LaGuardia Airport

LaGuardia Airport Patrick Handrigan, CC BY-SA 4.0

Airport in Queens, New York City

LaGuardia Airport, colloquially known as LaGuardia or LGA, is a civil airport in the East Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens in New York City, United States, situated on the northwestern shore of Long Island, bordering Flushing Bay. Covering 680 acres as of January 1, 2026, the facility was established in 1929, and began operating as a public airport in 1939. It is named after Fiorello H. La Guardia, a former mayor of New York City.

Also known as...LGA, KLGA, LaGuardia, and La Guardia Airport
LaGuardia crash report released

LaGuardia crash report released An NTSB report found communication and safety system failures led to the deadly plane collision at LaGuardia Airport.