ISP Long Island Airport

I have a chance to buy rt tickets from Portland to ISP for $99 each way. I%26#39;m thinking about booking for February in hopes of seeing snow. How far is this airport and what are the transportation options from that airport to Manhattan? I can get Radio City Apts for $115 a night! Sounds like I can%26#39;t pass it up.

ISP Long Island Airport

The airport is about sixty miles east of Manhattan, and transportation is not convenient. A taxi will cost about $100 to the city -- the alternative is to take a cab to Ronkonkoma train station and then the long train ride in.

ISP Long Island Airport

Thanks GWB. I haven%26#39;t booked it. Sounds like too much trouble for the savings that would just be spent on transportation. I appreciate your help. Sounded good, though.

It%26#39;s not ideal but at those prices, it%26#39;s not so terrible as long as you arrive at ISP at a decent hour . You take a shuttle or taxi to the train station and then a Long Island Railroad commuter train to Penn station. Here%26#39;s a link to the train schedule. The train trip takes about an hour but you will have to change trains.

www.mta.nyc.ny.us/lirr/html/ttn/ronkonko.htm

Occasionally you will be able to find someone else onboard who may want to share the cost of a car service/taxi.

They try to catch you with the $99 each way, but I found Delta fares of $234 to LGA. I think the extra $34 per person would be money well spent.

I agree, $34 for the convenience of LGA is terrific !

Judy, since there is no guarantee of seeing snow when you come to New York, why not just drive up to Mt. Hood any time you want and see snow? I%26#39;m not being facetious - that way you can enjoy as much or as little as you want, and come to New York when the weather is comfortable for all the walking you will be doing.

I%26#39;m sorry, Warmwinds. I didn%26#39;t see until now that anyone else had responded. That is a good question. Mt Hood is beautiful, but it%26#39;s a two hour drive up a mountain to get there from here. If I had a four wheel drive I might try it. As it is you can%26#39;t even get there most of the time without chains. Also, we have snow so rarely here that nobody knows how to drive in it. Therefore there are accidents everywhere. It%26#39;s just not worth the trouble getting there, not to mention the expense. If I were a skiier I would probably figure out an easier way, but if you don%26#39;t ski there isn%26#39;t anything else to do up there.

Does that make sense?

Judy, I completely agree with you that I hate to drive in the snow - it%26#39;s pretty to look at, and if you%26#39;re a kid fun to play in, but I hate slip-sliding around and all the negatives of driving, shoveling, the cold, etc. But since you wanted to see snow, I just felt you were GUARANTEED snow if you went up to Mt. Hood, whereas if you planned a trip to New York looking for it it may or may not be there.