JFK AirTrain - Howard Beach
Airport Tram Station
Jamaica, Queens
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Ula L.June 13, 2012Monthly AirTrain passes available for $40 if you need to take it everyday. And 10 rides for $25. So if you need to take it often, it's more cost efficient than paying $5 every time!Upvote21Downvote- QuinteinDecember 16, 2018Buy a $1 metrocard if you don't have one. Load with AirTran and Metro fare ($5+$2.75). If you're new to NYC, be sure to use the Citymapper app to calculate the best routes and costs through the city.Upvote16Downvote
AmmaroNovember 2, 2013If you use the air train a lot, get yourself a $25 card, good for 10 rides, instead of $5 each timeUpvote21Downvote
Gahlord DewaldJanuary 13, 2013Here's what you do: get an AirTran card before you go through the turnstile ($5 when I left this tip). Then _on the other side_ of of the turnstile get a regular metro card for use in the city.
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JohnAugust 9, 2012You most likely will need to use the restroom after taking the A train all the way from Manhattan to here. Bathrooms are clean and locked but asking red jacket attendant will give you access.Upvote3Downvote
Martin GorrochateguiMarch 7, 2012Be prepared to spend at least 30 minutes to get to your terminal. The inside track goes Clockwise, the outer track counterclockwise.Upvote4Downvote
There are two separate gates. One is airtrain only and one is both subway and airtrain. It will charge both fares. Be aware.Upvote2Downvote
Cole KennedyAugust 11, 2015Paying for an AirTrain ticket is the biggest unavoidable ripoff in the world. Let me use my MetroCard!Upvote1Downvote
Travis StathamAugust 16, 2018Awesome to take the subway to the airport or back. Make sure you get on Howard Beach and not Jamaica bound.UpvoteDownvote
Easiest way to jfk is the A train to Howard Beach skytrain. Never worry about traffic through the tunnels.Upvote1Downvote
You can wait for the manhattan bound a train from inside the station. Just watch from the windows upstairs before heading down.Upvote7Downvote
Michael HoldsworthJune 26, 2016Aside from the extra cost on top of the MetroCard, it was a decent and convenient ride.UpvoteDownvote
Dylan PhilbrickNovember 29, 2014Very efficient and cheap method of getting to the airportUpvote1Downvote
AirTrain is such a ripoff, used to have free shuttles to and from the A trainUpvoteDownvote
PatrickAugust 12, 2013I'm no cheapo but $5 is dumb. Every other airport has an airport shuttle system for free. Nickel dime, nickel dime.Upvote6Downvote
$5 dollars to ride the airtran into the airport from here is a ridiculous! Traveling witrh someone else? spend another 5, and catch a cab from here..faster and worth the moneyUpvote2Downvote
30-day passes are a big saver. $25 for 10 rides or $40 for unlimited.UpvoteDownvote
Ride in the front of the train and pretend you're driving!
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Cemre GüngörJune 5, 2012PROTIP: 10-pack airtrain cards for half the price ($2.5) from the machineUpvote8Downvote
- Cemre GüngörJune 5, 2012You can buy 10-pack airtrain cards from the machine for half the price ($2.5)!Upvote1Downvote
Madhav GhantaApril 16, 2012People, u don't need to buy a airtrain metro card. Just buy a new metro card or refill your existing one to $10+, then u dont need to repayUpvoteDownvote
Dianne MAugust 13, 2013While you're waiting to meet someone coming from JFK, see if you can spot all 31 security cameras!Upvote1Downvote
Cheap way to get to jfk take the letter A train says to jfk howard beach then $5 bucks to get onto the airtrainUpvote1Downvote
Brad WillardNovember 27, 2019Actually nice. Wish the rest of the subway looked like this.UpvoteDownvote- Lar Van Der JagtOctober 3, 2011If you have an unlimited metro card use a 5$ card to exit station then enter subway with the unlimited card.UpvoteDownvote
Maria CarolinaApril 5, 2012DONT Buy the $5 card before being sure that t AirTran is actually working...UpvoteDownvote
Nik NadolskiOctober 16, 2013Another waste of a dollar... Wish I would have known I could have just "refilled" my unlimited metro card.UpvoteDownvote- Glynn MontemayorMarch 27, 2012Unlimited Metro cards don't work. You need to buy a $5 AirTrain ticket.Upvote2Downvote
DanMarch 16, 2012Embarrassingly inefficient -- a world-class place like NYC deserves better.Upvote3Downvote
Melissa HolmesJune 19, 2011Wish you didn't have to pay $5 each way if you already have a monthly metro card...Upvote13Downvote
Never take the subway to JFK - completely unreliable. Only take it leaving JFK.Upvote3Downvote
ShaftJuly 20, 20115$ for boarding???? Really?? I assume they paid off the bonds for this at these pricesUpvote1Downvote
Jacob RosenbergApril 22, 2015Slow. Expensive. But by NY standards it's not bad. Poor, poor NY airports.UpvoteDownvote
Cortland WoodFebruary 6, 2012Its only five dollars and its freakin convenient. Suck it up.Upvote8Downvote- Nathen McVittieSeptember 28, 2011$5 fee, even if you have an unlimited MetroCard is nothing short of a scam.Upvote7Downvote
BrittniJuly 18, 2013If you're a tourist save yourself the hassle and get a cab/rental. I would only recommend the AirTrain/NYC subway to someone who is familiar with itUpvote1Downvote1
$5 to JFK! Not for last minute commutes.Upvote1Downvote
If you have to take this your better of walking smh this is the worst money spentUpvoteDownvote
Carlos SanchezMay 31, 2013Like NYC needs any more of my money, they just scammed me out five dollars. I thought unlimited cards covered NY metro?Upvote1Downvote1
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JFK AirTrain - Howard Beach
158-99 103rd St (at 159th Ave)
Queens, NY 11414
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Queens, NY 11414
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