<p>Flying to Hartford is definitely easier most of the time and that is what my daughter does most of the time. It’s closer than the NY airports to New Haven and definitely not as crazy. However, if you are coming from the West Coast, it means changing planes like in Chicago, or Dallas or some other hub city and sometimes you can get delayed. I’ve had some major nightmares with Chicago this past year, and Dallas too. If you go to NY, you can generally get a non stop flight to JFK.</p>