How To Get To Binghamton
For those who wonder...
By Car
From New York City
(About 3.5 hours)
There are really two distinct ways to do this. One is via NYS Route 17, the other goes through Scranton on the Interstates. They take roughly the same time from Manhattan, but can vary greatly depending on which side of the city you live on.
Using Route 17 - best for northern suburbs - about 190 miles from Manhattan
- Find your way to I-87 Northbound
- Take I-287/87 Westbound to Tappan Zee Bridge - Toll Road\Bridge
- Take NYS Route 17 \ I-86 Exit 16 towards Binghamton
- Follow for approximately 115 miles. Binghamton exits are appropriately marked
Via New Jersey - best for Long Island \ Northern New Jersey - about 175 miles from Manhattan
- Find your way to I-95 in Northern New Jersey
- Take I-280 westbound for approximately 17 miles
- Merge onto I-80 Westbound
- Follow I-80 into Pennsylvania, through Delaware Water Gap, approx. 65 miles
- Exit onto I-380 N to Scranton - follow for 30 miles
- Merge onto I-81 N - follow for 60 miles
- Binghamton exits are appropriately marked
From Syracuse
(About an hour)
- Take I-81 S
- Several Binghamton exits on I-81
- Or Follow NYS Route 17 W at the Kamikaze Curve interchange for Johnson City, Endicott, Vestal and Owego
From Philadelphia\Scranton
(about 3 hours from Philly, 1.25 from Scranton)
- Take I-476 N - toll road
- Merge onto I-81 N at Clarks Summit
- Follow into New York State. Binghamton exits are appropriately marked
- Follow NYS Route 17 W at the Kamikaze Curve interchange for Johnson City, Endicott, Vestal and Owego.
From Buffalo\Rochester
(3.5 hours from Buffalo, 2.75 hours Rochester)
- Take I-90 W - toll road
- Exit onto I-390 S
- Merge onto NYS Route 17\I-86 W
- Follow through Corning and Elmira. Note some sections have traffic control signals still
- Exit 65 is Owego, Exit 66 is Apalachin, Exit 67 is Vestal and Endicott, Exit 68 is Old Vestal Road, Exit 69 is Westover, Exit 70 is Johnson City, Oakdale Mall and Route 201, Exit 71 is the Greater Binghamton Airport and Johnson City, Exit 72 is Front Street and Downtown Binghamton
From Albany
(about 2.5 hours)
- Take I-90 N
- Exit onto I-88 W towards Oneonta\Binghamton - follow for 120 miles
- Merge onto I-81 N
- Binghamton exits are marked as appropriate
- Or follow NYS Route 17 W at the Kamikaze Curve interchange for Johnson City, Endicott, Vestal and Owego
By Plane
Binghamton is served primarily by our mid-sized airport, Greater Binghamton Airport, located in the Town of Maine, about 8 miles north of the city. The airport code is BGM and is generally uncrowded which results in very short check-in and screening times. Pricing is generally (but not always) competitive with larger airports nearby in Syracuse and Scranton. As of March 2008, the airport is served by:
- Northwest Airlines (Delta) - multiple daily flights to Detroit Metro hub
- US Airways - multiple daily flights to Philadelphia hub
- United Airlines - multiple daily flights to Washington Dulles hub
Both Ithaca and Elmira\Corning have airports that are smaller than Binghamton serviced by similar carriers. The nearest large airports are Scranton - code AVP - and Syracuse - code SYR.
By Bus
The region is well-served by daily bus lines from both Greyhound and ShortLine. Trailways bus lines also server Binghamton from various locations with New York State. You can generally travel all over New York and Pennsylvania directly from Binghamton as it is a hub stop for other routes in Western New York.
Binghamton to New York City bus fares (as of October 2009) are: Shortline - $41 one-way, $82 round trip, same trip via Trailways is $39 one way, $78 round trip, is Greyhound is $80 round trip.
