Airport
FAQ's:
GETTING TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT:
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- Check with your airline at JFK,
EWR or LGA to make sure your flight is operating before
coming to the airport. Do not come to the airport without
confirming your flight.
- Public or private ground transportation
is available to the JFK airport, EWR Airport, LGA airport.
A variety of convenient options are available. Taxis, courtesy
vans, shuttle buses, rental car buses/vans, and other bus
services will continue to provide pick-up and drop-off service
to the terminals as previously.
- If you drive, parking is available.
However, parking availability and measures to control parking
facilities are subject to change at the JFK Airport, EWR
Airport, LGA airport due to heightened security measures.
For more information, please call (800)AIR-RIDE
AT THE AIRPORT:
- Parking is available in most
JFK airport, EWR Airport, LGA airport parking lots.
Vehicles may be subject to search prior to parking.
Please reduce the numbers and types of packages and
equipment in your vehicle to only those necessary for
travel or road safety measures.
- If you are meeting passengers
at the airport, please park in the hourly or metered
lots and meet them on the baggage claim level.
- Do not leave vehicles unattended
at airport terminal curb frontages for any period of
time. If your car is left unattended it will be
towed.
- Report any unattended packages
or baggage anywhere in the airport or on the airplane
to airport security, airline personnel, or Port Authority
Police.
- Never carry anything onboard
the aircraft for another person, especially for someone
you do not know.
CHECKING IN:
- As mandated by the Federal Aviation
Administration, the availability of curbside baggage
check-in is severely restricted and subject to rapid
change. Please check with your AIRLINE to
determine if they are currently offering this service.
- See the Terminal
map for JFK International Airport
- You will be required to have
government issued ID when you check-in for your flight,
such as a valid driver's license or passport. You may
be asked to produce this ID more than once during the
check-in process. Please be prepared to show ID as well
as boarding cards at each stage of the boarding process.
- Only ticketed passengers will
be allowed through security checkpoints. Special arrangements
can be made with your airline for accompanying children
and those needing special assistance to get to the gate.
- If you have an electronic ticket,
you should check with your airline in advance. Within
certain guidelines, the airlines will determine what
ticket documentation (tickets, boarding passes, or reservation
confirmations) their security screeners will allow,
so please check with the airline in advance if you have
an electronic ticket.
SECURITY SCREENING:
- Both carry-on and checked baggage
may be subject to limitations at any time. When you plan
your travel try to minimize the number of pieces and size
of luggage you will be carrying. Check with your airline
prior to departure to determine your best course of action.
- Only ticketed passengers will be
allowed beyond the screening checkpoint. If you have a medical,
parental or other specific, verifiable need to accompany
a ticketed passenger, please check with your airline to
determine how they would like you to proceed.
- For carry-on baggage, please limit
the number and type of electronic equipment you carry with
you. This includes cellular phones, paging devices, laptop
computers, personal listening devices (CD players), electronic
toys and games, etc. The necessity of screening these devices
will create delays in your check-in process. Whenever
possible you should place these items in your checked baggage.
- Please remove ALL knives,
scissors, and blades of any type or size from your carry-on
baggage. These items should be packed in your checked baggage.
They will not be allowed in the sterile area of the airport
or on board aircraft.
- If you have a medical condition
that requires you to carry a needle and/or syringe on your
person or in your carry on baggage you must also have the
medication that requires such injection on your person.
The medication must be packaged with a pharmaceutical label
or professionally printed label identifying the medication.
- Please avoid carrying bottles of
liquid through the screening checkpoint. The necessity of
screening of these items will increase your check-in processing
time. Please plan to purchase any food items you may wish
to carry on board the aircraft once you have completed the
screening process. Food, gifts and other services are generally
available in the concourses beyond screening. If you have
special dietary needs, please contact your airline to confirm
the services provided on your flight.
Current Airport status, call (718) 244-4444 for JFK, 973-961-6000
for EWR and 718-533-3400 for LGA.
Please keep these tips in mind as you plan your trips and
when you arrive at the airport. Please be patient with the service
agents who are there to assist you, they too are experiencing
changes to the way they conduct their business each day. If
we work together we can make the system safe and effective for
every traveler. If we work together we can make the system safe
and effective for every traveler. |