<p>My son will be going back and forth to Boston for holidays, hopefully. Can anyone comment on accessibility to the different airports. Newport News is closest but has only a 1 NS flight a day very early in the morning. Is it easier to get to Norfolk or Richmond for college students? The trains is 13 hours long so that doesn't seem reasonable......</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>On breaks, the school runs a shuttle to both Richmond Airport and Newport News (I believe). It does cost money, I'm not sure how much... I believe it's $15/20 per person each way. There are also a variety of local services (taxi, etc) that you can get to take you to an airport. If you can combine the taxi fare with another person, it's not a bad deal.</p>
<p>But yea... on breaks, the school definitely has shuttles to local airports. There shouldn't be a problem, a lot of people head to the airports for the holidays.</p>
<p>Sorry I can't be of more help, I'm from northern va so it was never really an issue for me. If your student asks the RA/OA (orientation) during orientation they should be able to give more concrete information, or direct the student to where the information can be found. There should be no problem with flying though.</p>
<p>I flew to Boston once during the school year on a weekend out of Newport News on Airtran, I believe. It was an afternoon flight there and an evening flight back and it was around $130 roundtrip. Nonstop, comfortable, and convenient. So unless they've somehow discontinued service there, I'd say getting to and from Boston isn't going to be much hassle for you.</p>
<p>There are cabs that go there, or if your son knows someone with a car it's about a 15 minute drive.</p>
<p>This is the service my son uses...he just calls to reserve a spot - never had a problem. he's flown out of all 3 airports. They have W & M rates.</p>