Your ride to Islip MacArthur Airport from Shelton. Affordable car service from Shelton, CT to Islip MacArthur Airport — Premium Black Sedan or Premium Black SUV, fixed price, tolls included, flight tracked.
Shelton sits on the Housatonic River across from Derby, on Route 8 between Bridgeport and Waterbury. Shelton's corporate parks along Route 8 and Bridgeport Avenue bring a lot of weekday business travel.
Leaving Shelton, the car heads onto Route 8 in town, then the Merritt Parkway or I-95. From there to ISP it's the Merritt and the Hutchinson into the Bronx, the Throgs Neck Bridge and the Long Island Expressway east. It's about 82 mi. With light traffic you're there in about 1 hr 35 min; on a busy day plan on 1 hr 55 min, mostly because of the Long Island Expressway.
ISP ranks farthest of the six airports from Shelton; HPN is nearest at about 55 min. Enter the address above for the fixed fare from Shelton — tolls included.
| Airport | Distance | Usual drive | vs. ISP |
|---|---|---|---|
| HPN · Westchester | ≈ 35 mi | 42 min – 55 min | 1 hr quicker |
| EWR · Newark | ≈ 65 mi | 1 hr 18 min – 1 hr 38 min | 17 min quicker |
| LGA · LaGuardia | ≈ 65 mi | 1 hr 20 min – 1 hr 40 min | 15 min quicker |
| TEB · Teterboro | ≈ 68 mi | 1 hr 20 min – 1 hr 40 min | 15 min quicker |
| JFK · Kennedy | ≈ 70 mi | 1 hr 22 min – 1 hr 42 min | 13 min quicker |
| ISP · Islip MacArthur | ≈ 82 mi | 1 hr 35 min – 1 hr 55 min | this page |
Typical drive times from Shelton to ISP by time of day.
With short lines at ISP, a pickup in Shelton about 3 hr 15 min before take-off is normally enough.
Allow about 90 minutes at MacArthur — and extra on summer Fridays, when the Expressway is slowest. Flights before 8 AM are the easy case: roads are clear and the drive is closer to 1 hr 35 min.
The day before Thanksgiving and the Sunday after are the two busiest travel days of the year in the New York area. If you're flying from ISP either day, book the car from Shelton early and allow extra time.
MacArthur has one terminal and mostly domestic flights. Your chauffeur waits right outside the terminal; with one terminal and a small curb, it's one of the easiest pickups around.
For the return, your chauffeur follows the flight, so a delay doesn't cost you anything — the free hour of waiting starts at landing. Islip guide →
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