Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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, [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.
It is the second-busiest airport in the New York airport system behind John F. Kennedy International Airport and ahead of LaGuardia Airport. The airport is near the Newark Airport Interchange , the junction between both Interstate 95 and Interstate 78 (both of which are components of the New Jersey Turnpike ), and U.S. Routes 1 and 9 , which ...
[1] [2] The number increased to 117 million in 2014. [3] The metro area is served by three major airports, John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and LaGuardia Airport (LGA), which have been operated by the Port Authority since 1947. [4]
The primary responsibility of the New York TRACON is the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of arrival, departure, and en-route traffic. N90 is responsible for three major airports, all located within the same New York Class B airspace: John F. Kennedy International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, and LaGuardia Airport.
The award marked the second consecutive time the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey received the honor, as LaGuardia Airport's Terminal B in New York was named the best terminal in 2023.
The station provides access to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) via the AirTrain Newark monorail which connects the station to the airport's terminals and parking areas. The station is served by New Jersey Transit 's (NJT) Northeast Corridor Line and North Jersey Coast Line and Amtrak 's Northeast Regional and Keystone Service trains.
The facility opened in 1948 as New York International Airport [12] [13] [14] and was commonly known as Idlewild Airport. [15] Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport as a tribute to the 35th President of the United States. [16] [17] [18]
Despite the obsolescence of seaplanes, LaGuardia Airport was the only major airport in the U.S. which offered regular flights to Europe. [34] To address increasing congestion at the Marine Air Terminal, the city government and representatives of several airlines agreed in June 1946 to spend $50,000 on upgrading the customs facilities at the ...