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Two hours total? I wish I could do as well. When I fly (as infrequently as possible), I have to budget at least 5.5 hours from my front door to boarding the pl
by Sukotto 15y ago
Two hours total? I wish I could do as well.
When I fly (as infrequently as possible), I have to budget at least 5.5 hours from my front door to boarding the plane. Here's my time budget based on 10 years of flying out of New York City from Newark (and occasionally JFK)
|-----------+----------------------------|
| Time (hr) | Activity |
|-----------+----------------------------|
| 1 | Drive to airport |
| 0.5 | Find parking |
| 0.5 | Shuttle to Terminal |
|-----------+----------------------------|
| 2 | ** Sub total ** |
|-----------+----------------------------|
| 1 | Check luggage |
| 1.5 | Security |
| 0.5 | To gate |
| 0.5 | Wait at Gate |
|-----------+----------------------------|
| 3.5 | ** Sub total ** |
|-----------+----------------------------|
| 5.5 | ** Total ** |
|-----------+----------------------------|
Hmm. Strange to get downvoted for this. What about my post made you think it was unworthy or inappropriate to the discussion?
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- jjcm 15y agoI agree that security these days is by far overkill, and even agree with many of the deadweight statistics in this thread. But 5.5 hours is highly abnormal. I fly fast, I generally leave my house about an hour before my flight. I'm lucky enough to be a short 10 minute drive from my airport. Security usually takes me around 5-10 minutes at SJC, and 10-15 minutes at SFO. I can fit two weeks of clothing (fresh shirts for every day, two pairs of jeans, fresh underwear and socks for every day, a jacket and a blazer) as well as all my office supplies and toiletries into carryon baggage, so I never check bags. All in all it's usually 45 minutes from my front door til I step on the plane. It's not hard to make flying fast, it just takes dexterity with the security. The TSA themselves recommend showing up 90 minutes to 2 hours before your flight, but it's very doable to show up 30 minutes prior. I fly about once a month for business, and I've yet to miss a flight.
- gruuk 15y agoWe just call a car service since we're close to a couple of airports; while proximity and being dropped at the terminal save time, even if all goes well we're still talking at least two hours.
- sudonim 15y agoI didn't down vote you, but I fly out of JFK too. For an international flight, I hop in a black car from manhattan 3 hours before the flight. For a domestic, I leave my apartment 2.5 hrs before the flight. Others may have downvoted because they thought you were exaggerating.
- cbr 15y ago> What about my post made you think it was unworthy or inappropriate to the discussion? The numbers are high enough that some people (not me) may be downvoting you because they think you're exaggerating. Maybe I'm lucky not dealing with flying out of new york, but I usually leave about 2hr before boarding. I expect steps to take about: to airport: 45min (subway, subway, shuttle) check luggage: 15min (usually omitted) security: 15min to gate: 15min wait: 30min Individual steps can take longer, but they've not taken long enough to make me miss my flight. I just have less waiting at the end.
- gnaffle 15y agoI guess I've been lucky with airports. What do you do for 1,5 hours in security? Standing in line, or is it the security check that takes so much time?