New Fairfield, CT
to ISP Airport.

Summer brings weekend visitors to New Fairfield's lake houses, and we run airport pickups for them too. New Fairfield wraps around the west side of Candlewood Lake and borders New York State on its west side.

First leg: down Route 37 or Route 39 into Danbury and I-84. The rest of the way to Islip: the Merritt and the Hutchinson into the Bronx, the Throgs Neck Bridge and the Long Island Expressway east. Door to door it's about 95 mi, usually 1 hr 48 min – 2 hr 8 min, and the place that decides your timing is the Long Island Expressway.

Islip isn't the nearest airport to New Fairfield — that's HPN, about 55 min away — but it's often the one with the right flight. Enter the address above for the fixed fare from New Fairfield — tolls included.

ISP is small, so 75 minutes at the airport usually covers a domestic flight. From New Fairfield, book the pickup about 3 hr 30 min before departure.

Allow about 90 minutes at MacArthur — and extra on summer Fridays, when the Expressway is slowest. If your flight leaves in the late afternoon, give the Long Island Expressway extra room.

All six airports from New Fairfield, nearest first.

There's no station in town — the nearest is Danbury on the Danbury Branch, so the train trip already starts with a drive. From Danbury, ride the Danbury Branch to Grand Central (changing at South Norwalk), then the LIRR toward Ronkonkoma (usually changing at Jamaica) and a shuttle to the terminal — a long day.

Compare that with a car: one seat, your bags in the trunk, 1 hr 48 min – 2 hr 8 min to the curb. Islip's fares and lines can make the longer drive worth it — and with a car service the extra distance is just more time to sit back.

• The flight number — the car follows any delay
• Number of people and suitcases, so we send the right car
• Car seats, if you're traveling with small children
• The building entrance, if it isn't obvious from the street
• Any extra stop on the way
• The return flight, if you'd like the ride home booked too