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Air Travel
The options for travel to Kingston vary depending on where you are coming from. Toronto Pearson is the most common choice. Other airports you may consider flying to are Ottawa and Montréal in Canada, or Syracuse in the United States. Considerations are cost, convenience, and the scheduling of connections. Scheduling is the key, as sometimes an inexpensive bus ride might end up being the most convenient.

1. Flying to Toronto Pearson gives you the most options for the final leg to Kingston. Note: The only way to directly fly to Kingston is via Toronto.

Air Canada Jazz offers daily scheduled flights between Kingston and Toronto (1 hour flight).

Coach Canada has a bus service three times daily from Toronto Airport right to Queen's Campus (4 hours).

The VIA Rail station in downtown Toronto is accessible by a bus from the airport (1 hour connection Pearson to train station + 2.5 hour rail to Kingston ).

Rent a car (3 hour drive).
You can pre-arrange for a shuttle to pick you up when you arrive (3 hour drive).

2. Flying to Montréal Trudeau, the VIA Rail station at Dorval is very close to the airport and all Montréal Kingston trains stop at Dorval (short hop to the Dorval VIA station + 2.5 hour rail to Kingston.) Rent a car (3 hour drive).
You can pre-arrange for a shuttle to pick you up when you arrive (3 hours).

3. Flying to Ottawa.take a taxi to the train station, 10 minutes, then Via Rail 2 hrs to Kingston. You can rent a car (2 hour drive). You can pre-arrange for a shuttle to pick you up when you arrive (2 hours).

4. Flying to Syracuse (U.S.A.) Rent a car (2.5 hour drive).

You can also pre-arrange for a shuttle to pick you up when you arrive (2.5 hours).
Note: You will be landing in the USA and will need to have required documentation to enter the United States at the airport. You will then exit the USA and enter Canada through a border crossing located about 45 minutes East of Kingston. Please ensure that you have all of the required documentation if you choose this option.

Rail Travel
VIA Rail service between Kingston, and Toronto, Montréal and Ottawa.

Car

Kingston is on Highway 401, the main East West thoroughfare in southern Ontario. Kingston is about 300 kilometers from Toronto, Montréal and Syracuse, and 200 kilometers from Ottawa. Kingston does not pose a traffic problem, but the traffic in Toronto can get nasty, and you need to traverse Toronto when driving from the airport to Kingston. The airports in Montréal, Ottawa and Syracuse are all more or less on the Kingston side of those respective cities and traffic will be less of an issue.