Getting Around Ithaca

The Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport is located on Brown Road in Ithaca, NY, a 10-minute drive from campus and downtown areas. Airlines serving the area: US Airways and Northwest/KLM. Reservations are not normally required for ground transportation but are recommended during peak periods of student travel. Three Ithaca taxi companies operate under the same ownership, Ithaca Dispatch. Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) buses are the cheapest options to Cornell. Route 31 serves the Ithaca airport.

Syracuse Hancock International Airport in Syracuse, NY, is approximately 60 miles north of Cornell University with an estimated driving time of 1 hour and 30 minutes. Door-to-door taxi and van service is available to and from the Syracuse airport. Taxi service to Ithaca from Syracuse is only economical for groups. If you do plan to use taxi service, connections should be reserved ahead.

Greater Rochester International Airport in Rochester, NY, is approximately 100 miles northwest of Cornell University with an estimated driving time of 2 hours. Greater Binghamton Airport in Binghamton, NY, is approximately 40 miles south of Cornell University with an estimated driving time of 1 hour and 15 minutes. Elmira-Corning Regional Airport in Horseheads, NY, is approximately 37 miles south of Cornell University with an estimated driving time of 1 hour. New York City is approximately 220 miles southeast of Cornell University with an estimated driving time of 5 hours.

The nearest train stop is Syracuse, NY, located approximately 80 minutes from Ithaca. Syracuse is connected to the Empire (N.Y.C.-Niagra Falls), Lake Shore Limited (Chicago-Boston), and Maple Leaf (N.Y.C.-Toronto) routes.

The Ithaca bus terminal is located in downtown Ithaca at the corner of W. State St. and N. Fulton St. (Route 13 South). Campus to Campus is the express transportation between the Ithaca and New York City campuses of Cornell University

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) buses service Ithaca and the surrounding areas. Routes 14, 20, and 21 connect campus with the Ithaca bus terminal. TCAT also serves as Cornell's primary form of on-campus transportation.