La Guardia Airport IATA: LGA ICAO: KLGA FAA LID: LGA WMO: 72503 La Guardia Airport Location of airport in New York state Summary Airport type Public Owner City of New York Operator Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Serves New York City Location East Elmhurst Queens NY Elevation AMSL 21 ft / 6 m Coordinates 404638.1N 0735221.4W / 40.77725N 73.872611W / 40.77725; -73.872611 Website www.laguardiaairport.com Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 7001 2134 Asphalt/Concrete 13/31 7003 2135 Asphalt/Concrete Helipads Number Length Surface ft m H1 60 18 Asphalt H2 60 18 Asphalt Statistics (2010) Aircraft operations (ACI)1 362137 Passengers (ACI)1 23983082 Source: Federal Aviation Administration2 FAA airport diagram

La Guardia Airport (IATA: LGA ICAO: KLGA FAA LID: LGA) ( /lwrdi/) is an airport located in the northern part of Queens County on Long Island in the City of New York. The airport is located on the waterfront of Flushing Bay and Bowery Bay and borders the neighborhoods of Astoria Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst. The airport was originally named Glenn H. Curtiss Airport after aviation pioneer Glenn Hammond Curtiss3 then renamed North Beach Airport4 then later named for Fiorello H. La Guardia the mayor of New York when the airport was built. In 1960 it was voted the "greatest airport in the world" by the worldwide aviation community.5 The airport is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

La Guardia is the smallest of the New York metropolitan area's three primary commercial airports the other two of which are John F. Kennedy International Airport in southern Queens and Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark New Jersey and the closest of the three to Manhattan. It is larger than nearby alternative airports Long Island MacArthur Airport in Suffolk County Westchester County Airport in Westchester County and Stewart International Airport in Newburgh New York. La Guardia is popular because of its central location and proximity to Manhattan. In spite of the airport's small size wide-body aircraft once visited regularly; the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and Lockheed L-1011 were specifically designed for use at La Guardia6citation needed. From 2000 to 2005 Delta operated the 767-400ER with 285 seats. Today there are no scheduled widebody flights though occasionally Delta Air Lines rotates a Boeing 767-300 in for one of its Atlanta flights. The airport serves as a focus city for American Airlines American Eagle and US Airways Express7

Most flights from La Guardia go to destinations within the United States and Canada as well as service to Aruba the Bahamas and Bermuda because those destinations are staffed with United States border preclearance facilities. The airport has INS/FIS facilities capable of processing customs and immigration on arriving international flights; the facilities are insufficient to handle efficiently the number of passengers that a non-precleared scheduled airline service would require. La Guardia is the busiest airport in the US without any non-stop service to and from Europe.8 A perimeter rule prohibits nonstop flights to or from points beyond 1500 statute miles (2400 km) (except flights on Saturdays and flights to Denver) so most transcontinental and international flights use JFK or Newark.9

In 2010 the airport handled just under 24.0 million passengers; JFK handled 46.5 million1 and Newark handled 33.1 million1 making for a total of approximately 104 million travelers using New York airports which is the largest airport system in the United States largest in the world in terms of flight operations and second in the world (after London) in terms of passenger traffic.

La Guardia ranked last out of 66 airports in the United States in a passenger satisfaction survey compiled by J.D. Power and Associates. Out of 31 airports surveyed in 2009 La Guardia together with Newark Liberty International Airport ranked last for on-time arrivals.10 Contents 1 History 1.1 Construction 1.2 Later development 1.3 Plans 2 Terminals airlines and destinations 2.1 Central Terminal Building (CTB) 2.2 Delta Terminal 2.3 Marine Air Terminal 2.4 US Airways Terminal 2.5 Airlines and destinations 2.6 Top airlines and destinations 3 Ground transportation 3.1 Bus 3.2 Taxi 3.3 Limousine 4 Accidents and incidents 5 In popular culture 6 See also 7 References 8 External links History Construction The three major airports serving New York City:  1) JFK International (JFK)  2) La Guardia (LGA)  3) Newark Liberty International (EWR)   Floyd Bennett Field (193172) La Guardia Airport as seen from runway 22 Air Canada Jazz CRJ being fueled at La Guardia Airport

The current site of the airport was originally used by the Gala Amusement Park owned by the Steinway family. It was razed and transformed in 1929 into a 105-acre (0.42 km2) private flying field. The airport was originally named Glenn H. Curtiss Airport after the pioneer Long Island aviator and later called North Beach Airport.4

The initiative to develop the airport for commercial flights began with a verbal outburst by New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia (in office from 1934 to 1945) upon the arrival of his TWA flight at Newark the only commercial airport serving the New York City region at the time as his ticket said "New York". He demanded to be taken to New York and ordered the plane to be flown to Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field giving an impromptu press conference to reporters along the way. At that time he urged New Yorkers to support a new airport within their city.4

American Airlines accepted La Guardia's offer to start a pilot program of scheduled flights to Floyd Bennett although the program failed after several months because of Newark's relative proximity to Manhattan. La Guardia went as far as to offer police escorts to airport limousines in an attempt to get American Airlines to continue operating the pilot program.

During the Floyd Bennett experiment La Guardia and American executives began an alternative plan to build a new airport in Queens where it could take advantage of the new Queens-Midtown Tunnel to Manhattan. The existing North Beach Airport was an obvious location but much too small for the sort of airport that was being planned. With backing and assistance from the Works Progress Administration construction began in 1937.11 Building on the site required moving landfill from Rikers Island then a garbage dump onto a metal reinforcing framework. The framework below the airport still causes magnetic interference on the compasses of outgoing aircraft: signs on the airfield warn pilots about the problem.12 Because of American's pivotal role in the development of the airport La Guardia gave the airline extra real estate during the airport's first year of operation including four hangars (an unprecedented amount of space at the time).citation needed American also opened its first Admirals Club (and the first private airline club in the world) at the airport in 1939. The club's space was originally a large office space reserved for the mayor but after receiving criticism in the press La Guardia offered to lease out the space and American vice president Red Mosier immediately accepted the offer.13 The airport was dedicated on October 15 1939 as the New York Municipal Airport and opened for business on that December 2.4 It cost New York City $23 million to turn the tiny North Beach Airport into a 550-acre (2.2 km2) modern facility. Not everyone was as enthusiastic as La Guardia about the project some regarded it as a $40-million boondoggle. But the public was fascinated by the very idea of air travel and thousands traveled to the airport paid the dime fee and watched the airliners take off and land. Two years later these fees and their associated parking had already provided $285000 and other non-travel related incomes (food etc.) were another $650000 a year. The airport was soon a huge financial success. A smaller airport located in adjacent Jackson Heights Holmes Airport was unable to prevent the expansion of the larger airport and it closed in 1940. Newark Airport began renovations but could not keep up with the new Queens airport which Time called "the most pretentious land and seaplane base in the world." Even before the project was completed La Guardia had won commitments from the 5 largest airlines (Pan American Airways American United Eastern Air Lines and Transcontinental & Western Air) that they would begin using the new field as soon as it opened.14 The airport was used during World War II as a training facility for aviation technicians and as a logistics field. Transatlantic landplane airline flights started in late 1945; some continued after Idlewild opened in July 1948 but the last ones shifted to Idlewild in April 1951. Newspaper accounts alternately referred to the airfield as New York Municipal Airport and La Guardia Field until the modern name was officially applied when the airport moved to Port of New York Authority control under a lease with New York City on June 1 1947. La Guardia opened with four runways at 45-degree angles to each other15 the longest (13/31) being 6000 ft (1800 m). Runway 18/36 was closed soon after a United DC-4 ran off the south end in 1947; runway 9/27 (4500 ft) was closed around 1958 allowing La Guardia's terminal to expand northward after 1960. Circa 1961 runway 13/31 was shifted northeastward to allow construction of a parallel taxiway (such amenities being unknown when LGA was built) and in 1965-66 both remaining runways were extended to their present 7000 ft (2100 m). The April 1957 Official Airline Guide shows 283 weekday fixed-wing departures from La Guardia: 126 American 49 Eastern 33 Northeast 31 TWA 29 Capital and 15 United. American's flights included 26 nonstops to Boston and 27 to Washington National (mostly Convair 240s). Later development Although La Guardia was a large airport for the era in which it was built it soon became too small for the amount of air traffic it had to handle. Starting in 1968 general aviation aircraft were charged heavy fees to operate from La Guardia during peak hours driving many GA operators to airports such as Teterboro Airport in Teterboro New Jersey. The increase in traffic at La Guardia and safety concerns prompted the closure of nearby Flushing Airport in 1984. Also in 1984 to further combat overcrowding at LGA the Port Authority instituted a Sunday-thru-Friday "perimeter rule" banning nonstop flights from La Guardia to cities more than 1500 miles (2400 km) away; at the time Denver was the only such city with nonstop flights and it became the only exception to the rule. (In 1986 Western Airlines hoped to fly 737-300s nonstop to Salt Lake City and unsuccessfully challenged the rule in federal court). Later the Port Authority also moved to connect JFK and Newark Airport to regional rail networks with the AirTrain Newark and AirTrain JFK in an attempt to make these more distant airports competitive with La Guardia. 3 In addition to these local regulations the FAA also limited the number of flights and types of aircraft that could operate at La Guardia (see 14 CFR 193). La Guardia's traffic continued to grow. By 2000 the airport routinely experienced overcrowding delays many more than an hour long. That year Congress passed legislation to revoke the federal traffic limits on La Guardia by 2007. The reduced demand for air travel following the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City quickly slowed La Guardia's traffic growth helping to mitigate the airport's delays. Ongoing Port Authority investments to renovate the Central Terminal Building and improve the airfield layout have also made the airport's operations more efficient in recent years. FAA approved Instrument Departure Procedure "Whitestone Climb" and the "Expressway Visual Approach to Runway 31" which both overfly Citi Field. In the name of safety when New York Mets games are in progress these procedures are not usually used. In late 2006 construction began to replace the air traffic control tower built in 1962 with a more modern one. The tower began operations on October 9 2010.16 Plans In April 2010 Port Authority director Christopher Ward announced that the agency had hired consultants to explore a full demolition and rebuilding of La Guardia. The project would create a unified modern and efficient plan for the airport currently an amalgam of decades of additions and modifications. The rebuilding would be staged in phases in order to maintain operations throughout the project.17 Terminals airlines and destinations La Guardia has four terminals connected by buses and walkways. Signage throughout the terminals was designed by Paul Mijksenaar.18 Central Terminal Building (CTB) The Central Terminal Building (CTB) serves most of LaGuardia's domestic airlines. It is six blocks long consisting of a four-story central section two three-story wings and four concourses (A B C and D) with up to 40 aircraft gates.19 It was dedicated on April 17 1964 and cost $36 million. Delta and US Airways left the CTB in 1983 and 1992 respectively to their own dedicated terminals on the east side of the airport. The Port Authority and various airlines have carried out a $340 million improvement project in the 1990s and early 2000s to expand and renovate the existing space. 4 Delta Terminal The Delta Flight Center opened on June 19 1983 at a cost of approximately $90 million. It was designed to accommodate Delta's new Boeing 757 and Boeing 767 aircraft.20 Marine Air Terminal in 1974 Marine Air Terminal Main article: Marine Air Terminal The Marine Air Terminal (MAT) was the airport's original terminal for overseas flights. The waterside terminal was designed to serve the fleet of flying boats or Clippers of Pan American Airways America's main international airline throughout the 1930s and 1940s. When a Clipper would land in Long Island Sound it would taxi up to a dock where passengers would disembark into the terminal. During World War II new four-engine land planes were developed and flying boats didn't carry scheduled passengers out of New York after 1947. The last Pan American flight left the terminal in February 1952 bound for Bermuda. The terminal is home of the largest mural created during the Roosevelt era Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Arts Program. Created by New York artist James Brooks the mural Flight encircles the upper rotunda walls telling the story of man's conquest of the heavens up through 1942 when the work was completed. During the 1950s many WPA artists were thought to be in collusion with communists. Several works of art were destroyed that had been created for Post Offices and other public facilities. Likewise Flight was completely painted over with wall paint by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. In the late 1970s Geoffrey Arend an aviation historian and author of Great Airports: LaGuardia mounted a campaign to restore the mural to its original splendor. With the help of Brooks LaGuardia Airport manager Tim Peirce and donations from Readers Digest founders DeWitt Wallace and Laurance Rockefeller Flight was rededicated in 1980. In 1986 Pan Am restarted flights at the MAT with the purchase of New York Airs shuttle service between Boston New York City and Washington D.C. In 1991 Delta Air Lines bought the Pan Am Shuttle and subsequently started service from the MAT on September 1. In 1995 the MAT was designated as a historic landmark. A $7 million dollar restoration was completed in time for the airports sixty-fifth anniversary of commercial flights on December 2 2004. Along with the Delta Shuttle general aviation operates from the terminal through a fixed based operator. US Airways Terminal The US Airways terminal. The 300000-square-foot (28000 m2) US Airways Terminal designed by William Nicholas Bodouva + Associates Architects and Planners was opened September 12 1992 at a cost of $250 million. The original tenant was intended to be Eastern Airlines but when Eastern was forcibly bankrupt in an effort by parent Texas Air Corporation to merge its assets with that of sister airline Continental Airlines Continental assumed the leases. Continental never moved in as it sold its leases and most of its LaGuardia slots to US Airways as part of Continental's bankruptcy restructuring.21 Trump Shuttle successor to Eastern Airlines Shuttle and what is now US Airways Shuttle also occupied the terminal before becoming part of US Airways. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says that the terminal handles approximately 50% of regional airliner traffic at LaGuardia. 5 On August 12 2009 Delta Air Lines and US Airways announced a landing slot and terminal swap in separate press releases. Under the swap plan US Airways would have given Delta 125 operating slot pairs at LaGuardia. US Airways in return would have received 42 operating slot pairs at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington DC and be granted the authority to begin service from the US to Sao Pulo Brazil and Tokyo Japan. When the swap plan was complete Delta Shuttle operations would have moved from the Marine Air Terminal to Terminal C (the present US Airways terminal) and Terminals C and D would have been connected together. US Airways Shuttle flights would have moved to the Marine Air Terminal and mainline US Airways flights would have moved to Terminal D (the present Delta terminal).2223 The United States Department of Transportation announced that they would approve the Delta/US Airways transaction under the condition that they sell slots to other airlines. Delta and US Airways dropped the slot swap deal in early July 2010 and both airlines have filed a court appeal.24 Airlines and destinations Airlines Destinations Terminal Air Canada Montral-Trudeau Toronto-Pearson Central-A Air Canada Express operated by Jazz Air Montral-Trudeau Ottawa Central-A AirTran Airways Akron/Canton Atlanta Indianapolis Milwaukee Newport News/Williamsburg Orlando Central-B American Airlines Chicago-O'Hare Dallas/Fort Worth Miami Nashville St. Louis Seasonal: Eagle/Vail Central-D American Eagle Atlanta Boston Charleston (WV) Charlotte Cleveland Columbus (OH) Detroit Fayetteville (AR) Minneapolis/St. Paul Montral-Trudeau Nashville Raleigh/Durham Toronto-Pearson Seasonal: Traverse City Central-C Continental Airlines Cleveland Houston-Intercontinental Seasonal: Aruba Central-A Continental Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines Cleveland Central-A Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Cleveland Central-A Delta Air Lines Atlanta Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Detroit Fort Lauderdale Fort Myers Jacksonville (FL) Memphis Minneapolis/St. Paul New Orleans Orlando Tampa West Palm Beach Seasonal: Aruba Delta Delta Shuttle operated by Delta Air Lines Boston Marine Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines Asheville Bangor Charleston (SC) Columbia Columbus (OH) Greenville/Spartanburg Lexington Portland (ME) Savannah Delta Delta Connection operated by Comair Birmingham (AL) Charleston (SC) Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Columbus (OH) Grand Rapids Indianapolis Jacksonville (FL) Kansas City Madison Minneapolis/St. Paul Nashville Portland (ME) Raleigh/Durham Savannah St. Louis Seasonal: Traverse City Delta Delta Connection operated by Compass Airlines Fort Myers Kansas City Minneapolis/St. Paul Nashville Omaha Tampa Delta Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines Knoxville Portland (ME) Savannah Delta Delta Connection operated by Shuttle America Bangor Columbus (OH) Fort Myers Indianapolis Jacksonville (FL) Kansas City Nashville Portland (ME) Raleigh/Durham St. Louis Delta Delta Shuttle operated by Shuttle America Boston Chicago-O'Hare Washington-National Marine Frontier Airlines Denver Kansas City Milwaukee Central-B Frontier Airlines operated by Republic Airlines Kansas City Central-B JetBlue Airways Fort Lauderdale Orlando West Palm Beach Central-A/B Southwest Airlines Baltimore Chicago-Midway Central-B Spirit Airlines Chicago-O'Hare begins August 18 Detroit Fort Lauderdale Myrtle Beach Central-B United Airlines Chicago-O'Hare Denver Central-C United Express operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines Washington-Dulles Central-C United Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines Washington-Dulles Central-C United Express operated by Mesa Airlines Washington-Dulles Central-C United Express operated by Shuttle America Chicago-O'Hare Washington-Dulles Central-C United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines Cleveland Central-C US Airways Boston Charlotte Philadelphia Washington-National US Airways US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin Asheville (NC) Buffalo Charleston (SC) Charlotte Columbia (SC) Columbus (OH) Greensboro Greenville/Spartanburg (SC) Lexington (KY) Louisville Norfolk Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland (ME) Raleigh/Durham Richmond Rochester (NY) Wilmington (NC) US Airways US Airways Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines Columbus (OH) Greensboro Louisville Pittsburgh Raleigh/Durham Richmond Wilmington (NC) US Airways US Airways Express operated by Colgan Air Seasonal: Martha's Vineyard Nantucket US Airways US Airways Express operated by Mesaba Airlines Charlottesville Ithaca Manchester (NH) Providence Syracuse Washington-Dulles US Airways US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines Albany Baltimore Bangor Buffalo Burlington (VT) Harrisburg Hartford Philadelphia Portland (ME) Roanoke Rochester (NY) US Airways US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines Charlotte Greensboro Dayton Richmond US Airways US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines Columbus (OH) Philadelphia Pittsburgh US Airways Top airlines and destinations Busiest Domestic Routes from LGA (April 2010 - March 2011) 25 Rank City Passengers Top Carriers 1 Chicago Illinois (ORD) 1271000 American Delta United 2 Atlanta Georgia 1118000 AirTran American Delta 3 Fort Lauderdale Florida 738000 Delta JetBlue Spirit 4 Dallas/Fort Worth Texas 562000 American 5 Miami Florida 553000 American 6 Charlotte North Carolina 513000 American Delta US Airways 7 Boston Massachusetts 484000 American Delta US Airways 8 Detroit Michigan 433000 American Delta Spirit 9 Washington DC (DCA) 411000 Delta US Airways 10 Orlando Florida 351000 AirTran Delta Jetblue Ground transportation Bus Several city bus lines link LGA to the New York City Subway and Long Island Rail Road with free transfers provided for Metrocard users making subway connections. The buses are wheelchair accessible. These are operated by MTA New York City Transit and MTA Bus Company: M60 (All terminals) Q33 (Central Terminal US Airways and Delta terminals only) Q48 (All terminals) Q72 (Central Terminal only) Q47 (Marine Air Terminal only) There are also many private bus lines operating express buses to Manhattan the Hudson Valley and Long Island. Taxi Taxicabs serving the Airport are licensed by New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission. The fares within New York City are metered. Uniformed Taxi Dispatchers are available to assist passengers before they start the rides.26 Limousine New York City's limousine services which are licensed by NYCTLC New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission offer various rates ranging from $40150 from LGA airport to Manhattan (excluding tips and tolls) in a sedan or limousine. Depending on the time of day travel from LGA to Midtown Manhattan can be as quick as 25 minutes. Limousines accommodate 220 passengers depending upon the size of the vehicle. Accidents and incidents On February 1 1957 Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashed on takeoff into Rikers Island. Of 101 people aboard 21 were killed.27 On February 3 1959 American Airlines Flight 320 crashed on approach into the East River. Of 73 people aboard 65 were killed.28 On June 12 1972 American Airlines Flight 96 suffered a decompression on a flight from Los Angeles To New York. All 67 passengers survived. On December 29 1975 a bomb exploded at LaGuardia killing 11 people and injuring 74.29 On 4 January 1971 Douglas C-47A N7 of the Federal Aviation Administration crashed on approach to La Guardia Airport. The aircraft was on a flight from Johnstown-Cambria County Airport Johnstown Pennsylvania. The cause of the accident was windshear.30 On September 21 1989 USAir Flight 5050 bound for Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte North Carolina crashed after aborting takeoff and rolling off the end of the runway into the East River. The plane broke into three pieces and three passengers died as a result.31 On March 22 1992 USAir Flight 405 bound for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland Ohio crashed on takeoff at LaGuardia because of icing on its wings. Of 51 people aboard 27 were killed.32 On March 2 1994 Continental Airlines Flight 705 to Stapleton International Airport in Denver Colorado aborted takeoff in a snowstorm and skidded down the runway into a ditch.33 On January 15 2009 US Airways Flight 1549 to Charlotte/Douglas International Airport ditched in the Hudson River at a gradual angle after losing both engines as a result of multiple bird strikes at an altitude of 3000 feet (910 m); all 150 passengers (12 in first class and 138 in economy) and 5 crew members (2 pilots and 3 flight attendants) were successfully evacuated from a safe water ditch.3435 Wikinews has related news: Homeless man causes bomb scare at LaGuardia Airport in New York City On August 1 2009 the airport was evacuated when a Port Authority police officer mistook a mentally-disabled man's electrical equipment for a bomb and his flipping of a switch to be an attempt to detonate it. In popular culture LaGuardia Airport appears as a level in the computer game Deus Ex. LaGuardia airport of 1939 (or 1940) nearly receives the landing of a Boeing 707 jetliner in the Twilight Zone episode The Odyssey of Flight 33 but then the crew sees the 1939/1940 World's Fair site and realize they did not come forward in time far enough to be home. They do not make the landing they've been cleared for at LaGuardia. LaGuardia Airport is the only airport in the 2006 game Driver Parallel Lines. In the 1987 John Hughes comedy Planes Trains and Automobiles Neal Page and Del Griffith (played by Steve Martin and John Candy) depart LaGuardia on a flight to Chicago O'Hare Airport. They end up landing at Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita because of a snowstorm in Chicago. In the music video for the 2008 song I Will Possess Your Heart by Death Cab for Cutie the main character embarks on a worldwide journey beginning from LaGuardia The airport is featured in the 1992 movie Home Alone 2 when Kevin McCalister (Maculay Culkin) discovers he accidentally took the plane to NYC instead of Miami The airport is the headquarters of the Men in Black in Men in Black: The Series based on the film. The runways of the airport are featured in the 2008 videogame Grand Theft Auto IV. A photo of an electronic sign were used as the cover art for American electronic artist Moby's 2011 album Destroyed. See also World War II portal New York City portal Aviation portal New York World War II Army Airfields References  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency. a b c d 2010 North American final rankings FAA Airport Master Record for LGA (Form 5010 PDF) retrieved 03/15/2007 Kenneth T. 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