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The agency's LaGuardia Airport Command (Building 137) was completed in 2010. [129] Emergency medical services are provided by North Shore University Hospital under contract to the Port Authority. Overlooking the approach end of runway 4 is Planeview Park, a public park operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
[2] [3] New York City was in dire need of a new airport by 1934, after Fiorello H. La Guardia was elected mayor. [4] [5] Angered that a flight on which he was a passenger landed in Newark, New Jersey, even though his ticket said "New York", LaGuardia pushed New Yorkers to support the construction of an airport in New York City itself. [5]
Teterboro Airport is the oldest operating airport in the New York metropolitan area. Walter C. Teter (1863–1929) acquired the property in 1917. [9] While other localities had municipal airports, New York City itself had a multitude of private airfields, and thus did not see the need for a municipal airport until the late 1920s.
This is a list of airports in New York (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology (commonly called Vaughn College) is a private college in East Elmhurst, New York, specialized in aviation and engineering education. It is adjacent to LaGuardia Airport but was founded in Newark, New Jersey, in 1932 before moving to New York City in 1940. The college's most recent name change, to ...
Marine Air Terminal (Terminal A) at LaGuardia Airport, East Elmhurst Bulova Corporate Center from Astoria Boulevard near 77th Street The grave of music composer and pianist Scott Joplin in St. Michael's Cemetery. The Marine Air Terminal in LaGuardia Airport is a New York City designated landmark on the National Register of Historic Places. [41]
By the 1990s, there was demand for a direct rail link between Midtown Manhattan and John F. Kennedy International Airport. [7] In 1990, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) proposed a $1.6 billion rail link to LaGuardia and JFK airports, which would be developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) and funded jointly by agencies in the federal, state, and city ...
The redesign was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City in 2020, [45] and the original draft plan was dropped due to negative feedback. [46] A revised plan was released in March 2022. [47] As part of the new plan, the Q72 will continue to serve LaGuardia Airport, with a slight modification to its southern terminus.