Transportation to Rehoboth Beach
The ICDS offers a chartered bus service from the Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to the Atlantic Sands Hotel & Conference Center. Reservations are required and tickets are $50 each way. One bus is scheduled to leave PHL at 11am and the other at 2:45pm from the International Terminal on Sunday, September 10th. For the trip back to PHL, the bus will leave Rehoboth Beach at 1:30pm on Friday, September 15th.
Details for the exact bus pick-up and drop-off location at PHL will be available later.
Bus reservations are made together with the registration for the conference.
If you are interested in sharing rides to the conference (or lodging), please contact john.lyons [at] nrl.navy.mil to get added to our ICDS 2023 google group ( https://groups.google.com/g/icds-2023) to discuss with other attendees.
Car rental companies are available in all airports and in the city of Rehoboth Beach. The distances between the main airports and the conference center are listed below.
International Airports
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
2 hours distance
2 hours from the Atlantic Sands Hotel & Conference Center.
Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI)
2.5 hours from the Atlantic Sands Hotel & Conference Center.
Reagan National International Airport (DCA)
3 hours from the Atlantic Sands Hotel & Conference Center.
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
3.5 hours from the Atlantic Sands Hotel & Conference Center.
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
4.5 hours from the Atlantic Sands Hotel & Conference Center.
Only limited flights are available to/from these smaller airports:
Regional Airports
Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Airport (SBY)
1 hours from the Atlantic Sands Hotel & Conference Center.
Wilmington Airport (ILG)
1.5 hours from the Atlantic Sands Hotel & Conference Center.