After landing
LGA to your hotel
A hotel airport pickup is property-specific. Confirm its final pickup time, or take a direct car after a late LGA arrival.
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LaGuardia Airport to Manhattan Cruise Terminal
LGATouch down
PortGet to your ship
LGA to Manhattan, as published
Corridor guide · sources dated on this page · checked September 22, 2026
Yellow taxi
Metered — no flat fare exists
LaGuardia has no equivalent of JFK's flat fare, and the city adds a $5.00 LaGuardia surcharge.
Q70 bus and subway
$3.00 — the Q70 itself is free
Free from Terminals B and C to Jackson Heights, then one subway fare.
Shared van
No published fare
LaGuardia's authorised van page names operators and prints no rates.
Typical drive30-60 min
Distance10 miles
Getting from LaGuardia Airport to Manhattan Cruise Terminal — 30-60 min, 10 miles
Your fly-in plan for LGA
Arrive the day before.
Give your LGA flight one night of breathing room before you board at Manhattan Cruise Terminal.
LGALand
HotelSleep
Manhattan Cruise TerminalBoard
Tonight / embarkation morning
Embarkation morning
Hotel to Manhattan Cruise Terminal
Pick the hotel first. If it offers a morning transfer, confirm its terms; otherwise use a taxi, rideshare, or booked car.
Hotels near Manhattan Cruise TerminalFlying into LGA on cruise day?
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CruiseDayGuide · Updated September 22, 2026 · sources checked September 22, 2026
LaGuardia is the closest airport to the pier and the only one of the three with no regulated fare at all, so what you pay is decided by the meter and by Queens.
LGA to the Manhattan Cruise Terminal, mode by mode
Ten miles, and every one of them through traffic that decides the fare. Nothing here is a flat rate.
| How you travel | Price as published | Time and distance | What the source says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow taxi | Price as publishedMetered — no flat fare exists from LaGuardia to any destination | Time and distance30-60 min, 10 miles, door to door | What the source saysOn the city's taxi rate card the meter starts at $3.00. Add a $5.00 LaGuardia surcharge, a $2.00 airport access fee on pickups, the $1.00 improvement surcharge, the $0.50 MTA state surcharge and a $2.50 congestion surcharge for a drop-off south of 96th Street; then $2.50 on weekdays from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM or $1.00 from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM, a 75-cent congestion toll if the route enters the zone at or below 60th Street, and tolls and tip. |
| Uber or Lyft | Price as publishedNo published fare — both price by demand at the moment you book | Time and distance30-60 min, 10 miles, door to door | What the source saysWith no flat fare on this corridor there is no regulated figure to check an app quote against, unlike the JFK run. |
| Q70 bus and subway | Price as published$3.00 — the Q70 is free, the subway that follows is not | Time and distanceThe cheapest option by a wide margin | What the source saysThe Q70 runs free from Terminals B and C to Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue, where the E, F, M, R and 7 all stop. |
| Shared van | Price as publishedNone published for this route | Time and distance— | What the source saysLaGuardia's authorised van and shuttle page lists operators and tells you to book ahead, without printing a single fare. |
marks a row read at the source, including the rows where the source publishes no price. LaGuardia publishes sample metered ranges for some Manhattan neighbourhoods, but none for the cruise terminal, so none is repeated here.
Questions people ask about this route
How much is a taxi from LaGuardia to the Manhattan Cruise Terminal?
There is no flat fare from LaGuardia, so the meter decides from $3.00. The city's taxi regulator adds a $5.00 LaGuardia surcharge, a $2.00 pickup fee, $1.00 improvement, $0.50 state and $2.50 congestion surcharges, then $2.50 at weekday rush hour or $1.00 overnight, plus tolls and tip.
Is there a shuttle bus from LGA to the cruise terminal?
Not a cruise shuttle with a published price. What LaGuardia does run is the Q70, free from Terminals B and C to the Jackson Heights subway hub. From there one $3.00 fare gets you into Manhattan, and the last stretch west to the pier is on you.
How long does it take to get from LaGuardia to the cruise terminal?
Thirty to sixty minutes for ten miles, which tells you how much of this trip is traffic rather than distance. LaGuardia is the closest airport to the pier and routinely the slowest. Ask for the Midtown Tunnel rather than the bridges.
How do I get from the Manhattan Cruise Terminal back to LaGuardia?
Metered again, with the $5.00 LaGuardia surcharge but no airport access fee, which applies to pickups only. Give yourself the full hour: the same ten miles that took thirty minutes on a Sunday will take sixty on a Friday afternoon.
Where these figures come from
- nyc.gov — Taxi and Limousine Commission, taxi fare · read September 22, 2026
- laguardiaairport.com — Taxi service · read September 22, 2026
- laguardiaairport.com — Public transport and the Q70 · read August 25, 2026
- laguardiaairport.com — Van and shuttle service · read August 25, 2026
Published fares change without notice, so every figure here carries the date we read it. Reconfirm anything time-sensitive before you travel.
Local Tip
The Q70 bus to the subway leaves from outside every terminal's arrivals level — follow the airport's signage to the bus stop rather than guessing. Shuttle services run scheduled departures, so confirm your pickup time and the last morning run when you book. LaGuardia handles mostly domestic flights, but if you're on one of its few international arrivals, budget 60-90 minutes for immigration and customs first. If you are flying in from outside the US, sort your entry authorization before you book: most visa-waiver travelers need an approved ESTA, it is not issued at the airport, and without one the airline will not board you. Apply through the official CBP site at esta.cbp.dhs.gov — never a paid intermediary.
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