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
ISP8.6+0.1
Comfort & amenities
20% · Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
HPN6.6
ISP7.6+1.0
Food & retail
15% · Food and retail quality and variety.
HPN6.2
ISP7.4+1.2
Ground access
15% · Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
HPN7.4
ISP7.8+0.4
Reliability
15% · Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
HPN6.8
ISP7.2+0.4
Lounges
10% · Worth-it density and access quality.
HPN2.0
ISP2.0
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
ISP
Nassau / Suffolk origin and destination trips that can skip JFK and LGADrivers who will use the $19.84 Long-Term lot across from the terminalLeisure itineraries on Avelo, Breeze, Cape Air, Frontier, JetBlue, or Southwest
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
ISP
TSA leftover close 2100 / after the last scheduled departureNo ticketed-pax lounge and no Priority Pass roomLIRR Ronkonkoma is a TNC/taxi hop from the GTC, not a walk-up platformOfficial dest table is U.S. only
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One building, four live gates, unpublished TSA hoursNo passenger loungeLandside coffee shop, bar, and airfield-view restaurantFree Wi-Fi; fillers unpublishedPreCheck enrollment by bags; CLEAR+ lanes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Arrive 2 hours early — TSA hours are unpublished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.
ISP
Four official bottle fillersDunkin’ + Great American Bagel + Point BlueComplimentary Wi-FiMothers’ Room + pet reliefGround Transportation CenterLong-Term parking across from the door
Official leftover is 2 hours — TSA page prints 0400–2100
Official TSA leftover — arrive 2 hours before scheduled departure. Checkpoint card 0400–2100; phone (631) 580-6748.
One civil hall — A and B after the same screening story
Commercial passengers use one ticketed-pax building. Official leftover Veterans Memorial Concourse with Concourse A / B. Official pages do not print a live gate-to-airline map — read FIDS.
Eat after TSA — Dunkin’ / Great American Bagel print 4 a.m.–8 p.m.
Official dining — Dunkin’ and Great American Bagel 4:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. daily. Point Blue and Nathan’s share the airside story without printed hours.
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.
ISP · ISP is a one-hall Long Island alternative to the city airports — 2-hour leftover, $19.84 Long-Term across from the door, and no ticketed-pax lounge — as long as you treat LIRR as a GTC taxi hop, not a walk-up platform.
