Getting to and from HPN: taxi, rideshare, transit & the cell-phone lot

The quickest way to White Plains airport is usually a taxi or a rideshare: a metered taxi gets you to Downtown White Plains, and Uber & Lyft pick up in a marked pickup zone. Picking someone up instead? Wait free at the cell-phone lot. Below: every way to and from the airport, what it costs, whether to park or grab a ride, and how to fold the drive into your Leave-By Time so you reach security with room to get through the line. Check HPN TSA wait times today before you decide when to leave.

Picking someone up? Wait free at the cell-phone waiting lot. A free cell phone waiting area sits about half a mile before the passenger terminal, alongside Airport Road. Wait there until your traveler texts that they're at the curb, then loop in once. Follow Airport Road toward the terminal; the lot has an electronic message board showing incoming flights so you can time your pickup.

Leaving a car for the trip instead of getting dropped off? It's worth checking the lots: compare HPNparking by price & distance.

Uber and Lyft serve HPN, with pickups at a designated area outside the terminal marked for Passenger Pickups or TNC/Rideshares and drop-offs at the departure level. Look for the signed rideshare pickup zone rather than the taxi and limo curb, and confirm your driver against the app.

Dropping off? Rideshare and taxi drop-offs use the departure level alongside private vehicles. White Plainshas a single terminal, so there's no wrong-curb risk — any door gets you to check-in and security.

HPN sits about 4 miles from Downtown White Plains, a drive of roughly 10–15 minutes via Reach the airport from Interstate 684 Exit 2 onto NY Route 120, or via Route 120A from Rye Lake Avenue. HPN sits about 33 miles north of Midtown Manhattan and serves as a lower-cost alternative to the New York City airports — closer to the high end at rush hour. That drive time is the first input into your Leave-By Time, so the calculator counts it backward from your flight along with today's security wait and the walk to your gate.

The airport has no rail station of its own. Bee-Line Route 12 runs daily between the terminal and the White Plains TransCenter, where you can connect to the Metro-North Harlem Line for a roughly 35-minute ride toward Grand Central in Manhattan.

Fare: The Bee-Line base fare is $3.00 (effective January 4, 2026), or $1.50 reduced; pay with exact change or MetroCard.

There is no dedicated airport shuttle; some area hotels offer their own courtesy shuttles, so confirm with your property before arrival. If a shuttle is part of your plan, add its ride time to your Leave-By Time — it's easy to forget the 15–20 minutes between the curb and the terminal.

The rule of thumb: a round-trip ride is one fixed cost, while parking adds up by the day. For a quick 1–2 day trip, parking usually costs less; for a longer trip, a round-trip taxi or rideshare often comes out ahead.

Want the exact trade-off for your dates? compare HPNparking by price & distance — the closest lot isn't always the one that costs the least.

Bee-Line buses are wheelchair accessible, and Westchester County offers ADA paratransit; arrange accessible taxi or rideshare vehicles in advance.

Late or overnight arrival? Route 12 bus service is limited outside daytime hours, so plan on a prearranged taxi, car service, or rideshare for late-night arrivals.

Returning a rental on the way out? On-airport rental companies include Alamo, Avis, Budget, Enterprise, Hertz, and National; return vehicles to the rental area at the terminal and allow time to shuttle or walk back. (We cover where to return a car, not where to book one.)

If a fare or a schedule points you elsewhere, the closest airport we cover is LGA (New York · LGA), about 22 miles from HPN in a straight line. The same math on this page — drive time, ride cost, security wait — decides whether the extra distance is worth it.