Advantages: Easy access good parking plenty of facilities Disadvantages: Currently undergoing major refurbishment, some delays
...International Airport is one of New York’s major Airports supporting both International and Internal flights. I have used Newark many times, and whilst it is not the greatest of Airports that I have passed through, it is not the worst either. Newark Airport is within the State of New Jersey and is New York’s 2nd largest airport. There are three terminals here, used for inbound and outbound flights, your terminal will depend upon which airline you ... ...the States. Overall, once the new $ 3.8 billion construction, refurbishment and expansion are complete, this will be a very modern Airport.
As you would expect, each terminal has a range of shops, financial facilities, restaurants and restrooms. Right now these too are under refurbishment in some areas. As you would expect you can pick up just about anything from these stores. However, the duty free section for those leaving the USA is not brilliant, ...
jonwhite 17.02.2002
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Advantages: Huge, modern design, central hub Disadvantages: No toilets, seating, water fountains, shops or telephones in baggage transfer area
...As with many things in New York, it seems that only the people who shout the loudest get things done.
We ended up having to spend the night in Newark and got the last available hotel room. What things would have been like had I had to spend the night on the floor in the airport after 7 hours without toilet, water or air conditioning I really don't know! Pregnancy is darned uncomfortable at the best of times without all this. When we finally reached ... ...from Glasgow on Friday), we discovered that our luggage had been sent somewhere else, in fact it was tagged with someone else's baggage label as we discovered when we finally got it back.
The airline, for those of you that are interested, was Continental.
What I can tell you is that if I was an American I would be looking to sue someone. As a Brit I guess I must just cross my legs and warn anyone else likely to arrive at Newark in the near future ...
fallen121 19.08.2001
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Advantages: Pleasant security people, well served from all over USA and UK Disadvantages: Expensive food, Rude staff, Tiny toilets, Badly thought-out smoking area.
...provides a great view of New York as the plane makes it final approach. Coming in from Birmingham (BHX) on the daily Continental Airlines Flight, we struggled to get all our paper work done on time (why they hand it out about 10 minutes before you land I don’t know, we were bored stiff for previous 7 hours – but I digress!)
The paperwork would have to be handed in on arrival to the immigration service and customs. Having left our passports in our ... ...The airport has just installed new signage, and you simply follow the green signs to leave the building. There was a welcome (for me anyway) smoking area down by the pick up area and the arrivals process was completed relatively pain free.
Going home was another matter. We had arrived back at Newark on a Continental flight from Orlando, and had checked our luggage straight through to home and we had a 5 hour lay-over to kill. We had been delayed ...
robert_parnham 16.10.2003
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Advantages: Daily direct flights from UK at reasonable cost Disadvantages: Not much to do with a lot of time to kill
I arrived at Newark airport from Manchester on 5th September this year. No problem there, and made our way into the arrivals lounge. Lounge - sorry I must have used the word kindly. It was a huge hall where we were ordered to stand in long lines until ordered which desk to present our immigration papers and passports. Slick, quick but not over friendly. The second stage was the search, or lack of it - still, quite painless, although the people that ... ...food - couldn't understand the logic there, I honestly thought we were just holiday makers!!
Finally made it into the public area, where we had to dump our luggage trolley, and proceed to make the descent down an escalator with the cases and hand luggage to the carpark area. Not easy if you had children or elderly. Surely a better marked system for lifts could be signposted?
On the way back to the UK, we were told in light of the events of 11th ...
Jhone 09.10.2001
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Advantages: Not as busy as JFK Disadvantages: Currently unorganized and unfriendly
...of the busiest roads in New York. Although Newark is in a busy section of the region, the roads are generally less full and the access is easier.
Newark is generally less busy than JFK, although there are just as many international flights many people prefer to use JFK rather than Newark.
Newark is currently undergoing improvements which make a nightmare to commute to and from. The road infrastructure is completely changing, and the parking lots ... ...in the future, it makes it a nightmare to get in and out of the airport now!
Additionally the interior is changing. Newark is a sprawling unorganized airport that is unfriendly for visitors. It is undergoing a massive overhaul, and while many areas are already seeing a huge improvement, e.g. the food area is much improved and is more like a mall. The improvements will undoubtebly make the airport friendlire, but for know it is a mess.
Saying all ...
Simoncook1 19.03.2001
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Advantages: well, it is New York, I suppose Disadvantages: disorganised and crowded
...As we flew into New York on our first ever visit to the United States we were hoping to god that the place was going to get better but it didn't! Nothing was sign posted, there didn't seem to be anyone around to help and we were stuck in this place for 4 hours with nowhere to go and absolutely nothing to do. For such a major city, I was very unimpressed with the place! I guess as a whole we don't spend that much time at an airport so the fact that ...
traceyhand 12.07.2000
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Advantages: Convenience for NY visitors, excellent public transport links Disadvantages: Lack of facilities
If you are travelling to New York City, it's well worth considering flying into Newark. Despite being located in another state, it's actually closer to the City than either JFK or LaGuardia - just a 20 minute train journey from Penn Station in the heart of midtown. It's also worth bearing in mind that flights into Newark from the UK are in my experience less busy than flights to the other airports.
The terminal links and the link to the train and ... ...in and baggage collection procedures to be very efficient. Security however continues to be shockingly lax, given the measures in place here in the UK, though a police/military presence is highly visible for the concerned traveller.
The only real problem with Newark is the lack of facilities - it's a large and pretty souless building, as airports tend to be, and most of the food/retail outlets are very overpriced; again this is very much the norm. ...
starshapedbrick 29.04.2004
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