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It is named after Fiorello H. 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, 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 ...
[2] [3] New York City was in dire need of a new airport by 1934, after Fiorello H. La Guardia was elected mayor. [4] [5] Angered that a flight on which he was a passenger landed in Newark, New Jersey, even though his ticket said "New York", LaGuardia pushed New Yorkers to support the construction of an airport in New York City itself. [5]
The primary responsibility of the New York TRACON is the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of arrival, departure, and en-route traffic. N90 is responsible for two major airports, all located within the same New York Class B airspace: John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport.
With the completion of new terminals and airport roadways, 2023 became the first full year all passenger facilities were in use at LaGuardia, according to the Port Authority.
The New York City Police Department leases facilities for their helicopter operations from the National Park Service. Flushing Airport was another early airport in New York City. It opened in 1927 and was the busiest airport in New York for a time. A decade later it was overshadowed by the larger LaGuardia Airport located nearby.
Developers gave the concourse the feel of a hotel lounge and travelers will also have access to new shops, eateries, and lounges, in the new LaGuardia.
As planned, the AirTrain LaGuardia would have run from LaGuardia Airport with two stops within the airport, before running over the Grand Central Parkway for 1.5 miles (2.4 km) before terminating in Willets Point near Citi Field and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, and would have connected there with the New York City Subway's 7 and <7> trains at the Mets–Willets Point station and with the ...
Delta, as well as other public and private organizations, have collectively invested $8 billion to modernize LaGuardia's aging B and C terminals.