LaGuardia Airport

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LaGuardia Airport
IATA: LGA - ICAO: KLGA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Serves		New York City
Elevation AMSL		21 ft (6 m)
Coordinates		40°46′38″N, 73°52′21″W
Website		http://www.panynj.gov
Parts of this article may come from Wikipedia
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
4/22	7001	2134	Asphalt
13/31	7003	2135	Asphalt

Contents 1 General 2 Gate Assignment 3 Flight Planning Resources 4 IFR Routes 5 Available Sceneries

General

LaGuardia is an airport serving New York, New York, United States, located on the waterfront of Flushing Bay, and borders the neighborhoods of Astoria, Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst in the borough of Queens. The airport was originally named Glenn L. Curtiss Airport, then later named for Fiorello LaGuardia, a former mayor of New York. In 1960, it was voted the "greatest airport in the world" by the worldwide aviation community. "LaGuardia Airport" is the official name of the airport according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the facility.

LaGuardia is the smallest of the New York area's three primary commercial airports, the other two of which are John F. Kennedy International Airport in southern Queens and Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey. LaGuardia is popular due to its central location and proximity to Manhattan. In spite of the airport's small size, wide-body aircraft once visited regularly; the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and Lockheed L-1011 were even specifically designed for use at LaGuardia.

Most flights from LaGuardia go to destinations within the US and Canada, with seasonal flight service to Aruba, the Bahamas and Bermuda. Contrary to popular belief, the airport does indeed have INS/FIS facilities capable of processing customs and immigration on arriving international flights; however, the facilities are insufficient to efficiently handle the number of passengers that a non-precleared scheduled airline service would require.

A perimeter rule prohibits incoming and outgoing flights that exceed 1,500 miles (2,400 km)—except on Saturdays, when the ban is lifted, and to Denver, which was grandfathered in — so most transcontinental and international flights use the area's other two major airports, JFK and Newark.

In 2005 the airport handled 26 million passengers; JFK handled about 41 million and Newark handled about 33 million, making for a total of approximately 100 million travelers using New York's airports as the city's airspace surpassed Chicago's to become the busiest in the United States.

Nearly 8,000 people are employed at the airport. LaGuardia contributes $6.8 billion in economic activity to the NY/NJ metropolitan region, generating more than 60,000 jobs and $2.4 billion in annual wages.

By the end of 2000, the combined Port Authority and airline investment for LaGuardia's Redevelopment Program was $830 million. The redevelopment program includes expanding and modernizing the Central Terminal Building, reconfiguring and widening roadways, improving runways and taxiways, a passenger terminal in the east end, airline modernization of gate areas and passenger service areas, and other rehabilitation projects.

Gate Assignment

MetroAir operates out of the Main Terminal at KMDW. All aircraft utilize gate A3. (FS9 Gate B2 - Slew Backwards)

Flight Planning Resources

• Airport Diagram
• Terminal Procedures - contains SID, STAR and IAP

IFR Routes

Pilots should add their IFR route plans originating from KLGA here as a central repository for their fellow pilots.

Destination	Route	Suggested Altitude	Charts	Preferred	Comments
KDTW	NEION J223 J132 ULW ULW306 KOOPR YQO097 YQO SPICA2	Range: FL190-410 (odd)	KLGA KDTW		N/A

Available Sceneries

FS version	pay-/freeware	developer	available updates
FS9	payware	Imagine Simulation - KLGA New York La Guardia Airport, USA	none
FS9	freeware	AVSIM - Shehryar Ansari - New York La Guardia Airport (KLGA) - november 2003	fix - november 2003
FSX	payware	Imagine Simulation - KLGA New York La Guardia Airport, USA	FSX SP2 updates - february 2008