Your ride to Islip MacArthur Airport from Stamford. Door-to-door rides from Stamford, CT to Islip MacArthur Airport in a Premium Black Sedan or SUV. One fixed price, confirmed at booking.
Stamford is the biggest business center in Fairfield County, so weekday mornings bring a lot of corporate travelers heading to every New York airport. Springdale and Glenbrook, on the east side of the city, have quick access to I-95 and the Merritt via the Glenbrook Road and Hope Street corridors.
First leg: onto I-95 downtown or the Merritt Parkway in North Stamford. The rest of the way to Islip: I-95 into the Bronx, across the Throgs Neck Bridge and east on the Long Island Expressway to Ronkonkoma. Door to door it's about 70 mi, usually 1 hr 22 min – 1 hr 42 min, and the place that decides your timing is the Long Island Expressway.
Islip isn't the nearest airport to Stamford — that's HPN, about 35 min away — but it's often the one with the right flight. You get one fixed price for Stamford to ISP before you book, tolls included.
Choosing between airports? Here's how ISP stacks up from Stamford.
| Airport | Distance | Usual drive | vs. ISP |
|---|---|---|---|
| HPN · Westchester | ≈ 20 mi | 25 min – 35 min | 1 hr 7 min quicker |
| LGA · LaGuardia | ≈ 36 mi | 52 min – 1 hr 12 min | 30 min quicker |
| EWR · Newark | ≈ 40 mi | 52 min – 1 hr 12 min | 30 min quicker |
| JFK · Kennedy | ≈ 40 mi | 58 min – 1 hr 18 min | 24 min quicker |
| TEB · Teterboro | ≈ 44 mi | 58 min – 1 hr 18 min | 24 min quicker |
| ISP · Islip MacArthur | ≈ 70 mi | 1 hr 22 min – 1 hr 42 min | this page |
Typical drive times from Stamford to ISP by time of day.
ISP is small, so 75 minutes at the airport usually covers a domestic flight. From Stamford, book the pickup about 3 hr before departure.
Allow about 90 minutes at MacArthur — and extra on summer Fridays, when the Expressway is slowest. On snowy days, holiday weekends and summer Fridays we'll suggest leaving earlier.
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 Stamford early and allow extra time.
MacArthur has one terminal and mostly domestic flights.
Coming home, the trip back to Stamford takes about the same time; we track your flight and the 1 hour of free waiting starts when you land. Islip guide →
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