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LaGuardia Airport (IATA: LGA, ICAO: KLGA, FAA LID: LGA) / l ə ˈ ɡ w ɑːr d i ə / is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City. Covering 680 acres (280 ha ) as of July 1, 2024 [update] , [ 3 ] the facility was established in 1929 and began operating as a public airport in 1939.
The New York City Marathon, currently branded as the TCS New York City Marathon for sponsorship reasons, is an annual marathon (42.195 km or 26.219 mi) that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon in the world, [3] [4] with 53,627 finishers in 2019 [5] and 98,247 applicants for the 2017 race. [3]
This is a list of airports in New York (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
New York City was originally confined to Manhattan Island and the smaller surrounding islands that formed New York County. As the city grew northward, it began annexing areas on the mainland, absorbing territory from Westchester County into New York County in 1874 and 1895 . During the 1898 consolidation, this territory was organized as the ...
[2] [3] New York City was in dire need of a new airport by 1934, after Fiorello H. La Guardia was elected mayor. [4] [5] Angered that a flight on which he was a passenger landed in Newark, New Jersey, even though his ticket said "New York", LaGuardia pushed New Yorkers to support the construction of an airport in New York City itself. [5]
The New York Terminal Radar Approach Control is located in the East Garden City neighborhood of Uniondale, on Long Island, New York. New York TRACON , also known as N90 , is a type of Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control facility known as a consolidated TRACON, meaning that a single location provides approach service for several ...
Unlike other bus lines in New York City, fare collection for SBS uses a proof-of-payment system. [120] [121] Passengers are required to pay their fare before boarding the bus at pay stations located in bus shelters at the designated stops (for customers using UniTicket, which is valid for boarding) or paying the fare on board at any door using ...
LaGuardia Airport (LGA), the smallest of the New York area's primary airports, handles domestic air service and flights to Canada. It is named for Fiorello H. La Guardia, the city's Depression-era mayor known as a reformist and strong supporter of the New Deal. The airport is located in northern Queens, about 6 miles (9.7 km) from downtown ...