La Guardia to be completely rebuilt
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Odd that in the Land of the Free Market, where the US Big Three rally against those 'subsidised' Middle East invaders... airports are built by government using public money.
The Q2 2015 profits from Delta and AA could fund this rebuilding; funny how they go quiet when it's their operations being subsidised.
The Q2 2015 profits from Delta and AA could fund this rebuilding; funny how they go quiet when it's their operations being subsidised.
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Having flown in and out of LaGuardia last month, it was sad to see the iconic old American Airlines hangers being demolished. The terminal certainly does show it's age, and it's a bit of a congested mess, but by no means the worst out there. Still, a brand new terminal will be nice, the artist's impressions look good!
It's a very congested airport, where many aircraft have to queue up for departures, a la Heathrow, so I'm not so sure a new terminal will help things that much.
It's a very congested airport, where many aircraft have to queue up for departures, a la Heathrow, so I'm not so sure a new terminal will help things that much.
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I only used it a couple of times more than 10 years ago so cannot tell but I do like your observation El Bunto. 
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Odd that in the Land of the Free Market, where the US Big Three rally against those 'subsidised' Middle East invaders... airports are built by government using public money.
The Q2 2015 profits from Delta and AA could fund this rebuilding; funny how they go quiet when it's their operations being subsidised.
The Q2 2015 profits from Delta and AA could fund this rebuilding; funny how they go quiet when it's their operations being subsidised.
It's a very congested airport, where many aircraft have to queue up for departures, a la Heathrow, so I'm not so sure a new terminal will help things that much.
LGA does have a problem with space: hemmed in by water on three sides and a highway on the fourth with urbanisation beyond it.
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I flew in and out of LGA airport 2 times in my life so far. Last year, my flight was delayed 4 hours because of wind shear. My flight from Toronto was held due to the backlog. It's really a go-go airport, as soon as an aircraft lands, the holding aircraft is told to taxi into position and hold, takeoff immediately and let the inbound aircraft land. Any delay causes more of a ripple effect than most airports because the ATC is also restricted to the airspace they can utilize for another runway.
I hope in the new terminal they can utilize the space and improve efficiency but IMO they've reached capacity in terms of aircraft movement.
I hope in the new terminal they can utilize the space and improve efficiency but IMO they've reached capacity in terms of aircraft movement.
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No way...space is a huge issue. They have 2 runways and pretty much operate only one. When they choose which one, im sure they have to give JFK and EWR a call to see which airspace they can utilize, they're very limited to air-space, ground-space and personal-space (man its like a bus stop checking in!
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A new terminal won't move the birds on... I also see a lot of grumpy reactions in NYC because the Airtrain from LGA won't take people where they want to go.
