Talk:LaGuardia Airport/Archive 1

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I've adjusted the following statement:


 * However, because its runways and terminals are too small to accommodate widebody aircraft, most transcontinental and international flights use JFK International Airport in Jamaica, New York or Newark Liberty International in Newark, New Jersey.

Wide-body aircraft have used LaGuardia for years, and continue to do so. The biggest restriction on long-range flights to and from LGA is legal. I've updated the article accordingly. --Gyrofrog 16:27, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I removed "one time" from the description of Fiorello La Gauradia. While technically correct, "one time" sounds like his tenure as Mayor was a footnote to the rest of his career (like "one time saxophonist Alan Greenspan"). I also thought "New York City" was redundant. - Gyrofrog 04:36, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Removed the following statement:
However, with Delta's restructuring plan and concurrent widebody fleet realignment from domestic to international duties, this may soon too come to an end.

This is completely untrue. While 8 of Delta's 767-400ER aircraft are being re-aligned to international, the non-ER 767-300s are not. They are NOT ETOPS-rated, and it is highly unlikely that Delta will spend the money to get them to ETOPS-standards. Andros 1337 23:57, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

La Guardia vs LaGuardia
FYI, as it will probably come up sooner or later: According to research documented at this site (and comments made by others there), there is no consensus on the spelling, even in NYT citations or in the airport and Port Authority's own records. Even the spelling of Fiorello La Guardia was inconsistently printed during his own lifetime. —mjb 06:11, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Written in smoke?
The claim that three aircraft wrote "NAME IT LAGUARDIA" in smoke strains credibility. The website referenced by the citation doesn't appear too credible. Here's another site that has a contradictory (and more believable) claim: that the slogan was written on a banner towed by a plane: http://experts.about.com/e/l/la/LaGuardia_Airport.htm

Can anyone back this up? If not, let's give it the heave-ho. Mr random 03:12, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The Airport was originally named after Glenn Curtis. Somethign smells in this article. &mdash;Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 23:02, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Date links
Linking dates is not done in airport/airline related pages when listing route start/end dates. This is an exception to the general wikipedia policy.

Andrewb729 23:06, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Removed incident
I've removed the following from the list of incidents: This isn't aviation-related, and the following sentence about runway lengths became a non-sequitor. If this really needs to be included then at least put it after the aviation incidents. (It should also cite a source.) -- Gyrofrog (talk) 21:49, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Ralph "Cousin" DeSimone Jr. a New Jersey Genovese crime family associate and the brother of Joe "Joe Black" DeSimone, cousin of Tommy DeSimone and nephew of Frank DeSimone was found executed in the trunk of his Cadillac DeVille on June 13, 1991 in the long-term parking lot of the airport. Ralph was executed after he was indicted for trafficking heroin and was murdered over worries of becoming an informant. His three murderers were later convicted and incarcerated.

Former names
According to Newsday, the former name is "Glenn H. Curtiss Airport" not "Glenn L. Curtiss Airport". Also it has taken the name of "North Beach Airport" in between. --Voidvector 10:30, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

1975 bombing reference
I noticed this better reference for the 1975 bombing [CNN article on 1975 bombing]--JBadger169 (talk) 15:37, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * also [reference on court TV] --JBadger169 (talk) 16:16, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

DL Future Hub in Infobox
Should we put DL for the hub parameter in the Infobox, even though it is in future?  Ishwasafishclick here!!! 00:15, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * In the hub parameter of the infobox, I would write it as "Delta Air Lines (future)" since it is not a hub yet but it will be soon. 74.183.173.237 (talk) 03:03, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Delta/US Airways Shuttle flights
A discussion was started here regarding the listing of the shuttle flights. Please add your thoughts to that page. 74.183.173.237 (talk) 04:27, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Possible new airline/destination table
This is a rough draft of what could be a new table for airport pages. If we could better size the logos and link the logos to the respective airline pages it may look better, especially for airlines with multiple regional carriers like DL and US. Feel free to edit this or offer suggestions. Maranomerau (talk) 17:25, 29 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I've removed the logos as such use would not be supported under WP:NFG. Some of them were free, but most were not. Text suffices. --Hammersoft (talk) 20:09, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Swiss cheese tower
Here is a source about the "Swiss cheese tower": WhisperToMe (talk) 02:19, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Dunlap, David W. "La Guardia Loses Swiss Cheese Ice Cream Cone, and Some History." The New York Times. November 25, 2011.

Frontier Airlines Cleveland service
Per Frontier's booking engine, when you try to book flights from LGA to CLE, it specifically states that the flights are operating seasonally when choosing dates on the calendar. But one user insists that the service is ending completely on December 19, 2014 and not resuming anytime soon. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 71.12.206.168 (talk) 02:34, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
 * You don't need to say "one user," you can call me by my username. And I have given clear cut sources that clearly explain that the service is ending. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/12/frontier_ends_new_york_washing.html Aviationspecialist101 (talk) 19:34, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

Hub/Focus City Statuses
Where is it stated that LGA is a focus city for Southwest? Please provide reference. Yes they have a sizable operation here, but not as big other airports considered that are considered "focus cities". For now, anything referring to LGA being a Southwest focus city has been removed from this page.--Kmk1011 (talk) 18:55, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Given American Eagle's relatively large operations at LGA, it can be noted that they have a hub here. However, LGA is NOT considered a hub by mainline American
 * Nor is it a focus city: mainline American only has service to its hubs plus seasonal service to West Palm Beach. 97.85.113.113 (talk) 20:37, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

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LGA Airport Second Paragraph cleanup.
Please clean up first two sentences in second paragraph of article. Thank you and have a good day.2601:581:8500:949C:9568:308F:240B:C39E (talk) 14:01, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

opening and early years
"LaGuardia opened with four runways at 45-degree angles to each other" – That's as may be, but it would be a good place to also mention the seaplane base, to give a better impression as to what daily operations looked like at the time. --BjKa (talk) 10:01, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

New Terminal B
Shouldn't the Terminal B section be completely rewritten as the new Terminal B and the new Western Concourse are now online? This article still refers to the Central Terminal Building (as the old Terminal B was called) as having four concourses (A, B, C, D). The CTB now only serves as a connection from the new Terminal B to the two remaining old concourses (A & B).

user:mnw2000 09:35, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Awards and accolades
I have recently added a section to the "Other" heading to record the awards that have been earned by the airport over the years; I only had time to find 3 to start it off, but I'm sure there have been many more over the decades. If anybody has time or knowledge to add more, your help would be greatly appreciated! - Headphase (talk) 22:11, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Terminal D has not been demolished yet
There is a photo of Delta Terminal D with the caption, "Exterior of Terminal D in 2012, now demolished". It is still in use as of May 21, 2022, and while thenew Terminal C is scheduled to open in June 2022, Terminal D will take some time until it is demolished. The only structure that is part of the Delta terminals (C & D) that has been demolished, so far, is the eastern Terminal C concourse. Of course, the picture does not show that. 2603:7000:3202:32B7:A16E:3BB8:77A6:FF24 (talk) 12:57, 21 May 2022 (UTC)