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Nearby airports: when a different code is the cheap fare

August 21, 2026 · 8 min read

Nearby airports: when a different code is the cheap fare

Metasearch works in airport codes. Cities do not. JFK, EWR, and LGA price differently. IAD, DCA, and BWI do too. A $40 “saving” that adds a two-hour transfer is not a saving. A $120 gap on a long-haul often is.

How to compare

Search the obvious airport. Search the alternate. Add ground time and ground cost in USD. Overnight parking at one airport can erase a cheap fare. If you have a connection, a “cheap” origin that only offers a tight legal connect is a misconnect waiting to happen — connections.

International arrivals

Open-jaw (into LHR, home from CDG) can beat a round-trip into one city if you were going to take a train anyway. That is two one-ways or a true open-jaw fare. Search both. One-way versus round-trip.

On our guides

City-pair pages pick one origin code per metro (JFK for New York). The airport hubs list other codes. Use airports and live search. Azurovia does not ticket either airport.

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