LaGuardia Airport

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LaGuardia Airport
LaGuardia Airport Logo.svg
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Characteristics
ICAO code KLGA
IATA code LGA
Coordinates

40 ° 46 '38 "  N , 73 ° 52' 21"  W Coordinates: 40 ° 46 '38 "  N , 73 ° 52' 21"  W.

Height above MSL 3.87 m (13  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 9 km northeast of New York City
Street I-278 / I-678 / GCP
Local transport bus
Basic data
opening October 15, 1939
operator Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
surface 275.19 ha
Terminals 4th
Passengers 31,084,894 (2019)
Air freight 9,168 t (2019)
Flight
movements
373,356 (2019)
Employees 14,995 (2019)
Runways
04/22 2134 m × 46 m asphalt / concrete
13/31 2135 m × 46 m asphalt / concrete

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The LaGuardia Airport ( IATA code : LGA , ICAO code : KLGA as LaGuardia known) is a national commercial airport of US metropolitan New York City . The airport is named after Fiorello LaGuardia , a former mayor of New York. Originally the airport was called New York Municipal Airport or Glenn H. Curtiss Airport.

Location and transport links

LaGuardia Airport is located on Flushing Bay in the borough of Queens . It is in the East Elmhurst neighborhood. The Grand Central Parkway runs south of the airport , and Interstates 278 and 678 run in the vicinity .

Several New York City Transit Authority bus routes connect the airport to nearby subway and Long Island Rail Road stations at 74 Street-Broadway , Woodside-61Street , Junction Boulevard , 111 Street , Mets-Willets Point , Flushing- Main Street (all NYCS-bull-trans-7-hrsvg), 63 Drive ( ), and Astoria Boulevard ( ). There are also express shuttle buses from private providers to Manhattan and other destinations. NYCS-bull-trans-M-Std.svgNYCS-bull-trans-R-Std.svgNYCS-bull-trans-N-Std.svg

history

The terminal of New York Municipal Airport , now part of Terminal A.

The airport is essentially in an area that piano manufacturer William Steinway acquired from farmers in the 1870s . His goal was to move manufacturing out of troubled and strike-obsessed Manhattan and to have better workforce satisfaction and control with a company settlement. In the vicinity, the employees of the newly built Steinway production facility in Ditmars, Queens , on Long Island were to be located. Steinway also wanted to offer them entertainment and relaxation with music and beer on the beach on the East River called "North Beach". The then "North Beach" operating company was founded by William Steinway together with the brewer of German origin George Ehret. It was the first large area that was electrically illuminated around 1890. In the middle between the eastern pleasure beach and the factory about a mile to the west, William Steinway had acquired the Pikes villa (from a former optician) as a weekend house, from the hillside of which he could see both the new factory and the pleasure beach. On occasion, Steinway personally scared off marauding drunkards with his revolver.

The North Beach company for the operation of the pleasure beach (similar to Coney Island ) generated - in contrast to other real estate companies Steinways - profits from day one. On the opening day of the pleasure beach, the beach restaurants ran out of beer in the evening; The visitors spontaneously agreed to go to the nearby Steinway workers' settlement and “drink them empty”. Today's LaGuardia Airport aims with its runway to the west in the direction of the Steinway piano factory , which is still in use today .

In 1929 the area was converted to an airfield and was named Glenn H. Curtiss Airport , later the airfield was renamed Curtiss-Wright Field . It was bought by the City of New York in 1935 and renamed North Beach Airport. In addition, the site was expanded through the purchase of adjacent land and landfills. On September 9, 1937 the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new airport took place. This was inaugurated on October 15, 1939 as New York City Municipal Airport . As early as November 2, 1939, the name was changed to New York Municipal Airport- LaGuardia Field . Commercial flight operations began at the airport on December 2, 1939. The first passenger terminal was called the Overseas Terminal. It was built near Bowery Bay to allow use by flying boats . It was later renamed the Marine Air Terminal.

On June 1, 1947, the airport was leased to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey , which has operated it ever since. In the same year it was renamed LaGuardia Airport . On April 17, 1964, a new passenger terminal, the Central Terminal Building, went into operation; today this part of Terminal B. Three years later, an extension was completed. In addition, today's Terminal D was opened in June 1983, while a further expansion of the Central Terminal Building was completed in 1992. On September 12, 1992, the US Airways Terminal, now Terminal C, went into operation. In 2011, Delta Air Lines took over the US Airways Terminal, and the following year it was connected to Terminal D.

In July 2015, the city of New York announced that the airport should be completely renovated by 2021. The two-stage concept includes the demolition of Terminal B and the new construction and merging of Terminals C and D. The first restructuring phase should be about four billion US dollars cost and be completed by about the 2019th

Airport facilities

Airport diagram (outdated)
New York Area Airports location: 1. JFK , 2. LaGuardia, 3. Newark , New Jersey, * Floyd Bennett Field

LaGuardia Airport covers an area of ​​275.19 hectares.

Start-and runway

LaGuardia Airport has two intersecting runways . These are labeled 04/22 and 13/31. Runway 13/31 is 2135 meters long, while runway 04/22 is 2134 meters long. Both runways are 46 meters wide and have a surface that is partly made of asphalt and concrete. The runways were expanded to their present lengths in 1967 for around 40 million US dollars . For this purpose, concrete platforms were built in the East River .

Passenger terminals

LaGuardia Airport has four passenger terminals with a total of 77 gates . The terminals are connected by buses and so-called walkways. Since 2016, the airport has been rebuilt while operations continue. With the exception of the Marine Air Terminal, which is now part of Terminal A, all passenger terminals are to be demolished and replaced with new buildings. In total, the conversion is expected to cost around eight billion US dollars .

Other infrastructure

LaGuardia Airport has a 71 meter high control tower . Its construction cost around 100 million US dollars and was commissioned in October 2010. The previous control tower was built in 1964.

Airlines and Destinations

LaGuardia Airport is mainly used for domestic flights. It serves Delta Air Lines and American Airlines as a hub for short and medium-haul flights to major American cities. It is also used by Air Canada , Frontier Airlines , Jetblue Airways , Southwest Airlines , Spirit Airlines , United Airlines and Westjet Airlines .

Traffic figures

LaGuardia Airport traffic figures 1984-2019
year Passenger numbers Air freight ( tons )
(with airmail)
Flight movements
National International total
1949 - - 3,284,213 45,038 159,465
1960 - - 2,935,613 62,478 191,736
1970 - - 11,845,141 58,000 297,652
1980 - - 17,467,962 75.216 317,633
1984 20,300,416 2,095 20,302,511 93,406 343.080
1985 20,406,696 135,756 20,542,452 105,744 348.053
1986 21,993,901 194.970 22,188,871 101,372 350,867
1987 24.050.206 175,707 24.225.913 106,699 356.040
1988 22,783,658 1,375,122 24.158.780 106.213 362.072
1989 21,675,874 1,482,443 23.158.317 107.259 349.054
1990 21,399,801 1,364,803 22,764,604 116,868 356.358
1991 18,495,858 1,190,398 19,686,256 95,798 326.776
1992 18,555,952 1,189,895 19,745,847 104,479 332.353
1993 18,613,460 1,191,106 19,804,566 98,649 337.139
1994 19,530,496 1,199,971 20,730,467 93.210 337.739
1995 19,309,523 1,289,871 20,599,394 92,717 345,490
1996 19.337.106 1,362,030 20,699,136 86,783 345,647
1997 20,305,251 1,302,197 21,607,448 83,921 355.099
1998 21,570,795 1,241,140 22,811,935 68,756 356.135
1999 22,592,060 1,334,863 23,926,923 72,069 362.996
2000 24,013,839 1,346,195 25.360.034 71.159 384,555
2001 21,375,263 1,144,611 22,519,874 54,653 367,871
2002 20,869,575 1,117,104 21,986,679 32,230 362,439
2003 21,435,246 1,047,524 22,482,770 28,453 374.961
2004 23.191.610 1,261,593 24,453,203 26,594 399.775
2005 24,418,231 1,471,129 25,889,360 23,861 400,871
2006 24,496,982 1,313,621 25.810.603 17,886 399,950
2007 23,799,365 1,226,902 25,026,267 10,598 391,547
2008 21,941,392 1,131,664 23,073,056 10,459 378.908
2009 21.143.013 1.010.223 22.153.236 7,313 354,388
2010 22.950.115 1,032,967 23,983,082 7,349 361.616
2011 23,086,756 1,035,722 24.122.478 7,287 365.870
2012 24.274.029 1,433,755 25,707,784 7,426 369,989
2013 24,953,572 1,727,528 26.681.100 7,350 370.861
2014 25.157.202 1,814,893 26,972,095 7,936 361.211
2015 26,684,923 1,752,745 28,437,668 8,119 360.274
2016 27,996,855 1,790,006 29,786,861 7,498 369,987
2017 27,474,292 2,087,936 29,562,228 8,585 369.152
2018 27,857,697 2,224,430 30,082,127 9,847 371.905
2019 28,875,041 2,209,853 31,084,894 9,168 373.356
Ranking of passenger airlines (2019)
rank airline Passengers Percentage
1 Delta Air Lines 12,917,468 41.56%
2 American Airlines 7,946,919 25.57%
3 Southwest Airlines 2,895,621 9.32%
4th United Airlines 2,574,617 8.28%
5 Spirit Airlines 1,366,181 4.39%
6th Jetblue Airways 1,255,521 4.04%
7th Air Canada 1,241,715 3.99%
8th Westjet Airlines 531,677 1.71%
9 Frontier Airlines 355.175 1.14%
Ranking of cargo airlines (2019)
rank airline Freight ( tons ) proportion of
1 Southwest Airlines 3,169 54.77%
2 Delta Air Lines 1,859 29.15%
3 American Airlines 831 13.03%
4th United Airlines 146 2.29%
5 Air Canada 49 0.77%

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from New York – LaGuardia (2019)
rank city Passengers airline
01 Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois 1,553,170 American , Delta , Spirit , United
02 Atlanta , Georgia 1,206,090 American, Delta, Frontier , Southwest
03 Dallas / Fort Worth , Texas 824.830 American, Delta, Spirit
04th Miami , Florida 823,000 American, Delta, Frontier
05 Fort Lauderdale , Florida 710.460 Delta, JetBlue , Southwest, Spirit
06th Boston , Massachusetts 638.690 American, Delta, JetBlue
07th Orlando , Florida 591,490 American, Delta, JetBlue
08th Denver , Colorado 589.190 Delta, Frontier, Southwest, United
09 Charlotte , North Carolina 584,360 American, Delta
10 Detroit , Michigan 501,440 American, Delta, Spirit

Incidents

From 1954 until today there have been eight major accidents.

Aviation accidents

  • On 14 January 1952, a set Convair CV-240 of Northeast Airlines (N91238) around 1100 meters before the runway at LaGuardia Airport in Flushing Bay. The 3 crew members and 33 passengers were rescued. The aircraft was recorded as a total loss.
  • On February 3, 1959 in the crash of a dying Lockheed L-188A Electra of American Airlines (N6101A) 65 of the 73 people on board, conducted as pilots too steep a descent into the LaGuardia Airport and the machine about 1500 meters before the runway in the East River flew. This was the first Electra crash.
  • On September 14, 1960, the main landing gear of an American Airlines Lockheed L-188A Electra (N6127A) touched an unmarked levee just before the runway at LaGuardia Airport. All 76 inmates survived; the machine has been irreparably damaged.
  • On September 21, 1989 ( UTC ), a Boeing 737-400 of the USAir (N416US) shot past the end of the runway after the take-off was aborted and crashed into the East River. The machine broke into three pieces; two passengers were killed. The causes were a rudder that was trimmed contrary to the checklists and incomprehensible and misleading commands from the captain.
  • On January 19, 2003, a mechanic rolled an Airbus A319 operated by Northwest Airlines (N313NB) at New York-LaGuardia Airport with far too much thrust over the apron. As a result, he rammed a Boeing 757-251 of this (N550NW) and the concrete base of a passenger boarding bridge at such a speed that the Airbus was a total write-off . A crack measuring 2 m × 0.60 m was created on the fuselage of the Boeing 757. People were not harmed.
  • On July 22, 2013, the nose landing gear of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 (N753SW) broke during landing. Ten people were slightly injured; the plane had to be written off.

Other incidents

  • On December 29, 1975, a bomb explosion in LaGuardia killed 11 people and injured 74.

See also

Web links

Commons : New York LaGuardia Airport  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

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