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 Aerial view of LaGuardia Airport in 2014. | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | New York metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||
| Location | East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | December 2, 1939 | ||||||||||||||
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| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 6 m / 21 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°46′30″N 73°52′30″W / 40.775°N 73.875°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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LaGuardia Airport (IATA: LGA, ICAO: KLGA, FAA LID: LGA) /ləˈɡwɑːrdiə/ is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City. Covering 680 acres (280 ha) as of July 1, 2024[update],[3] 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.
The airport primarily accommodates airline service to domestic and limited international destinations. As of 2023[update], it was the third-busiest airport in the New York metropolitan area behind Kennedy and Newark airports, and the 19th-busiest in the United States by passenger volume.[4] The airport is located directly to the north of the Grand Central Parkway, the airport's primary access highway. 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 most non-stop flights to or from destinations greater than 1,500 mi (2,400 km).[5]
Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, LaGuardia was criticized for its outdated facilities, inefficient air operations, and poor customer service metrics.[6][7] In response, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) in 2015 announced a multibillion-dollar reconstruction of the airport's passenger infrastructure, which is expected to be completed by 2025.[8]
- ^ December 2019 Traffic Report (PDF) (Report). The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for LGA PDF Effective August 8, 2024
- ^ "LGA airport data at skyvector.com". skyvector.com. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
- ^ "2019 Airport Traffic Report" (PDF). Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: 29. 2019.
- ^ "Long Distance at La Guardia". The New York Sun. August 4, 2005. Archived from the original on June 26, 2009. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
- ^ "LaGuardia Airport has most flight delays in the nation, report finds". WABC-TV. February 27, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- ^ Krumboltz, Mike (February 6, 2014). "Biden compares New York's LaGuardia airport to 'third world country'". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- ^ Cho, Aileen (October 27, 2020). "Final Destination in Sight for $8B LaGuardia Modernization". Engineering News-Record. Retrieved October 15, 2021.