Official Uber / Lyft / taxi · Newburgh / New Windsor local; Manhattan is the leftover ~60-mile cell
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
SWF8.5
Comfort & amenities
20% · Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
HPN6.6
SWF7.5+0.9
Food & retail
15% · Food and retail quality and variety.
HPN6.2
SWF7.2+1.0
Ground access
15% · Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
HPN7.4+0.1
SWF7.3
Reliability
15% · Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
HPN6.8
SWF7.2+0.4
Lounges
10% · Worth-it density and access quality.
HPN2.0
SWF2.0
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
SWF
Allegiant or Breeze leisure hops that will use the official weekday Beacon shuttleMeet-and-greet trips that will use the official first 15 free short-term minutesTravelers who will treat Euro Cafe as a concession, not a club
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
SWF
No ticketed passenger lounge; live Priority Pass newburgh-poughkeepsie/swf does not list SWFOfficial pages print no mapped fountain and no bottle tariffOfficial leftover static HTML leftover-prints a $1 Beacon shuttle versus the live official free clockDo not invent a KSWF slug or merge JFK / LGA / EWR
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One building, four live gates, unpublished TSA hoursNo passenger loungeLandside coffee shop, bar, and airfield-view restaurantFree Wi-Fi; fillers unpublishedPreCheck enrollment by bags; CLEAR+ lanes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Arrive 2 hours early — TSA hours are unpublished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.
SWF
Euro CafeOfficial ADA parking $12 / dayFree SWF WiFiMamava pods at Gate 2 and Gate 4ACES Welcome CenterGlobal Entry on arrival
Official terminal opens 4:00 a.m. ET
Official airlines page leftover-prints the Main Terminal open every day at 4:00 a.m. ET and leftover-prints contact your airline for check-in times.
Do not invent a KSWF page
Passenger IATA is SWF. ICAO KSWF and FAA LID SWF are identifiers, not extra slugs.
Two shops and one cafe
Official dine page leftover-prints Euro Cafe on the second floor and Hudson News landside plus airside.
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.
SWF · Stewart’s one-TSA New Windsor hall is cheap to park and officially opens at 4:00 a.m., but there is no ticketed lounge, food is Euro Cafe plus two Hudson News shops, and Manhattan still means a weekday Beacon shuttle plus Metro-North.
