LaGuardia Airport facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
LaGuardia Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of New York | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | New York metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||
| Location | East Elmhurst, Queens | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | December 2, 1939 | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 21 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°46′30″N 73°52′30″W / 40.77500°N 73.87500°W | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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LaGuardia Airport (IATA: LGA, ICAO: KLGA, FAA LID: LGA) is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City. Covering 680 acres (280 ha) in its present form, the facility was established in 1929 and began operating as a public airport in 1939. It is named after former New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, and among pilots is sometimes nicknamed "USS LaGuardia" in reference to its short runways surrounded by Flushing Bay, thus giving the feel of landing on an aircraft carrier.
The airport primarily accommodates airline service to domestic (and limited international) destinations. As of 2019, it was the third-busiest airport in the New York metropolitan area behind John F. Kennedy and Newark airports, and the twenty-first busiest in the United States by passenger volume. While the airport is a hub for both American Airlines and Delta Air Lines, commercial service is strictly governed by unique regulations including a curfew, a slot system, and a "perimeter rule" prohibiting nonstop flights to or from destinations greater than 1,500 miles (2,400 km).
Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, LaGuardia was notable for having obsolete and dirty facilities, inefficient air operations, and poor customer service metrics. Responding to these criticisms, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) in 2015 announced a multi-billion-dollar reconstruction of the airport's passenger infrastructure, which is expected to be complete by 2025.
Airlines
- Air Canada
- Air Canada Express:
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- Chautauqua Airlines
- Comair
- Compass Airlines
- Pinnacle Airlines
- Shuttle America
- GoJet Airlines
- Delta Shuttle
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- Delta Air Lines
- Shuttle America
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- Republic Airlines
- JetBlue Airways
- Southwest Airlines
- Spirit Airlines
- United Airlines
- United Express:
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- Chautauqua Airlines
- ExpressJet
- Mesa Airlines
- Shuttle America
- SkyWest Airlines
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- Air Wisconsin
- Chautauqua Airlines
- Piedmont Airlines
- PSA Airlines
- Trans States Airlines
Top airlines and destinations
| Rank | City | Passengers | Top carriers |
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| 1 |  Chicago, Illinois (ORD) |
1,287,000 | American, Delta, Spirit, United |
| 2 | .svg){kind=small} Atlanta, Georgia |
1,134,000 | AirTran, American, Delta |
| 3 |  Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
727,000 | Delta, JetBlue, Spirit |
| 4 |  Charlotte, North Carolina |
559,000 | American, US Airways |
| 5 |  Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas (DFW) |
547,000 | American |
| 6 | Miami, Florida |
542,000 | American |
| 7 |  Detroit, Michigan |
462,000 | American, Delta, Spirit |
| 8 |  Boston, Massachusetts |
459,000 | Delta, US Airways |
| 9 |  Washington, DC (DCA) |
379,000 | Delta, US Airways |
| 10 | Orlando, Florida |
350,000 | AirTran, Delta, JetBlue |
Images for kids
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Coastline of northwest Queens, circa 1866.
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Works Progress Administration poster advertising the newly built air terminals of New York City.
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Sign at runway 13 warning pilots to check compass
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LaGuardia Airport as seen from a taxiway in 2010. Note both the new and old control towers.
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Aircraft on Final Approach to LGA Runway 31 over Flushing.
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The reconstructed Terminal B at LaGuardia in 2021
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Construction at Terminal B, seen in April 2018
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Marine Air Terminal in 1974
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Newly reconstructed Terminal B, opened in 2020
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Bridge connecting the headhouse and concourse. The area under the bridge is a taxiway that will increase the traffic capacity on the ramp.
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LGA Terminal C Security Checkpoint as of June 6, 2022
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Q70 "LaGuardia Link" bus operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations
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American Airlines 737 approaching Runway 4, as seen from Planeview Park
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See also
In Spanish: Aeropuerto LaGuardia para niños
