Is a short layover enough time to change airports?
Booking a tight connection that requires driving between two completely different airports leaves travelers anxious about making their flight. Unrealistic transit times and unexpected delays mean passengers risk missing their connecting flights entirely.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Asking online forums if the connection time is realistic
- 2Researching airport transfer options and transit times between different airports
- 3relying on flights being on time, taking the tarmac bus to deplane quicker
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I’m worried about my layover times in Japan”source ↗
“I’ve only just realised the difference in airports and seen that it’s about a 50 minute drive in between airports, and I’m extremely worried that I’ve booked an unrealistic layover period.”source ↗
“Does anyone know if I’d make this fine and I’m just being paranoid or???”source ↗
“If I am already in the EU, do I have enough time to make a 12:55 flight to Venice? That's an hour and a half and of course assuming the flight isn't crazy late”source ↗
Where this came up
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