I concur. The distance to the airports is one thing. (LGA still got my vote, even from lower Manhattan.) Once you get there, LGA is a micro-mini cute little airport in comparison. Distance and time from curb to gate can be well under a hundred yards. Depending on the terminal, JFK can be exhausting just getting from the curb to the check-in. You probably could fit all of LGA in the area *IN BETWEEN* the 7 or 8 odd terminals at JFK. Matthew On Jun 24, 2004, at 2:42 PM, David W. levine wrote: > At 01:02 PM 6/24/2004, you wrote: >> With B6's announcement that they will start service at LGA, I've begun >> to wonder: >> >> =20 >> >> Is there really that big of a difference between LGA and JFK? From >> Manhattan, how much time does someone save by going to LGA rather than >> JFK? >> >> Clay - SEA >> >> =20 > > Huge. From most of Manhattan, LGA is pretty straighforward, with a > couple of > paths, and some decent ways to duck some of the worst traffic. JFK > either > drags you right past LGA (If you go over the tri-borough bridge) or > drags > you through either > the midtown tunnel or queensboro bridge both of which lead towards the > LIE > (bad news) and almost > all routes lead inexorably towards the southbound Van Wyck expressway, > one > of NY's worst > spots for traffic jams. At peak times, I allow a full extra hour for > JFK > over LGA, and try to > avoid having to arrive/depart from JFK between 8:00 -- 10:00 am and > 4:00-7:00 pm. For LGA, > the AM peak's rarely a problem, as you're going against traffic, and > the PM > peak, while present, > is much less severe. I try to avoid 4:30-5:30 for heading to LGA, but > with > a good limo or taxi > driver, it is still usually possible to make it in an hour. > > Note that this is all mad much worse due to the rotten mass transit > access > to the airports. > Even with the new JFK train, and the EWR train, both a problematic if > you > have any bags > to speak of, and aren't starting near Penn station.The NYC Subways are > amazing, but > bag schelpping friendly, they ain't. > > - David