Uber / Lyft / M7 taxi · 10-20 min to downtown New Haven
Where they are
One map, pinned from each airport’s published coordinates.
Category scores
Overall is the published weighted sum. A highlighted score is ahead; a tie stays plain.
Ease of use
25% · Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
HPN8.5
HVN8.5
Comfort & amenities
20% · Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
HPN6.6
HVN7.2+0.6
Food & retail
15% · Food and retail quality and variety.
HPN6.2
HVN6.8+0.6
Ground access
15% · Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
HPN7.4
HVN7.4
Reliability
15% · Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
HPN6.8
HVN7.4+0.6
Lounges
10% · Worth-it density and access quality.
HPN2.0
HVN2.0
Best for
HPN
Hudson Valley / Fairfield County trips that can skip LGA and JFKjetBlue Florida and San Juan nonstops from a one-building fieldDomestic departures that can follow the official 2-hour clock
HVN
Southern Connecticut departures that would otherwise drive to BDL or LGAAvelo and Breeze nonstops to Florida, the Carolinas, and Puerto RicoTravelers who will reserve parking and skip a lounge plan
Watch out for
HPN
No passenger lounge — do not buy a third-party Escape HPN passAirside food is limited; official copy says eat before TSAGarage is $36.47/day; long-term $20.88 only after 72 hours if booked onlineCLEAR+ lanes were stamped closed; enrollment by bags is not a skip-the-line product
HVN
Lots A–C fill on weekends; Long Wharf leftover skips Tuesday and Wednesday entriesNo passenger lounge; Jabbrrbox leftover is a paid pod at Gate 1Official leftover East Terminal / 6,575-ft runway is not liveLive 13 Sep 2026 leftover cancelled remaining departures for flash flooding
Amenities and tips
HPN
One building, four live gates, unpublished TSA hoursNo passenger loungeLandside coffee shop, bar, and airfield-view restaurantFree Wi-Fi; fillers unpublishedPreCheck enrollment by bags; CLEAR+ lanes closedBee-Line 12 at $3; Metro-North is downtown
Arrive 2 hours early — TSA hours are unpublished
Official homepage and airlines page ask for at least two hours. Official screening pages do not print checkpoint clock hours or a wait tile.
One building, four live gates, 240-pax half-hour cap
Ticketing, TSA, and the holdroom share one 96,000 sq ft terminal. Wikipedia reprint six gates / four at a time matches the Terminal Use Regulations.
Eat before TSA — airside kitchens are limited
Official terminal-services card names a coffee shop, a bar, and a full-service restaurant overlooking the airfield, and warns that not all of that is past security.
HVN
G Café + Grazing Goat$25 Lot C / $17 Long WharfHVN Marketplace 24/7Free Wi-FiJabbrrbox at Gate 1No passenger lounge
Counters open 2 hours out; bags 45 minutes
Official leftover ticket counters open two hours before departure. Checked bags must be tagged 45 minutes out. Boarding leftover starts 35 minutes out and closes 15 minutes out.
Check in in the modular building, then the west hall
Official leftover: all ticketing counters are in the modular building to the left of the Departures entrance. After you check a bag, walk to the security checkpoint for drop-off.
G Café plus Grazing Goat at Gate 1
Official leftover kitchens are G Café Bakery (open for all departing flights) and The Grazing Goat at Gate 1 from 10:00 a.m. to the last departure.
HPN · White Plains put 2,303,474 people through a 96,000 sq ft, four-gate field in 2025: easy when you use the two-hour clock, eat before TSA, tap OMNY on Bee-Line 12, and accept there is still no lounge.
HVN · HVN is a one-hall west-side field three miles from downtown — modular check-in leftover, $25 Lot C / $17 Long Wharf, two U.S. names, and no ticketed-pax lounge — as long as you treat the live Avelo / Breeze page as current and the East Terminal as not open.
