JFK International Airport AirTrain

AirTrain JFK is the train service that operates between JFK
International Airport, Long Island Rail Road trains and New York City Subway.
It also serves as an on-airport service connecting the airline terminals, rental
car facilities, hotel shuttles, and airport parking lots.

Air Train JFK has
3 routes:

  • Howard Beach route

The Howard Beach route ends at the Howard Beach-JFK subway station. It stops
at Lefferts Boulevard (connecting transit services - B15 bus) for shuttle buses
to long term parking lots A and B and to airport employee parking.

Connecting transit services: A subway train, Q11 bus

  • Jamaica Station route

The Jamaica route ends at Jamaica Station on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR)
next to the Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue-JFK subway station (to Brooklyn
and Manhattan or Queens).

Connecting transit services: E, J and Z subway
trains, Q6, Q8, Q9, Q20A, Q20B, Q25/Q34, Q30, Q31, Q40, Q43, Q44, Q60  and
Q65 buses

Both routes make a counterclockwise loop through the airport and stop at each
terminal.

  • Airline Terminal route

The Airline Terminal route connects 6 terminal stations (Terminal 1, 2-3,
4, 5-6, 7 and 8-9). Route operates in the opposite direction, making a clockwise
loop.
All JFK AirTrain stations are wheelchair accessible. Howard Beach subway and
Jamaica Long Island Railroad stations are wheelchair accessible too.

JFK
AirTrain Fare Information

  • Fare of 5$ at Howard Beach or Jamaica Station
  • Rides between all other JFK AirTrain stations are free

Comments

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AirTrains question: Can I get on any one of them if I am just going from terminal 3 to terminal 4. I don't want to do the "all terminal" loop, clockwise, if I don't have to. Are they all free at that point? Can I just get on one of them at terminal 3 and get off at terminal 4?

have to do full loop as it goes in reverse

Is this train 24 hour running?
Thnks.

Hello,

I will arrive in JFK on wednesday and I plann to join the 59th station (green line).
Is the subway far from the airport ? How does it work?

Thanks for your help.

i heard thar there are 4 station in nyc.
where ???????????????????????????????
actually i'm going to nyc ( port authority )
this saturday, so where can i take this airtrain????
plz..

How can I travel from Journal Square‎ Station in Jersey City, NJ to JFK airport by using train / public transport ?

PATH to 33rd. Walk a block to Penn Station. Take LIRR to Jamaica. Take Ait Train from Jamaica to JFK.

Help me, please. I will arrive 2 Feb. How I can reach from Terminal 1 JFK subway. I must go to Trenton. How?
Thank you

Take the Airtrain "jamaica station" route train at your terminal be careful, there other route trains. Its $5.00USD must buy a "pay per ride" metrocard. Then catch any Long Island Railroad train into Penn Station were you catch your other train on NJTransit train called the NorthEast Corridor(NEC) to Trenton. Go to NJTransit.com for schedule and fares. Good luck!

Take the Airtrain to Jamaica -> take the Manhattan bound E train to 34 st Penn Station. Take a NJ Transit to Trenton (don't forget to buy a ticket at the station).

How do I get from JFK to Times Square

i saw on someone's site a tip that said i could take the long term parking shuttle to lefferts blvd (for FREE) and then get on the regular $2 subway to nyc (ie port authority)

is this true? is it a way to avoid air train's $5 price?

Yep, that's correct. You get the long term parking shuttle and then the subway . It costs just $2 that way.

What about from the LTP to the terminals, can the shuttle be taken that way as well?

I don't think that's possible. I think you have to pay the $5 Airtrain fee to get across the fence from airport property into the Howard Beach subway station, even if you didn't take Airtrain.

You can, however, take a transit bus to a different subway station, and you get a free transfer to the subway if you pay with a Metrocard (probably available at newsstands in the airport).

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