Originally Posted by
TelsBoy
Does LGA not have a backup generator? Most airports I've worked at big and small have standby generators that kick in whenever the mains drops off, with vital stuff e.g. ATE equipment covered by UPS until the generator runs up.
Certainly a fair question following the dramatic power outage in NY in Nov 1965, when all inbounds lost localizer, coms, and the entire visual horizon disappeared at once.
It happened again in 1977, but I do not know whether by then they had installed backup generators for critical systems.
If they STILL have not done, can sadly admit not really surprised.