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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/ lə-GWAR-dee-ə) is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, situated on the northwestern shore of Long Island, bordering Flushing Bay. Covering 680 acres (280 ha) as of January 1, 2025[update],[3] the facility was established in 1929 and began operating as a public airport in 1939. It is named after Fiorello La Guardia, a former mayor of New York City.
The airport accommodates airline service primarily to domestic but also to 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Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, LaGuardia was criticized for its outdated facilities, inefficient air operations, and poor customer service metrics.[6][7] In response, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) in 2015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 December 26, 2024
- ^ "LGA airport data at skyvector.com". skyvector.com. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ "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.