finally jenny and craig pitt wants to arrive at new‘s jfk airport as four and craig pitt wants to arrivett wants to arrive at new‘s jfk airport as four in the afternoon and has an appointment in central manhattan at 7:30 p.m.. she wa nts to central manhattan at 7:30 p.m.. she wants to know: with new york's jfk airport just 12 miles from manhattan, on paper there should be no problem covering that distance in over three hours. at the recent snapshot of weight times for us customs and border protection at the airport's international arrivals terminal shows that the average wait for non— americans between four and 5pm was 33 minutes with a maximum of 70 minutes. you can avoid such problems by choosing a departure airport in europe, such as dublin, which has us preclearance, or the immigration checks take place on foreign soil. —— all. next, getting to manhattan, at the evening rush hour will be building on the roads, soi hour will be building on the roads, so i suggest you go to the rail option. even with a long way to border checks you should reach penn state —— penn station by around six