Originally posted by Airbubba:
Has anything larger than a 757 regularly operated from LGA?
I used to fly in and out of LGA (slf) all the time on business trips when I lived in NJ. Flying to Phoenix, my favorite was TWA service on an L-1011. Also, American used B-767s on selected routes out of LGA.
Runway 22 was the prime landing runway as the prevailing wind was out of west or southwest most of the time. I can remember landings in MD-80s where you felt suspended over the East River, making little progress to the runway, the wind was so strong. Also, once landed in a B-737 on 13 with no flaps after a low level circle over JFK to make sure the landing gear was indeed down, a hydraulic failure of some sort and it was windy and raining, remnants of a hurricane. Towed into the terminal from the stopping point.