Car service at John F. Kennedy International (JFK)

Where the chauffeur waits at JFK

John F. Kennedy International (JFK) is New York’s long-haul gateway, with terminals spread around a loop road. Pick-ups are made at Terminal 4 arrivals and Terminal 8 arrivals, and the booking carries 60 minutes of free wait time from touchdown. Book with the flight number rather than a time: the arrival is tracked, so an early landing or a long taxi moves the chauffeur instead of costing you the car. Curbside dwell time is enforced, so the chauffeur meets passengers inside and walks out with them.

Departures from JFK

Cars leave JFK on the Van Wyck Expressway and the Belt Parkway, which is how New York is reached from here. For a departure, the pick-up time is set backwards from the check-in desk rather than from the gate, and a chauffeur who knows which terminal you fly from saves the lap of the loop road that a map does not account for.

The work at JFK

Corporate arrivals and departures make up most of the weekday traffic here — a car held between meetings, a client met at arrivals with a name board, or a straight run to a hotel. Groups arriving on one flight take a Sprinter or a bus so the party stays together and the luggage travels with it.