New York to Albany flight

Flights from New York to Albany start at €31.41 and take 3h 53m at their fastest.

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Modern skyscrapers towering at Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York under a clear blue sky.

The Flights from New York to Albany starts at €31.41 and takes 3h 53m door to door, run by 2 operators over 223 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 53mDoor to door
  • 43mMoving
  • €31.41 to €49.11From
  • 06:10 to 17:19First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 46.6 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€31.41 to €49.11 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €49.11Mon21
  2. about €42.03Tue22
  3. about €42.62Wed23
  4. about €43.21Thu24
  5. about €40.85Fri25
  6. about €42.62Sat26
  7. about €42.03Sun27
  8. about €31.41Mon28
  9. about €31.41Tue29
  10. about €32.00Wed30
  11. about €35.54Thu1
  12. about €34.36Fri2
  13. about €36.13Sat3
  14. about €32.59Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

No bookable itinerary for this date.

Carriers

Airlines

The flight gets you into Albany. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Albany for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book New York to Albany

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €29.4990 days
  2. €25.0960 days
  3. €19.5945 days
  4. €21.2430 days
  5. €26.1921 days
  6. €32.5914 days
  7. €41.597 days
  8. €42.623 days
  9. €49.111 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €19.59.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 151 percent. The dearest point is €49.11, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €32.59Sun
  2. €31.41Mon
  3. €30.04Tue
  4. €31.14Wed
  5. €35.54Thu
  6. €34.36Fri
  7. €33.89Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

New York City

Air
  • JFK
  • EWR
  • LGA
  • ISP
  • TEB

Albany

Air
  • ALB
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 223 km against 217 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at North Stamford, Bridgeport, The Bronx, Stamford. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves New York at 06:10 and the last at 17:19, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Flights against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train2h 21m1h 37m44m€22.897.2 kg7
Flight3h 53m43m3h 10m€31.4146.6 kg6

Questions about New York to Albany

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from New York to Albany take?

The Flight from New York to Albany takes 3h 53m door to door, of which 43m is spent moving. The route runs 223 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from New York to Albany cost?

The Flight from New York to Albany starts at €31.41 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €31.41. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from New York to Albany?

2 operators run the Flight from New York to Albany: Endeavor Air, United Airlines. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from New York to Albany use?

The Flight from New York to Albany leaves from John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK and arrives at Albany International Airport ALB. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Flight the best way from New York to Albany?

Travelling from New York to Albany by Train costs €22.89 and takes 2h 21m door to door, against 3h 53m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Flight from New York to Albany?

Fares for the Flight from New York to Albany bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €19.59. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 151 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from New York to Albany produce?

The Flight from New York to Albany produces about 46.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 223 km, which works out at roughly 209 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for New York to Albany on 20 September 2026: 223 km of route against 217 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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