JFK T5 - How Crowded in AM?
Nov 9, 2011, 5:58 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2006
Location: nyc
Posts: 297
JFK T5 - How Crowded in AM?
I'm flying JetBlue for the first time tomorrow!
My flight departs at 9:30, and I was wondering what time I should plan to arrive at the airport around. Will 8:30 do?
Thanks in advance!
My flight departs at 9:30, and I was wondering what time I should plan to arrive at the airport around. Will 8:30 do?
Thanks in advance!
Nov 9, 2011, 9:33 am
#2
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: Marriott Plat
Posts: 946
T5 can get very busy in the morning. If you aren't checking bags, I'd give it 1.25 hours (TSA has been understaffed lately). If you want to check something, give it at least an hour and a half and possibly a bit more.
Nov 9, 2011, 6:52 pm
#3
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: nyc
Posts: 297
Nov 12, 2011, 7:06 am
#4
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: halfway between JFK and LGA
Posts: 976
generally, things run pretty smoothly, but the TSA in T5 is just as lazy and inefficient as TSA everywhere and they can be terrible. there are around 18 TSA checkpoints in T5 but even when it is insanely busy i have only ever seen around 6 open. also, they have increased their use of the nude-o-scopes, which slows things down even more.
i wouldn't risk missing my plane. give yourself at least 1:30. T5 has plenty of shops and restaurants to waste the extra 1/2 hour or so in if you end up catching TSA in an unusually efficient day.
i wouldn't risk missing my plane. give yourself at least 1:30. T5 has plenty of shops and restaurants to waste the extra 1/2 hour or so in if you end up catching TSA in an unusually efficient day.