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New York LaGuardia

New York, US.

Code

LGA

Position

40.777, -73.873

Runway

1,830 m paved

Capacity

About 4,200 movements a week, 24 stands, terminal generation 2

Weather

Worst month loses about 1.6% of flights

Confidence

estimated (to be verified). Coordinates agree with published sources to within about 2.5 km. Other figures are estimates unless the evidence below says otherwise.

Source: Coordinates from public geographic knowledge (rounded). Opened 1939 and relieved by Idlewild (Wikipedia, JFK Airport, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport). Runway length and capacity are estimates.