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'''LaGuardia Airport''' {{airport codes|LGA|KLGA|LGA}} {{IPAc-en|l|ə|ˈ|ɡ|w|ɑr|d|i|ə}} is an [[airport]] in the northern part of the [[New York City]] [[Borough (New York City)|borough]] of [[Queens]] in the United States. It is on the waterfront of [[Flushing Bay|Flushing]] and [[Bowery Bay]]s in [[East Elmhurst, Queens|East Elmhurst]] and borders the neighborhoods of [[Astoria, Queens|Astoria]] and [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]]. The airport is the third busiest airport serving New York City, and the twentieth busiest in the United States. LaGuardia Airport covers {{Convert|680|acre|ha}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=LaGuardia's official website|url=http://www.panynj.gov/airports/lga-facts-info.html}}</ref>

The [[New York City metropolitan area]]'s [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|JFK International]], LaGuardia, and [[Newark Liberty International Airport]]s combine to create the largest airport system in the United States, [[World's busiest city airport systems by passenger traffic|second in the world in terms of passenger traffic]], and first in the world in terms of total flight operations.  In 2011, the airport handled 24.1 million passengers;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.panynj.gov/airports/lga-facts-info.html |title=Facts & Information |website=LaGuardia Airport |publisher=The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey |accessdate=June 28, 2013}}</ref> In 2016, LaGuardia Airport had a strong growth in passenger traffic; about 29.8 million passengers used the airport, a 14.2 percent increase from the previous year.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=2158 |title=Port Authority Airports set new Record with more than 129 Million Passengers Traveling in 2016 |publisher=The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey |date=January 28, 2015 |accessdate=August 27, 2015}}</ref> JFK handled 59.0 million<ref name="ACI">[http://www.aci-na.org/stats/stats_traffic 2010 North American final rankings] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208130330/http://www.aci-na.org/stats/stats_traffic |date=February 8, 2008 }}</ref> and Newark handled 40.4 million,<ref name="ACI"/> a total of about 129.7 million travelers using New York airports. In addition, LaGuardia is the busiest airport in the United States without any non-stop service to Europe.<ref>{{cite web |title=2000 Passenger Statistics: North America's Busiest Airports |url=http://www.aci-na.org/docs/030101.pdf|accessdate=July 7, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201055030/http://www.aci-na.org/docs/030101.pdf|archivedate=December 1, 2007}}</ref> A perimeter rule prohibits nonstop flights to or from points beyond {{convert|1,500|mi}}, but exceptions to the perimeter rule are flights on Saturdays and flights to Denver. Most transcontinental flights use JFK or Newark, as do all international flights except those from airports (within the perimeter) that also have [[United States border preclearance]], since there is no border control facility at the airport.<ref>{{cite news |title=Long Distance at La Guardia |url=http://www.nysun.com/editorials/long-distance-at-la-guardia/18053 |newspaper=[[The New York Sun]] |date=August 4, 2005 |accessdate=March 4, 2010}}</ref>

'''Glenn H. Curtiss Airport''' (named after aviation pioneer [[Glenn Hammond Curtiss]]<ref name="Citycyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia |editor-first=Kenneth T. |editor-last=Jackson |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of New York City |publisher=The [[New-York Historical Society]]; Yale University Press |year=1995 |page=470}}</ref>), later renamed '''North Beach Airport''',<ref name=newsday>{{cite news |title=Major Airports Take Off / Mayor LaGuardia's complaint leads to an airport; but soon, another is needed |first=Rhoda |last=Amon |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/29457155.html |newspaper=[[Newsday]] |location=Long Island, New York |page=A17 |date=May 13, 1998 |accessdate=July 7, 2012}}</ref> was the earlier airport at this location. The name was changed after New York City's takeover and reconstruction to '''New York Municipal Airport''', and in 1953 became "LaGuardia Airport", named for [[Fiorello La Guardia]], the [[mayor of New York]] when the airport was built.

LaGuardia has been criticized for some of its outdated facilities. Former Vice President [[Joe Biden]] compared LaGuardia to a "third world country" and the airport has been ranked in numerous customer surveys as the worst in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |first= Mike |last=Krumboltz |url=https://news.yahoo.com/biden-compares-new-york-s-laguardia-airport-to--third-world-country-204943274.html |title=Biden compares New York's LaGuardia airport to 'third world country' |date=February 6, 2014 |work=Yahoo News |accessdate=February 6, 2014}}</ref> Among pilots, it is referred to as "USS LaGuardia", because the runways are short and surrounded by water, thus giving the feel of landing on an [[aircraft carrier]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Wien |first=Kent |url=http://www.gadling.com/2012/12/25/cockpit-chronicles-a-landing-fit-for-a-king/ |title=Cockpit Chronicles: A Landing Fit For A King |publisher=Gadling.com |date=December 25, 2012 |accessdate=April 4, 2014}}</ref> On July 27, 2015, [[Governor of New York|New York Governor]] [[Andrew Cuomo]] announced [[#Reconstruction|a reconstruction plan]] that would completely replace the existing airport.

==History==

===Construction===
[[Image:Airports New York City Map Julius Schorzman with Floyd Bennett Field.jpg|thumb|left|The three major airports serving New York City:<br>&nbsp;1) [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|JFK International]] (JFK)<br>&nbsp;2) LaGuardia (LGA)<br>&nbsp;3) [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark Liberty International]] (EWR)<br>&nbsp;☆ [[Floyd Bennett Field]] (1931–72)]]
[[File:LGA seen from runway 13.jpg|thumb|left|LaGuardia Airport as seen from a taxiway in 2010. Note both the new and old control towers.]]
The site of the airport was originally used by the Gala Amusement Park, owned by the [[Steinway & Sons|Steinway]] family. It was razed and transformed in 1929 into a {{convert|105|acre|adj=on}} private flying field named [[Glenn H. Curtiss]] Airport after the pioneer Long Island aviator, later called North Beach Airport.<ref name=newsday/>

The initiative to develop the airport for commercial flights began with an outburst by New York mayor [[Fiorello La Guardia]] (in office from 1934 to 1945) upon the arrival of his [[Trans World Airlines|TWA]] flight at Newark Airport&nbsp;– the only commercial airport serving the New York City region at the time&nbsp;– 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. He urged New Yorkers to support a new airport within their city.<ref name=newsday/>

[[American Airlines]] accepted La Guardia's offer to start a trial program of scheduled flights to Floyd Bennett, although the program failed after several months because of Newark's better 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 trial 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=12 WPA Projects that Still Exist|url=http://people.howstuffworks.com/12-wpa-projects-that-still-exist1.htm|work=How Stuff Works|publisher=Publications International, Ltd.|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=La Guardia: New York City's Airport|first=Sebastian|last=Steinke|url=http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRheft/FRHeft05/FRH0508/FR0508c.htm|work=Flug Review|date=August 2005|accessdate=July 7, 2012}}</ref>

Because of American's pivotal role in the development of the airport, LaGuardia gave the airline extra real estate during the airport's first year of operation, including four hangars, which was an unprecedented amount of space at the time.<ref>{{cite web |title=American Airlines Group, Inc. Reshuffles Flights at LaGuardia Airport – American Airlines is dropping flights in some markets with overcapacity to make room for seven new destinations|url=http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/09/17/american-airlines-group-inc-reshuffles-flights-at.aspx|work=fool.com|accessdate=September 2, 2010}}</ref> American opened its first [[Admirals Club]] (and the first private airline club in the world) at the airport in 1939. The club took over a large office space that had previously been reserved for the mayor, but he offered it for lease following criticism from the press, and American vice president Red Mosier immediately accepted the offer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Admirals Club History|url=http://www.aa.com.br/i18n/amrcorp/corporateInformation/facts/admiralshistory.jsp|work=[[American Airlines]]|accessdate=September 2, 2010}}</ref>
[[File:Welcome to New York sign KLGA.JPG|thumb|left|Welcome to New York sign]]
[[File:Eleanor Roosevelt at LaGuardia Airport (1960).jpg|thumb|right|[[Eleanor Roosevelt]] at LaGuardia, 1960]]
[[File:JFK arrives at La Guardia Airport NY Sep 1961.jpg|thumb|right|President [[John F. Kennedy]] arrives at LaGuardia, 1961]]

The airport was dedicated on October 15, 1939 as the New York Municipal Airport,<ref>{{cite news|title=150,000 TO SEE NORHT BEACH OPENING FETE: Dedication Of Airport Tomorrow Is Hailed As Boon To Queens|url=http://www.fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201939%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201939%2520-%25201104.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F9548f72c8a3f14edcdbc518a8fadfb3e#page=1|accessdate=26 March 2016|work=Long Island Star-Journal|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=October 14, 1939|page=1}}</ref><ref name=LIStarNorhtBeachAirport-Oct141939-pg2>{{cite news|title=150,000 TO SEE NORHT BEACH OPENING FETE: Dedication Of Airport Tomorrow Is Hailed As Boon To Queens|url=http://www.fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201939%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201939%2520-%25201105.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F17e13c260e18cbe32edf7e2b3f46db75#page=1|accessdate=26 March 2016|work=Long Island Star-Journal|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=October 14, 1939|page=2}}</ref> and opened for business on December 2 of that year.<ref name=newsday/> It cost New York City $23 million to turn the tiny North Beach Airport into a {{convert|550|acre|adj=on}} 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 $285,000, and other non-travel related incomes (food, etc.) were another $650,000 a year. The airport was soon a financial success. A smaller airport in nearby [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]], [[Holmes Airport]], was unable to prevent the expansion of the larger airport and closed in 1940.

Newark Airport began renovations, but could not keep up with the new Queens airport, which ''[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]'' called "the most pretentious land and seaplane base in the world." Even before the project was completed LaGuardia had won commitments from the five largest airlines ([[Pan American World Airways|Pan American Airways]], American, [[United Airlines|United]], [[Eastern Air Lines]] and [[Trans World Airlines|Transcontinental & Western Air]]) to begin using the new field as soon as it opened.<ref>{{cite news |title=La Guardia's Coup |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,760199,00.html |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=September 12, 1938|accessdate=July 7, 2012}}</ref> Pan Am's transatlantic [[Boeing 314]] flying boats moved to La Guardia from Port Washington in 1940. During World War II the airport was used to train aviation technicians and as a logistics field. Transatlantic landplane airline flights started in late 1945; some continued after [[Kennedy Airport|Idlewild]] (now John F. Kennedy International) 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 LaGuardia Field until the modern name was officially applied when the airport moved to [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey|Port of New York Authority]] control under a lease with New York City on June 1, 1947.

LaGuardia opened with four runways at 45-degree angles to each other,<ref>{{cite web |title=La Guardia Airport, N.Y.|url=http://iarchives.nysed.gov/PubImageWeb/viewImageData.jsp?id=139082|work=New York State Archives|date=September 26, 1947|accessdate=July 7, 2012}}</ref> the longest (13/31) being {{convert|6000|ft|m|abbr=on}}. Runway 18/36 was closed soon after a United DC-4 ran off the south end in 1947; runway 9/27 (4500&nbsp;ft) was closed around 1958, allowing LaGuardia'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 {{convert|7000|ft|m|abbr=on}}.

[[File:Laguardia Sunset.jpg|thumb|Old control tower at LaGuardia Airport constructed in 1962]]
The April 1957 Official Airline Guide shows 283 weekday fixed-wing departures from LaGuardia: 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).<ref>{{Citation |last= |first= |year=1957 |title=Official Airline Guide |publisher= American Aviation Publications |publication-place=Washington DC |page= |url= |accessdate= }}</ref> Jet flights (United 727s to Cleveland and Chicago) started on June 1, 1964.

===Later development===
[[File:LGA CT sunset.JPG|thumb|New LaGuardia Airport control tower at sunset]]
Although LaGuardia was a large airport for the era in which it was built, it soon became too small. Starting in 1968 [[general aviation]] aircraft were charged heavy fees to operate from LaGuardia during peak hours, driving many GA operators to airports such as [[Teterboro Airport]] in [[Teterboro, New Jersey]]. The increase in traffic at LaGuardia 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 LaGuardia to cities more than {{convert|1500|mi|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 LaGuardia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Air Traffic Congestion in the New York–New Jersey Metropolitan Region|first=William R.|last=DeCota|url=http://www.house.gov/transportation/aviation/07-16-01/decota.html |work=[[United States House of Representatives]]|date=June 16, 2001|accessdate=July 7, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030326031525/http://www.house.gov/transportation/aviation/07-16-01/decota.html |archivedate=March 26, 2003}}</ref> In addition to these local regulations, the [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]] also limited the number of flights and types of aircraft that could operate at LaGuardia.

LaGuardia's traffic continued to grow. By 2000, the airport routinely experienced overcrowding delays, many more than an hour long. That year, [[United States Congress|Congress]] passed legislation to revoke the federal traffic limits on LaGuardia by 2007. The reduced demand for air travel following the [[September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks]] on New York City quickly slowed LaGuardia'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 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Control Tower Up and Running at LaGuardia|first=Stacey|last=Altherr|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/new-control-tower-up-and-running-at-laguardia-1.2348984|newspaper=[[Newsday]]|date=October 10, 2010|accessdate=April 6, 2011 |subscription=yes}}</ref>

===Delta–US Airways slot swap===
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, D.C., and be granted the authority to begin service from the US to [[São Paulo]], [[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).<ref>{{cite press release |title=Delta Reinforces New York Commitment with Plan for Domestic Hub at LaGuardia Airport|url=http://news.delta.com/index.php?s=43&item=751|publisher=[[Delta Air Lines]]|date=August 12, 2009|accessdate=August 12, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=US Airways Announces Slot Transaction With Delta Air Lines |url=http://www2.usairways.com/en-US/aboutus/pressroom/Aug09_announcement.html |publisher=[[US Airways]] |date=August 12, 2009|accessdate=August 12, 2009}}</ref> 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 filed a court appeal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Delta and US Airways Drop Slot Swap|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=11075353|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[ABC News]]|date=July 2, 2010|accessdate=August 5, 2010}}</ref> In May 2011, both airlines announced that they would resubmit their proposal of the slot swap to the US DOT. It was tentatively approved by the US DOT on July 21, 2011.<ref>{{cite press release |title=DOT Proposes to Grant Delta/US Airways Slot Waiver with Conditions |url=http://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/dot-proposes-grant-deltaus-airways-slot-waiver-conditions#sthash.W0BaWh8X.dpuf |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |date=July 21, 2011 |access-date=August 28, 2015}}</ref> The slot swap received final approval from the US DOT on October 10, 2011.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/delta-and-us-airways-welcome-dot-approval-of-slot-transaction-131820273.html |title=Delta and US Airways Welcome DOT Approval of Slot Transaction |publisher=[[PR Newswire]] |date=October 13, 2011|accessdate=June 15, 2012}}</ref>

On December 16, 2011, [[Delta Air Lines]] announced plans to open a new domestic hub at LaGuardia Airport. The investment was the largest single expansion by any carrier at LaGuardia in decades, with flights increasing by more than 60 percent, and destinations by more than 75 percent. By summer 2013, Delta increased operations to 264 daily flights between LaGuardia and more than 60 cities, more than any other airline at LaGuardia.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Delta Unveils Schedule for New Domestic Hub at New York's LaGuardia Airport|url=http://news.delta.com/index.php?s=43&item=1517|publisher=[[Delta Air Lines]]|date=December 16, 2011|accessdate=July 7, 2012}}</ref>

Delta invested $100 million to renovate terminals C and D in LaGuardia, where it now operates 32 gates. A 600-foot connector bridge has been built, linking the two terminals. Delta also converted the then US Airways lounge in Terminal C to a Delta Sky Club, while continuing to operate its current Sky Club in Terminal D. US Airways built a new club, placed next door to their old lounge, which has since become an American Airlines Admirals Club.

===Reconstruction===
In April 2010, Port Authority director Christopher Ward announced that the agency had hired consultants to explore a full demolition and rebuilding of LaGuardia's Central Terminal. The project would create a unified, modern, and efficient plan for the airport, currently an amalgam of decades of additions and modifications. The project, expected to cost 2.4 billion US dollars, will include the demolition of the existing central terminal building and its four concourses, garage, Hangar 1, and frontage roads; building temporary facilities; and designing and building a new central terminal building.<ref name=ENR2013>{{cite news |title=4 Teams Shortlisted for $2.4B LaGuardia Terminal Building Replacement |author= |first=Carolina |last=Worrell  |url=http://newyork.construction.com/new_york_construction_news/2013/0802-4-Teams-Shortlisted-for-24B-LaGuardia-Terminal-Building-Replacement.asp |work=ENR New York |publisher=Dodge Data & Analytics |location= |date=August 2, 2013 |accessdate=August 27, 2015 }}</ref> The rebuilding would be staged in phases in order to maintain operations throughout the project.<ref>{{cite news |title=Port Authority chief: Tear down Queens' La Guardia Airport|first=Doug|last=Feiden|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/04/28/2010-04-28_port_authority_chief_tear_down_laguardia_airport.html|newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]]|date=April 28, 2010|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>

Proposals were due on January 31, 2012. Patrick Foye, executive director of the Port Authority, said, "It's got a quaint, nostalgic but unacceptable kind of 1940s, 1950s feel that's just not acceptable."<ref>{{cite news |title=World Trade Center Design Flaw Could Cost Millions|first=Chris|last=Hawley|url=http://www.news-record.com/content/2012/02/01/article/world_trade_center_design_flaw_could_cost_millions|newspaper=[[News & Record]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=February 1, 2012|accessdate=February 1, 2012}}</ref> The Port Authority was seeking a private company to develop and operate the replacement terminal with private funds, similar to how Delta operates the other terminals at the airport. However, in January 2014, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan for the state to oversee construction of the long-stalled new terminal project instead of the proposed public-private partnership.<ref>{{cite news |author=|url=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-01-08/gov-dot-cuomo-ny-to-do-jfk-laguardia-construction |title=Gov. Cuomo: NY to do JFK, LaGuardia construction |work=Businessweek |date=January 8, 2014 |accessdate=April 4, 2014}}</ref>

On July 27, 2015, Governor [[Andrew Cuomo]], joined by then-[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Joe Biden]], announced a $4 billion plan to rebuild the terminals as one contiguous building with terminal bridges connecting buildings.  Airport officials and planners had concluded that the airport essentially had to be torn down and rebuilt.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McGeehan|first1=Patrick|title=La Guardia Airport to Be Overhauled by 2021, Cuomo and Biden Say|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/nyregion/la-guardia-airport-to-be-rebuilt-by-2021-cuomo-and-biden-say.html |accessdate=28 July 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 27, 2015}}</ref>

====Plan details====
Under the plan, a single terminal building is to be constructed in stages, with a people mover, retail space and a new hotel. Some {{convert|2|mi}} of additional [[taxiway]]s are to be built. A [[people mover]] is to connect the new terminal sections, the Grand Central Parkway is to be reconfigured, and [[AirTrain LaGuardia]], previously announced, will connect the airport to the [[Mets – Willets Point (IRT Flushing Line)|Mets&nbsp;– Willets Point]] subway station and the [[Mets – Willets Point (LIRR station)|Mets – Willets Point]] LIRR station. A proposed high speed ferry, if introduced, will service the Marine Air Terminal, a national historic landmark, which will remain intact. An onsite tram has also been proposed to move passengers more quickly within the central terminal.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=NYGovCuomo|title=The vision for the comprehensive redesign of LaGuardia Airport|date=2015-07-27|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC7CrgJrCCc|accessdate=2016-10-04}}</ref> The new airport is to be eco-friendly and contain accommodations such as a hotel of approximately 200 rooms<ref name=":0" /> and a business/conference center.<ref name=airport-advisory-plan>{{cite report |first=Dan |last=Tishman |title=A 21st Century Airport for the State of New York: The New LaGuardia |date=July 27, 2015 |publisher=Airport Advisory Panel, The State of New York |display-authors=etal |url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/Airport_Advisory_Panel_Final_Report_LGA.pdf |format=PDF Governor's Office |access-date=August 27, 2015}}</ref> The entire airport will move {{convert|600|ft}} closer to the Grand Central Parkway.<ref>{{cite news |author= |url=http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/27/ny-gov-cuomo-details-overhaul-for-laguardia-airport.html |title= NY Gov Cuomo details $4B overhaul for LaGuardia Airport |work=CNBC |date=July 27, 2015 |accessdate=July 27, 2015}}</ref>

New parking garages will replace the parking facilities between the existing terminals and Grand Central Parkway, creating space for the new facilities. By locating the terminals closer to the Grand Central Parkway, additional space for aircraft taxiways and hold areas will be created, reducing ground delays. The runways themselves will not be reconfigured.<ref name=airport-advisory-plan/><ref>{{cite news |first=Patrick |last=McGeehan |date=July 27, 2015 |work=The New York Times |title=La Guardia Airport to Be Overhauled by 2021, Cuomo and Biden Say |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/nyregion/la-guardia-airport-to-be-rebuilt-by-2021-cuomo-and-biden-say.html |access-date=August 27, 2015}}</ref>

Construction of the project's first phase started in spring of 2016, once final plans were approved by the Port Authority board, with the entire redevelopment scheduled to be completed by 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ny.curbed.com/2016/6/14/11938312/new-york-laguardia-airport-overhaul-begins|title=New looks at LaGuardia Airport's $4B, ‘21st-century’ revamp|last=Plitt|first=Amy|date=2016-06-14|website=Curbed NY|access-date=2016-10-05}}</ref> Terminal B will be demolished, and [[Delta Air Lines]] will rebuild its terminals C and D in coordination with the plan. This is as both the airline and Port Authority have agreed to work together in building the single terminal. The new airport will feature an island gate system, with passengers connecting between the terminal building and the gates via bridges that will be high enough for aircraft to taxi under.<ref name=airport-advisory-plan/><ref>{{cite press release |author=Governor's Press Office |title=Governor Cuomo Unveils Vision For Transformative Redesign of LaGuardia Airport |date=July 27, 2015 |location=Albany, New York |publisher=New York State |url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-unveils-vision-transformative-redesign-laguardia-airport |access-date=August 27, 2015}}</ref> In late March 2016, the comprehensive plans for the redevelopment were approved unanimously.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2016-03-24/4-billion-redevelopment-of-aging-laguardia-airport-approved|title=$4 billion redevelopment of aging LaGuardia Airport approved - US News|work=US News & World Report}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2016-03-25/the-multi-billion-laguardia-redevelopment-has-been-approved|title=The Multi-Billion Dollar LaGuardia Redevelopment Has Been Approved|work=Condé Nast Traveler}}</ref> Construction costs were estimated to range from $4 billion to $5.3 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://therealdeal.com/2016/03/24/will-laguardia-cost-5-3b-or-4b-depends-on-your-math/|title=LaGuardia Renovation - Port Authority New York New Jersey|date=March 24, 2016|work=The Real Deal New York}}</ref>

==Terminals==
LaGuardia currently has four terminals connected by buses and walkways. Signage throughout the terminals was designed by [[Paul Mijksenaar]].<ref>{{cite web |title=New York and New Jersey Airports|url=http://www.mijksenaar.com/projects-quicktour/30-new_york_and_new_jersey_airports.html|work=Mijksenaar BV|accessdate=May 18, 2009}}</ref> As with the other Port Authority airports, some terminals at LaGuardia are managed and maintained by airlines themselves. Terminals A and D and most of Terminal C are operated by Delta Air Lines, with Terminal B under direct Port Authority operation.

==={{Anchor|Marine Air Terminal|Terminal A}}Terminal A (Marine Air Terminal)===
{{Main article|Marine Air Terminal}}
[[File:LaGuardia MarineAirTerminal 1974.jpg|thumb|Marine Air Terminal in 1974]]
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 World Airways|Pan American Airways]], America's main international airline throughout the 1930s and 1940s. When a Clipper landed in Long Island Sound, it taxied to a dock where passengers could disembark into the terminal. During World War II new four-engine land planes were developed, and flying boats stopped carrying 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]] [[Federal Art Project]]. Created by New York artist [[James Brooks (painter)|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 that had been created for post offices and other public facilities were therefore destroyed. 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 ''Reader's 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 Air]]'s 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 restoration was completed in time for the airport's 65th anniversary of commercial flights on December 2, 2004. Along with the [[Delta Shuttle]], general aviation operates from the terminal through fixed-based operator [[Sheltair Aviation Services|Sheltair]].

===Terminal B===
[[File:LaGuardia Terminal B.JPG|thumb|Terminal B LaGuardia Marketplace]]
The Central Terminal Building (CTB) serves most of LaGuardia's 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 40 aircraft gates. The $36 million facility designed by [[Harrison & Abramovitz]] was dedicated on April 17, 1964.<ref>{{cite book |last1=White|first1=Norval|last2=Willensky|first2=Elliot|last3=Leadon|first3=Fran|title=AIA Guide to New York City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0gj61QSgk8C&pg=PA986|accessdate=February 7, 2013|edition=5th|year=2010|origyear=1968|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York City|isbn=978-0-19-538385-0|page=767|chapter=Queens West}}</ref> 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 (decade) to expand and renovate the existing space.

===Terminal C===
[[File:LaGuardia US Airways Terminal.JPG|thumb|Terminal C, with the [[Grand Central Parkway]] in the foreground.]]
Terminal C, the {{convert|300000|sqft|m2|adj=on}}, 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 Air Lines, 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Continental to Sell 108 Slots at La Guardia for $61 Million|first=Edwin|last=McDowell|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/16/business/continental-to-sell-108-slots-at-la-guardia-for-61-million.html|newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 16, 1991|accessdate=September 15, 2009}}</ref> [[Trump Shuttle]], successor to the Eastern 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.

As a result of a slot-swap deal between Delta Air Lines and US Airways, as of July 2012, Delta occupies the majority of the terminal (gates C15–C34). American Airlines (the former US Airways flights) now operates only from gates C35–C44. Gates on the east side of the lower level do not have jet bridges and are used to transport passengers via buses to and from Delta Connection flights parked at remote stands on the east side of the airport.  Passengers must use air stairs to board/deplane these flights.

===Terminal D===
Terminal D, opened on June 19, 1983, at a cost of approximately $90 million and designed by William Nicholas Bodouva + Associates Architects. It was designed to accommodate Delta's new [[Boeing 757]] and [[Boeing 767]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite news |title=Delta Spreads Out at La Guardia |first=Agis|last=Salpukas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/18/business/delta-spreads-out-at-la-guardia.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 18, 1983|page=29 |accessdate=September 15, 2009}}</ref> Delta has virtually exclusive use of this terminal, except for one gate used by Canadian low-cost carrier [[WestJet]].

The terminal was connected to Terminal C by a 600-foot walkway that opened in early 2013, part of Delta's effort to build a hub at LaGuardia.
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===General Aviation Terminal===
Although there is no separate terminal building for general aviation aircraft a pseudo-terminal is operated within the Marine Air Terminal (Terminal A) which is currently run by [[Sheltair Aviation Services|Sheltair Aviation]]<ref>[http://sheltairaviation.com/fbos/newyork Sheltair Aviation Services - FBO at LaGuardia Airport (KLGA)]</ref> providing full FBO services to private and charter aircraft owners/pilots including [[Avgas|100LL]] and [[Jet A]] fueling, computerized weather and flight planning as well as pilot and passenger lounges. To access the General Aviation terminal an on-airport tenant must possession a SIDA (Security Identification Display Area) badge for unescorted access, transient aircraft owners/pilots and passengers must be escorted at all times into and out of the GA Terminal and to the ramp and hangar areas by the FBO staff.

==Other facilities==
When [[New York Air]] was in operation, its headquarters were in Hangar 5 at LaGuardia.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Airline Directory|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1986/1986%20-%200768.html?search=%22TranStar%22|work=[[Flight International]]|date=March 29, 1986|accessdate=July 7, 2012|quote=Head Office: Hangar 5, LaGuardia Airport, Flushing, NY 11371, USA}}</ref>

The [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department]] (PAPD) provides law enforcement and fire-rescue services to the airport, its LaGuardia Airport Command is located in Building 137.  Emergency medical services are provided by [[North Shore University Hospital]] under contract to the Port Authority.

==Airlines and destinations==
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| [[Air Canada]] | [[Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport|Montréal–Trudeau]], [[Toronto Pearson International Airport|Toronto–Pearson]] | <ref name="AirCanadaRoutes">{{cite web|title=Flight Schedules|url=https://beta.aircanada.com/us/en/aco/home/book/routes-and-partners/flight-schedules.html?acid=beta%7Credirect%7Caircanada.com%7CNoBar|accessdate=7 January 2017}}</ref>
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| {{nowrap|[[Air Canada Express]]}} | [[Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport|Montréal–Trudeau]], [[Toronto Pearson International Airport|Toronto–Pearson]] | <ref name="AirCanadaRoutes"/>
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| [[Alaska Airlines]]<br>{{nowrap|operated by [[SkyWest Airlines]]}} | [[Dallas Love Field|Dallas-Love]] (begins August 27, 2017)<ref name="AlaskaRoutes">{{cite web|title=New flights on Alaska and Virgin America|url=https://www.alaskaair.com/content/new-flights.aspx?lid=HomePage-Tile2&int=_AS_HomePage_Tile2_%7C%7C20170412_NMA_DAL%7C%7C|accessdate=12 April 2017}}</ref> | <ref>https://newsroom.alaskaair.com/2017-04-12-Alaska-Airlines-and-Virgin-America-announce-new-Dallas-Love-Field-flying-to-Seattle-San-Diego-San-Jose-California-and-Portland-Oregon</ref>
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| [[American Airlines]] | [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]], [[Charlotte/Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]], [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth]], [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport|Detroit]] (begins October 5, 2017), [[Miami International Airport|Miami]], [[Orlando International Airport|Orlando]], [[Philadelphia International Airport|Philadelphia]], [[Raleigh–Durham International Airport|Raleigh/Durham]]<br>'''Seasonal''': [[Pittsburgh International Airport|Pittsburgh]], [[West Palm Beach International Airport|West Palm Beach]] | <ref name="AmericanRoutes">{{cite web|title=Flight schedules and notifications|url=https://www.aa.com/travelInformation/flights/schedule|accessdate=7 January 2017}}</ref>
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| [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] | [[Akron–Canton Airport|Akron/Canton]], [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]], [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]], [[Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport|Charlottesville (VA)]], [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport|Cincinnati]], [[Cleveland Hopkins International Airport|Cleveland]], [[John Glenn Columbus International Airport|Columbus–Glenn]], [[Dayton International Airport|Dayton]], [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport|Detroit]], [[Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport|Fayetteville/Bentonville]], [[Piedmont Triad International Airport|Greensboro]], [[Indianapolis International Airport|Indianapolis]], [[Kansas City International Airport|Kansas City]], [[Louisville International Airport|Louisville]], [[Memphis International Airport|Memphis]], [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]], [[Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport|Montréal–Trudeau]], [[Nashville International Airport|Nashville]], [[Norfolk International Airport|Norfolk]], [[Pittsburgh International Airport|Pittsburgh]], [[Raleigh–Durham International Airport|Raleigh/Durham]], [[Richmond International Airport|Richmond]], [[Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport|Roanoke]], [[St. Louis Lambert International Airport|St. Louis]], [[Toronto Pearson International Airport|Toronto–Pearson]], [[Wilmington International Airport|Wilmington (NC)]]<br>'''Seasonal''': [[Augusta Regional Airport|Augusta (GA)]], [[Bangor International Airport|Bangor]], [[Martha's Vineyard Airport|Martha's Vineyard]], [[Myrtle Beach International Airport|Myrtle Beach]], [[Nantucket Memorial Airport|Nantucket]] | <ref name="AmericanRoutes"/>
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| {{nowrap|[[American Airlines Shuttle]]}} | [[Logan International Airport|Boston]], [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport|Washington–National]] | <ref name="AmericanRoutes"/>
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| [[Delta Air Lines]] | [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]], [[Buffalo Niagara International Airport|Buffalo]], [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth]], [[Denver International Airport|Denver]], [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport|Detroit]], [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport|Fort Lauderdale]], [[Miami International Airport|Miami]], [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]], [[Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport|New Orleans]], [[Orlando International Airport|Orlando]], [[Tampa International Airport|Tampa]], [[Palm Beach International Airport|West Palm Beach]]<br>'''Seasonal''': [[Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport|Bozeman]], [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport|Cincinnati]], [[Southwest Florida International Airport|Fort Myers]], [[Pittsburgh International Airport|Pittsburgh]], [[Raleigh–Durham International Airport|Raleigh/Durham]] | <ref name="DeltaRoutes">{{cite web|title=FLIGHT SCHEDULES|url=https://www.delta.com/flightinfo/viewFlightSchedulesSetup.action|accessdate=7 January 2017}}</ref>
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| [[Delta Connection]] | [[Asheville Regional Airport|Asheville]], [[Bangor International Airport|Bangor]], [[Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport|Birmingham (AL)]], [[Buffalo Niagara International Airport|Buffalo]], [[Burlington International Airport|Burlington (VT)]], [[Charleston International Airport|Charleston (SC)]], [[Charlotte/Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]], [[Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport|Charlottesville (VA)]], [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport|Cincinnati]], [[Cleveland Hopkins International Airport|Cleveland]], [[Columbia Metropolitan Airport|Columbia (SC)]], [[John Glenn Columbus International Airport|Columbus–Glenn]], [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth]], [[Dayton International Airport|Dayton]], [[Des Moines International Airport|Des Moines]], [[Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport|Fayetteville/Bentonville]], [[Southwest Florida International Airport|Fort Myers]], [[Gerald R. Ford International Airport|Grand Rapids]], [[Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport|Greenville/Spartanburg]], [[Piedmont Triad International Airport|Greensboro]], [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport|Houston–Intercontinental]], [[Indianapolis International Airport|Indianapolis]], [[Jacksonville International Airport|Jacksonville (FL)]], [[Kansas City International Airport|Kansas City]], [[McGhee Tyson Airport|Knoxville]], [[Blue Grass Airport|Lexington]], [[Louisville International Airport|Louisville]], [[Dane County Regional Airport|Madison]], [[Manchester–Boston Regional Airport|Manchester (NH)]], [[Memphis International Airport|Memphis]], [[General Mitchell International Airport|Milwaukee]], [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]], [[Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport|Montréal–Trudeau]], [[Nashville International Airport|Nashville]], [[Norfolk International Airport|Norfolk]], [[Eppley Airfield|Omaha]], [[Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport|Ottawa]], [[Pittsburgh International Airport|Pittsburgh]], [[Portland International Jetport|Portland (ME)]], [[Raleigh–Durham International Airport|Raleigh/Durham]], [[Richmond International Airport|Richmond]], [[Greater Rochester International Airport|Rochester (NY)]], [[St. Louis Lambert International Airport|St. Louis]], [[Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport|Sarasota]], [[Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport|Savannah]], [[Syracuse Hancock International Airport|Syracuse]]<br>'''Seasonal''': [[Augusta Regional Airport|Augusta (GA)]], [[Martha's Vineyard Airport|Martha's Vineyard]], [[Miami International Airport|Miami]], [[Myrtle Beach International Airport|Myrtle Beach]], [[Nantucket Memorial Airport|Nantucket]], [[Orlando International Airport|Orlando]], [[Tampa International Airport|Tampa]], [[Cherry Capital Airport|Traverse City]], [[Wilmington International Airport|Wilmington (NC)]] | <ref name="DeltaRoutes"/>
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| [[Delta Shuttle]] | [[Logan International Airport|Boston]], [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport|Washington–National]] | <ref name="DeltaRoutes"/>
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| [[Frontier Airlines]] | [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]], [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport|Cincinnati]]<br>'''Seasonal''': [[Denver International Airport|Denver]] | <ref name="FrontierRoutes">{{cite web|title=Frontier|url=https://www.flyfrontier.com|accessdate=7 January 2017}}</ref>
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| [[JetBlue Airways]] | [[Logan International Airport|Boston]], [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport|Fort Lauderdale]], [[Orlando International Airport|Orlando]], [[Palm Beach International Airport|West Palm Beach]] | <ref name="JetBlueRoutes">{{cite web|title=JetBlue Airlines Timetable|url=https://b6.innosked.com/(S(ke2am3wxgiegj0zs1pxotirq))/default.aspx|accessdate=29 January 2017}}</ref>
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| [[Southwest Airlines]] | [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]], [[Midway International Airport|Chicago–Midway]], [[Dallas Love Field|Dallas-Love]], [[Denver International Airport|Denver]], [[William P. Hobby Airport|Houston–Hobby]], [[Kansas City International Airport|Kansas City]], [[General Mitchell International Airport|Milwaukee]], [[Nashville International Airport|Nashville]], [[St. Louis Lambert International Airport|St. Louis]], [[Tampa International Airport|Tampa]]<br>'''Seasonal''': [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport|Fort Lauderdale]] | <ref name="SouthwestRoutes">{{cite web|title=Check Flight Schedules|url=https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-schedules/index.html|accessdate=7 January 2017}}</ref>
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| [[Spirit Airlines]] | [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth]], [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport|Detroit]], [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport|Fort Lauderdale]], [[Myrtle Beach International Airport|Myrtle Beach]] | <ref name="SpiritRoutes">{{cite web|title=Where We Fly|url=https://www.spirit.com/RouteMaps.aspx|accessdate=29 January 2017}}</ref>
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| [[United Airlines]] | [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[Denver International Airport|Denver]], [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport|Houston–Intercontinental]]<br>'''Seasonal''': [[Montrose Regional Airport|Montrose]] | <ref name="UnitedRoutes">{{cite web|title=Timetable|url=https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/travel/timetable/default.aspx|accessdate=7 January 2017}}</ref>
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| [[United Express]] | [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[Cleveland Hopkins International Airport|Cleveland]], [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport|Houston–Intercontinental]], [[Washington Dulles International Airport|Washington–Dulles]] | <ref name="UnitedRoutes"/>
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| [[Virgin America]] | [[Dallas Love Field|Dallas–Love]] (ends August 26, 2017)<ref name="AlaskaRoutes">{{cite web|title=New flights on Alaska and Virgin America|url=https://www.alaskaair.com/content/new-flights.aspx?lid=HomePage-Tile2&int=_AS_HomePage_Tile2_%7C%7C20170412_NMA_DAL%7C%7C|accessdate=12 April 2017}}</ref> | <ref name="VirginAmericaRoutes">{{cite web|title=Flight Route Map & Destinations|url=https://www.virginamerica.com/cms/airport-destinations|accessdate=7 April 2017}}</ref>
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| [[WestJet]] | [[Toronto Pearson International Airport|Toronto–Pearson]] | <ref name="WestJetRoutes">{{cite web|title=Flight schedules|url=https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/travel-info/flight-info/flight-schedules|accessdate=26 February 2017}}</ref>
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==Statistics==

===Top destinations===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
|+ '''Busiest domestic routes from LaGuardia<br>(April 2016 – March 2017)'''<ref name="New York, NY: LaGuardia LGA">{{cite web |url=http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=LGA|title=New York, NY: LaGuardia (LGA)|work=[[Bureau of Transportation Statistics]]|date=January 2017|accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref>
|-
! Rank
! City
! Passengers
! Airlines
|-
| 1
| [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare, Illinois]]
| 1,476,740
| American, Delta, Spirit, United
|-
| 2
| [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta, Georgia]]
| 1,175,300
| American, Delta, Frontier, Southwest
|-
| 3
| [[Miami International Airport|Miami, Florida]]
| 874,340
| American, Delta
|-
| 4
| [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport|Fort Lauderdale, Florida]]
| 731,650
| Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit
|-
| 5
| [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas]]
| 707,980
| American, Delta, Spirit
|-
| 6
| [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte, North Carolina]]
| 608,660
| American, Delta
|-
| 7
| [[Logan International Airport|Boston, Massachusetts]]
| 555,520
| American, Delta, JetBlue
|-
| 8
| [[Orlando International Airport|Orlando, Florida]]
| 548,850
| American, Delta, JetBlue
|-
| 9
| [[Denver International Airport|Denver, Colorado]]
| 502,760
| Delta, Frontier, Southwest, United
|-
| 10
| [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport|Detroit, Michigan]]
| 493,680
| American, Delta, Spirit
|}

===Airline market share===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
|+ '''Largest Airlines at LGA <br> (12 months ending August 2016)'''<ref>http://www.panynj.gov/airports/pdf/LGA_AUG_2016.pdf</ref>
|-
! Rank
! Airline
! Passengers
! Share
|-
| 1
| [[Delta Air Lines]]
| 11,124,604
| 37.96%
|-
| 2
| [[American Airlines]]{{ref|1|1}}
| 8,056,152
| 27.49%
|-
| 3
| [[Southwest Airlines]]
| 2,757,895
| 9.41%
|-
| 4
| [[United Airlines]]
| 2,454,948
| 8.37%
|-
| 5
| [[JetBlue]]
| 1,582,380
| 5.40%
|-
| 6
| [[Spirit Airlines]]
| 1,296,955
| 4.42%
|-
| 7
| [[Air Canada]]
| 1,088,592
| 3.71%
|-
| 8
| [[WestJet]]
| 402,880
| 1.37%
|-
| 9
| [[Frontier Airlines]]
| 278,715
| 0.95%
|-
| 10
| [[Virgin America]]
| 256,053
| 0.87%
|}

;Notes:
*{{note|1|1}} Includes [[US Airways]]

===Annual traffic===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
|+ '''Annual passenger traffic (enplaned + deplaned) at LGA, 1949 through 2015<ref>{{cite report |title=December 2014 Traffic Report |publisher=The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey |url=http://www.panynj.gov/airports/pdf-traffic/DEC2014_LGA.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |title=1997 Airport Traffic Report |publisher=The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey |url=http://www.panynj.gov/airports/pdf-traffic/airtraffic1997.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |title=2002 Airport Traffic Report |publisher=The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey |url=http://www.panynj.gov/airports/pdf-traffic/air_traffic_report_2002.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref>
! Year
! Passengers
! Year
! Passengers
! Year
! Passengers
! Year
! Passengers
! Year
! Passengers
! Year
! Passengers
! Year
! Passengers
! Year
! Passengers
|-
| ||||2010||23,983,082||2000||25,360,034||1990||22,764,604||1980||17,467,962||1970||11,845,141||1960||2,935,613||||
|-
| ||||2009||22,142,336||1999||23,926,923||1989||23,158,317||||||||||||||1949||3,284,213
|-
| ||||2008||23,076,903||1998||22,811,935||1988||24,158,780||||||||||||||||
|-
| ||||2007||24,985,264||1997||21,607,448||1987||24,225,913||||||||||||||||
|-
| 2016||29,786,769||2006||25,810,603||1996||20,699,136||1986||22,188,871||||||||||||||||
|-
| 2015||28,437,668||2005||25,889,390||1995||20,599,210||1985||20,542,452||||||||||||||||
|-
| 2014||26,954,588||2004||24,435,619||1994||20,730,467||1984||20,302,511||||||||||||||||
|-
| 2013||26,722,183||2003||22,482,770||1993||19,804,566||||||||||||||||||||
|-
| 2012||25,707,784||2002||21,986,679||1992||19,745,847||||||||||||||||||||
|-
| 2011||24,122,478||2001||22,519,874||1991||19,686,256||||||||||||||||||||
|}

==Ground transportation==
[[File:'09-'12 Ford Escape Hybrid The Port Authority LaGuardia Airport.jpg|thumb|right|2009–2012 [[Ford Escape Hybrid]] from the Port Authority]]

{{As of|2014|09}}, several [[MTA Regional Bus Operations]] bus lines link LGA to the [[New York City Subway]] and [[Long Island Rail Road]], with free transfers provided for [[MetroCard (New York City)|MetroCard]] users making subway connections. The buses are wheelchair accessible and are operated by [[MTA New York City Transit]] and [[MTA Bus Company]]:<ref>{{Cite NYC bus map|Q}}</ref>
*'''[[M60 (New York City bus)|M60]] [[Select Bus Service]]''' (All terminals)
*'''[[Q47 (New York City bus)|Q47]]''' (Terminal A (Marine Air Terminal) only)
*'''[[Q48 (New York City bus)|Q48]]''' (All terminals)
*'''[[Q70 (New York City bus)|LaGuardia Link (Q70)Select Bus Service]]<ref>mta.info</ref>[[#cite note-57|<span class="mw-reflink-text">[57]</span>]][[#cite note-57|<span class="mw-reflink-text">[57]</span>]]''' (All terminals except Terminal A)
*'''[[Q72 (New York City bus)|Q72]]''' (All terminals except Terminal A)

There are also many private bus lines operating express buses to Manhattan, the [[Hudson Valley]], and [[Long Island]]. The Port Authority runs two free shuttle bus routes, which operate at all times except overnight hours, within the airport connecting all terminals and parking lots.

[[Taxicab]]s 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Taxi, Car and Van Service&nbsp;– Ground Transportation|url=http://www.panynj.gov/airports/lga-taxi-car-van-service.html|work=[[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]|accessdate=March 5, 2010}}</ref> The airport is accessible directly from [[Grand Central Parkway]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Hanseder|first=Tony|title=LaGuardia LGA Airport Overview|url=http://www.ifly.com/la-guardia-airport|work=ifly.com|accessdate=May 2, 2012}}</ref> New York City's limousine services, which are also licensed by the Taxi & Limousine Commission, offer various rates ranging from $40 to $150 from LGA to Manhattan (excluding tips and tolls) in a sedan or limousine.

Currently, no [[New York City Subway]] routes service the airport directly, but provisions for a subway connection are part of a 2014 long range rebuilding plan by its operator, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|MTA]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Hana R. Alberts |url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/03/19/a_revamped_la_guardia_airport_could_look_like_this_in_2021.php |title=A Revamped La Guardia Airport Could Look Like This in 2021&nbsp;– Extreme Makeovers&nbsp;– Curbed NY |publisher=Ny.curbed.com |date=March 19, 2014 |accessdate=April 4, 2014}}</ref> A similar plan to bring [[BMT Astoria Line]] service ({{NYCS trains|Astoria}}) to the airport was defeated in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qgazette.com/news/2007-06-27/Features/Flashback_To_1999_001.html |title=Flashback To 1999 &#124; qgazette.com &#124; Queens Gazette |publisher=www.qgazette.com |date=June 27, 2007 |accessdate=March 25, 2014}}</ref> On January 20, 2015, New York Governor [[Andrew Cuomo]] announced [[AirTrain LGA]], a plan to build a [[people mover]], similar to [[AirTrain JFK]], running along the [[Grand Central Parkway]]. This people mover would connect the airport to [[Willets Point, Queens|Willets Point]], and would connect there with the New York City Subway's {{NYCS trains|Flushing}} at the [[Mets&nbsp;– Willets Point (IRT Flushing Line)|Mets&nbsp;– Willets Point]] station and with the [[Long Island Rail Road]] at a separate [[Mets&nbsp;– Willets Point (LIRR station)|Mets&nbsp;– Willets Point]] station.<ref>{{cite web |last=Honan|first=Katie|title=Cuomo Announces AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport from Subway, LIRR|url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150120/east-elmhurst/cuomo-announces-airtrain-laguardia-airport-from-subway-lirr|work=DNAinfo|accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref>

==Accidents and incidents==
*On February 1, 1957, [[Northeast Airlines Flight 823]] crashed on takeoff into [[Rikers Island]]. Of 101 people aboard, 21 were killed.<ref>{{cite news |title=22 Die, 72 Survive As Plane Falls on Rikers Island During Take-Off for Florida in Heavy Snow|first=Meyer|last=Berger |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0910FE3F5A177B93C0A91789D85F438585F9 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 2, 1957|accessdate=March 5, 2010}}</ref>
*On February 3, 1959, [[American Airlines Flight 320]] crashed on approach into the [[East River]]. Of 73 people aboard, 65 were killed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Airliner Death Toll Is 65 |first=Peter|last=Kihss |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10B14FE3959107B93C7A91789D85F4D8585F9 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 5, 1959|accessdate=March 5, 2010}}</ref>
*On December 16, 1960, [[Trans World Airlines|TWA]] Flight 266, a [[Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation|Lockheed Super Constellation]] bound for La Guardia, [[1960 New York mid-air collision|collided]] with a [[United Airlines]] [[Douglas DC-8]] over [[Staten Island]], killing all 128 people on board both airliners and 6 more on the ground.
*On January 4, 1971, a [[Douglas C-47]]A N7 of the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] crashed on approach to LaGuardia Airport. The aircraft was on a flight from [[Johnstown–Cambria County Airport]], [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]]. The cause of the accident was [[wind shear]].<ref name=ASN040717>{{cite web |title=N7 Accident Description|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19710104-1|work=Aviation Safety Network|accessdate=September 19, 2010}}</ref>
*On December 29, 1975, at 6:33&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]],<ref>{{cite news |first=Al|last=Baker |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/nyregion/10laguardia.html |title=Terrorist's Release Reopens Wound of Unsolved Bombing |work=New York Times |date=August 9, 2008|accessdate=January 15, 2011}}</ref> a bomb with the equivalent force of 25 sticks of [[dynamite]] [[1975 LaGuardia Airport Bombing|exploded in the main terminal]], killing 11 and injuring 75. The victims included travelers, [[limousine]] drivers, and airline employees. It was the deadliest bombing in New York City since the [[Wall Street bombing]] of 1920.<ref name=McCabe>McCabe, Scott, "Crime History: "Bomb at LaGuardia Kills 11, Injures Another 75," ''The Washington Examiner'', December 29, 2011, Page 8.</ref> The bomb had been placed in a [[Trans World Airlines]] locker adjacent to a [[luggage carousel]]. The force of the explosion wrecked luggage carousels and destroyed the terminal{{'}}s large metal doors and showered the area with shards of metal and broken glass.<ref name=McCabe /> At the time, suspects included the [[Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña|FALN]], the [[Jewish Defense League]], the [[Palestinian Liberation Organization]], and the [[Croatian people|Croatian]] nationalist [[Zvonko Busic]]; two similar bombings at New York{{'}}s [[Grand Central Terminal]] previously had been attributed to Croatians.<ref name=McCabe /> No one ever claimed credit for the bombing or was arrested for it, and it remains unsolved.<ref name=McCabe /><ref>{{Cite news|first=John |last=Springer |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/24/ctv.laguardia/ |title=LaGuardia Christmas bombing remains unsolved 27 years later |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=December 24, 2002 |accessdate=December 2, 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522050529/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/24/ctv.laguardia/ |archivedate=May 22, 2008 |df= }}</ref>
*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 two passengers died as a result.<ref>{{cite news |title=3 Die as Jetliner Plunges into Bay Off La Guardia|first=John T.|last=McQuiston|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5D7113AF932A1575AC0A96F948260|newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 21, 1989|accessdate=March 3, 2007|quote=A USAir jetliner taking off for Charlotte, N.C., from La Guardia Airport late last night skidded off the end of a rain-slicked runway and plunged into the bay near Rikers Island, killing 3 and injuring 51 of the 62 people aboard, police and fire officials said.}}</ref>
*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.<ref>{{cite news |title=At Least 19 Killed in Crash at Snowy La Guardia|first=James|last=Barron|authorlink=James Barron (journalist)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/23/nyregion/at-least-19-killed-in-crash-at-snowy-la-guardia.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 23, 1992|accessdate=March 3, 2007}}</ref>
*On March 2, 1994, [[Continental Airlines]] Flight 795 to [[Stapleton International Airport]] in [[Denver, Colorado]], aborted takeoff in a snowstorm and skidded down the runway into a ditch.<ref>{{cite news |title=Plane Skids Off a Runway at Snowy La Guardia |first=James|last=Barron |authorlink=James Barron (journalist) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/03/nyregion/plane-skids-off-a-runway-at-snowy-la-guardia.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 3, 1994|accessdate=March 5, 2010}}</ref>
*On January 15, 2009, [[US Airways Flight 1549]], an [[Airbus A320]] departing for [[Charlotte/Douglas International Airport]] ditched in the [[Hudson River]] after losing both engines as a result of multiple [[bird strike]]s at an altitude of {{convert|3000|ft|m}}; all 150 passengers and 5 crew members successfully evacuated.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pilot Is Hailed After Jetliner's Icy Plunge |first=Robert D.|last=McFadden |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/nyregion/16crash.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 15, 2009|accessdate=July 7, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Airplane Crash-Lands into Hudson River; All Aboard Reported Safe |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/15/new.york.plane.crash/index.html |location=New York |work=CNN |date=January 15, 2009|accessdate=March 4, 2010}}</ref>
* On March 5, 2015, [[Delta Airlines Flight 1086|Delta Air Lines Flight 1086]] from [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]] skidded off the runway on landing in snowy weather. The [[McDonnell Douglas MD-88]] operating the flight, N909DL, was severely damaged. Twenty-four people sustained minor injuries during evacuation via the emergency chutes.<ref name=AH482b659f>{{cite web |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=482b659f&opt=0 |title=Accident: Delta MD88 at New York on Mar 5th 2015, runway excursion on landing |first=Simon |last=Hradecky |work=The Aviation Herald |accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref>
* On October 27, 2016, a Boeing 737-700 operated by the [[Eastern Air Lines (2015)|new Eastern Air Lines]] as flight [[Eastern Air Lines Flight 3452|EAL 3452]]—carrying [[Mike Pence]], the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Vice Presidential nominee and the [[Governor of Indiana|Governor]] of [[Indiana]]—skidded off Runway 22 after landing. The aircraft was ultimately stopped by the [[Engineered materials arrestor system|EMAS bed]] just before the [[Grand Central Parkway]]. No one was injured in the incident.<ref> {{cite news |url= http://avherald.com/h?article=49ff6bcc |title= Accident: Eastern Air Lines B737 at New York on Oct 27th 2016, overran runway on landing long |date= 28 October 2016 |author= Simon Hradecky |publisher= The Aviation Herald }} </ref><ref> {{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/us/plane-with-mike-pence-aboard-skids-off-la-guardia-runway.html?_r=0 |title= Plane With Mike Pence Aboard Skids Off La Guardia Runway |author= Christopher Mele |date= 27 October 2016 |publisher= New York Times }} </ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|World War II|New York City|Aviation}}
* [[New York World War II Army airfields]]
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==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}

==External links==
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*{{Official website|http://www.lga.aero}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060616041632/http://www4.passur.com/lga.html LGA Airport Monitor] (from Passur.com)
*{{FAA-diagram|00289}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/opdm/aviation/repository/air_dir/lga.pdf |title=New York State DOT Airport Diagram |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004020350/https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/opdm/aviation/repository/air_dir/lga.pdf |archivedate=October 4, 2012 }}
*[http://lga.airport-viewer.com LaGuardia airport information] (from airport-viewer.com)
*{{US-airport|LGA}}
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