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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can you help me for a trasfert from JFK to manhattan????

My daughter will arrive to NY JFK by DL 8742 from Prague.
Will she arrive to T4?
And how she can reach another terminal ( T3?) to depart to Columbus , Ohio and what gate?
thanks in advance ,
Dana

Prodejce letenek by vam mel poskytnout presny itinerar, kde by mela byt uvedena gate pro let do Ohia. Event. se muzete pripojit na www.checkmytrip.com. Pokud letite s Deltou, muzete si informace o letu najit hned na uvodni strance www.delta.com (vlevo dole "Flight Status"). Tam staci zadat c. letu nebo trasu. V New Yorku se presune z terminalu 4 letistnim autobeusem (shuttle) - viz odkaz:
http://www.delta.com/traveling_checkin/airport_information/airport_maps/newyork_jfk.jsp

Would it be faster for me (timewise) to take the Howard Beach route vs Jamaica Station route to get to JFK? It looks like there are alot of subway stops that snake around on the Howard Beach route? Are there any stops on the AirTran that I can't see on the map? And how long should I plan during mid-week around 5pm?

It's faster taking the Jamaica route. I planned the trip on trip planner from mta.info from times square to jfk and it's about 15 min faster taking the E

I am travelling with a sports team from Sydney. We need to get from JFK to as close to Oxford Connecticut as possible. Which route should we take?

Thanks

Hi. I would like to know how much time does it take to get from Terminal 1 to Terminal 8 by Air train? Thank You in advance

Are you able to take luggage carts onto the AirTran? I am traveling with 2 small children alone and need to connect to another terminal.

Yes - you are able to take a luggage cart onto the AirTrain.

Does the air train operate between JFK and La Guardia airport? if yes, please help me with the directions and cost?

Hi Rafi,I know that the reply is a little late but i just found out how to go from jfk to lga...Hope the info will be helpful.G.Luck

JFK International Airport AirTrain

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.

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

MTA New York City Transit services to LaGuardia and Kennedy Airports(http://mta.info/nyct/service/airport.htm)

KENNEDY AIRPORT
Via the Subway and AirTrain JFK

Howard Beach AirTrain station
The stops at Howard Beach every 5 to 10 minutes during rush hours and every 15 to 20 minutes evenings and weekends. AirTrain stops at Howard Beach every 4 to10 minutes.

Most subway lines connect to the . Just be sure you take the marked "Far Rockaway" or "Rockaway Park", NOT " Lefferts Boulevard". Its about a 12-minute ride from Howard Beach station to the airport. The AirTrain fare is $5 and is in addition to the subway fare. You can pay the AirTrain fare with a Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard.

Jamaica AirTrain station
trains all stop at the Sutphin Boulevard station in Jamaica where you connect to the AirTrain Jamaica station. trains run every 5 to 10 minutes during rush hours and 8 to 12 minutes evenings and weekends. AirTrain travels to the airport from Jamaica every 4 to 10 minutes. The AirTrain ride to the airport takes about 12 minutes. The AirTrain fare is $5 and is in addition to the subway fare. You can pay the AirTrain fare with a Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard.

At Long Island Rail Road Jamaica station (LIRR)
You can connect to AirTrain at the LIRR Jamaica station.

no. they are not even close together!

I also need to get from JKF to Laguardi airport. Are there shuttle buses available.
How much do you think it will cost and how long do you think it will take.

'I was robbed at JFK'
First of all, I'm an asian guy from Korea. I arrived at JFK on June 28. After I passed the immigration, I was looking at tha map on the wall to find the way to the Air Train at terminal 8.

At that moment one of the guys(2~3) who were wearing kind of uniforms so looked like staffs of JFK came to me and asked me where to go, so I said that I want to take a Air Train to go to Jamaican Station. Then he kindly guided me through the way to the Air Train station.

the guys are black i remember.

After a while, we reached around the Air Train station and I started looking at the map on the wall again. but he kindly hurried me into passing out some gate saying I should wait a vehicle there to take the Air Train to go to Jamaican St. He pointed the spot to wait for the vehicle.

When I got there, there was one fat guy waiting for something. (mixed asian?) He started talking to me and we got to talk each other. "Where are you from?", "What do you do?"...etc.

And then some van, not a taxi, reached to us, and the drivers got out of the van and carried on my luggage to the trunk, we got on the van and he start to drive the van. the driver was black man, he was pretending he was disabled.

I was thinking that this van was going to nearby Air train station or JFK offered this van service instead of Air Train for same fee because I was new to here and some staff looking guy guided me to here after knowing that I was looking for Air Train.

I did not realize somethings go wrong until the driver kept driving the van so far away and another visitor kept talking to me bla bla bla taking away my attention so I can't think of others.
I kept asking "Where is the Air Train Station?", "How long do I have to go more to reach the Air Train station?", "Is this way to the Air Train station, right?", "I know the Air Train fee is 5 dollars, I would pay only 5 dollars when I ride off, ok?"
Actually my english is not that good but It can not be possible that they don't understand me. I don't think so.

After all, as I worried about, we reached to Jmaican Station directly and the drivers asked for $197!!!!!
I kept saying that that didn't make sense and I told the JFK staff that I wanted to take the Air Train so he take me to this van, and I told you I was going to Air Train Station and I would pay you only $5.

He said "This is not a train, this is a van, it's necessarily much more expensive than train."
I said "I will call to JFK right now". but my phone was out of area.

I asked another visitor like "Will you pay this fee?, Did you know that you should pay $197?" He said he didn't know but unwillingly he would pay.

I already became aware of the fact that they are a team-swindler or robber.

He said that he thought that JFK and I made a miscomunication so he would call to JFK to check out what was going on. then he called to somewhere and pretended to talk to someone.

The conversation was like below:
2 visitors are in his van and he took them to Jamaican Station by driving, but one visitor who looked like student kept saying he couldn't pay the fee, There would be some miscommunication between the visitor and JFK...

After hanging up, he told me that JFK said that I could pay $150 for student discount rate.
Actually I knew that they were swindlers but I was afraid of them because they could have a guns so I paied two &100 notes expecting $50 of refund.

but the driver showed me back one $100 note and one $10 note and asked for $40 more.
I was aware of that He changed my $100 note to $10 note but i was scared.
at the moment another visitor biside me gave me $40 saying he would help me.

I paied the $40 and took off the van.
The driver unloaded my luggages kindly and said bye, and left.

HOW CAN I GET MY MONEY BACK AND MAKE THEM GO TO JAIL?
ANYBODY HELP ME PLEASE.

Hi,

I feel bad for what happened to you at the airport!! You should seriously contact the airport authorities as soon as possible, or if you are still in nyc, go to a police station and tell them what happened!! Don't waste any more time if you haven't already done something.

Here is some information I found for you, hope it helps!!!

Safety and Security Contact Information

Port Authority Police Department 201-239-3500

To Report Suspicious Activity ONLY: 1-800-828-7273

These numbers are for police matters ONLY. For all other inquiries regarding Port Authority facilities and services, employment, vendor inquiries, call 212 435 7000 for additional information.

GOOD LUCK!!!

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