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Covering 680 acres (280 ha) as of July 1, 2024, [ 3] the facility was established in 1929 and began operating as a public airport in 1939. It is named after former New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia . The airport primarily accommodates airline service to domestic and limited international destinations.
Aircraft with 50 seats or fewer represented 30% of domestic departures and 12% of seats offered in 2014, falling to 19% in 2018 and 7% of seats. Accounting for 18% of passenger traffic, medium hubs stimulate point-to-point services like for Southwest Airlines, operating at 29, carrying most mainline passengers at 24 and more than half at 10.
Lufthansa operated Boeing 747s, including the latest-model Boeing 747-8, on its daily nonstop flights to Frankfurt. [24] Terminal E was the second-largest international arrivals facility in the United States when it opened in 1974. [25] Between 1974 and 2015, the number of international travelers at Logan tripled. [26]
Developers gave the concourse the feel of a hotel lounge and travelers will also have access to new shops, eateries, and lounges, in the new LaGuardia.
Delta, as well as other public and private organizations, have collectively invested $8 billion to modernize LaGuardia's aging B and C terminals.
1947. May 29. United Airlines Flight 521 crashed after aborting takeoff, 43 of the 48 aboard were killed. [2] August 8. American Airlines Flight 765, a cargo flight, crashed into Flushing Bay while returning to LGA due to engine problems, both pilots and one passenger of the 5 aboard died.
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The new Terminal A handles flights by Air Canada, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue (except for international arrivals from non-precleared flights which are handled at Terminal B), and a minority of United flights not in Terminal C. [108] Multiple technologies in the terminal, such as check-in and security, have been partly-automated ...