuardia to arrival at JFK was about an hour, so we had three and a half hours to kill at JFK before our flight out.

I considered the bus, but worried about delayed departure, so just took a taxi. The bags were waiting when we arrived at baggage. I stressed some as well, but it couldn't have been easier. We did this transfer last April, except on our outbound, flying to Greece, via Heathrow. I’m also wondering what would happen if there is traffic or another problem on the inter airport transfer such that I miss the second flight. I assume I will have to collect my bags at LaGuardia and take them along? Then recheck at JFK? I haven’t explored the options of public transport or perhaps a shuttle.Īnyone have any experiences or disaster stories with an itinerary such as this?

It looks like we can take an Uber for about 50 bucks and 30 minutes. We would land in LaGuardia and then transfer by land to JFK. My best option on the way back, considering price and time, is a flight through New York City which includes an airport change. I’m looking at one flight stops to Europe (Nice, France) for the fall.

Layover in new york city jfk to lga change of airport