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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.
The Marine Air Terminal was LaGuardia Airport's original terminal for overseas flights. It was highly popular in the 1940s, when LaGuardia was the only major airport in the U.S. which offered regular flights to Europe. Traffic dropped drastically after the larger Idlewild Airport opened in 1948, and Clippers stopped serving the terminal in 1952.
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With the completion of new terminals and airport roadways, 2023 became the first full year all passenger facilities were in use at LaGuardia, according to the Port Authority.
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.
The longest airport trek in the United States is at Dallas Fort Worth, where the walk from an entrance in Terminal B to Terminal E is 2.16 miles, according to a study by shoe company Kuru Footwear ...