There are 10 ways to get from Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo Airport (BUF) by plane, train, bus, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), rideshare, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Albany County Airport
best- Fly from Albany County Airport (ALB) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane ALB - BUF
5h 57m$124–804Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Albany, Ny to Syracuse, Nybus 254 / ...
- Take the bus from Syracuse Bus Station to Buffalo Niagara International Airportbus FlixBus 2686 / ...
7h 19m$49–132Train, bus
- Take the train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Rochestertrain Maple Leaf / ...
- Take the bus from Rochester to Buffalobus Adt N806 / ...
6h 18m$80–252Airport Transfer
- Take the rideshare from Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo-BUF281.3 mi
4h 55mDrive 281.3 mi
- Drive from Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo Airport (BUF)car 281.3 mi
4h 55m$52–75Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane JFK - BUF
5h 28m$128–571Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane EWR - BUF
5h 38m$134–590Train, train to Laguardia Airport, fly
- Take the train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Croton-Harmon to 125th Street - Harlemtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane LGA - BUF
5h 56m$133–796Train to Boston Logan Airport, fly
- Take the train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Bostontrain
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane BOS - BUF
8h 12m$150–688Train, bus via Syracuse
- Take the train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Syracuse Regional Transportation Centertrain Lake Shore Limited / ...
- Take the bus from Syracuse Bus Station to Buffalo Niagara International Airportbus FlixBus 2686 / ...
6h 31m$68–275
Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo Airport (BUF) by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo Airport (BUF) is to drive which costs $50 - $75 and takes 4h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo Airport (BUF) is to drive which takes 4h 55m and costs $50 - $75.
No, there is no direct bus from Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo Airport (BUF). However, there are services departing from Albany, Ny and arriving at Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Syracuse Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 19m.
The distance between Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station and Buffalo Airport (BUF) is 263 miles. The road distance is 283 miles.
The best way to get from Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo Airport (BUF) without a car is to train and bus which takes 6h 18m and costs $80 - $260.
It takes approximately 5h 57m to get from Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo Airport (BUF), including transfers.
Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo Airport (BUF) bus services, operated by Trailways, depart from Albany, Ny station.
The best way to get from Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo Airport (BUF) is to fly which takes 5h 57m and costs $120 - $850. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $45 - $140 and takes 7h 19m.
Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo Airport (BUF) bus services, operated by Trailways, arrive at Syracuse, Ny station.
Yes, the driving distance between Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo Airport (BUF) is 283 miles. It takes approximately 4h 55m to drive from Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo Airport (BUF).
What companies run services between Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station, NY, USA and Buffalo Airport (BUF), USA?
Delta, Southwest Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Albany County Airport (ALB) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) hourly. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Albany, Ny, Syracuse, Ny, and Syracuse Bus Station in around 7h 19m.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–800
Flights from Albany County Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–900
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–800
Flights from Albany County Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–460
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–550
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–470
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–700
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–650
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Albany County Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–460
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–150
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Syracuse Regional Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–100
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–220
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $60–150
- Business
- $95–210
- Business Plus
- $100–220
- Economy
- $65–160
- Economy Plus
- $75–170
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–180
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $29–90
- Business
- $60–160
- Business Plus
- $70–180
- Economy
- $30–95
- Economy Plus
- $35–110
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Syracuse Regional Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–190
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $40–110
- Business
- $70–180
- Business Plus
- $85–190
- Economy
- $45–120
- Economy Plus
- $50–130
- Phone
- +1 877.690.5114
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
Train from Croton-Harmon to 125th Street - Harlem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
- Schedules at
- Metro North Railroad Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $10–12
- Peak
- $14–17
- Phone
- +1 800-858-8555
- Website
- Trailways
Bus from Rochester to Buffalo
- Saver
- $18–40
- Flexible
- $38–40
Bus from Albany, Ny to Syracuse, Ny
- Saver
- $27–85
- Flexible
- $50–90
Bus from Syracuse Bus Station to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Saver
- $27–85
- Flexible
- $50–90
Bus from Syracuse Bus Station to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Saver
- $27–85
- Flexible
- $50–90
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Albany, Ny to Syracuse, Ny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Albany, Ny to Syracuse, Ny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Syracuse Bus Station to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Syracuse Bus Station to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Website
- https://www.mozio.com
Rideshare from Albany–Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo-BUF
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- On demand
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