Laguardia Airport
LGA · KLGA · New York, New York · Queens County · map
Laguardia Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Port. Auth. of N.Y. & N.J., 4 miles east of New York, New York, 21 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 7,002 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KLGA · observed 4:51 pm EDT (20:51 UTC), 28 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (320°) at 10 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 63°F (17°C), dew point 32°F (0°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 3:53 pm EDT (19:53 UTC), good until Wed 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 4:00 pm EDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm EDT (01:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 6,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 4:00 pm EDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 11 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 6,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLGA 062051Z 32010G18KT 10SM CLR 17/00 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP178 T01720000 56013
TAF KLGA 061953Z 0620/0724 32009KT P6SM SKC FM070100 33006KT P6SM SKC FM070600 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM071300 22005KT P6SM SKC FM071600 21008KT P6SM FEW060 FM072000 20011KT P6SM FEW060
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LGA · ICAO KLGA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Port. Auth. of N.Y. & N.J.
- Elevation
- 21 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 7,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 7,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| H1 | 45 × 45 ft | Asphalt, excellent |
- Runway 04: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), building 80 ft high 2,950 ft from the end
- Runway 22: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 13: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 31: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, building 95 ft high 2,750 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS Arrival | 125.95 | Laguardia |
| Digital ATIS · Departure (secondary) Departure | 127.05 | Laguardia |
| Clearance delivery Helicopter | 121.875 | Laguardia |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance | 135.2 | Laguardia |
| Ground | 121.7 | Laguardia |
| Ground (secondary) | 121.85 | Laguardia |
| Ground (secondary) | 127.675 | Laguardia |
| Tower | 118.7 | Laguardia |
| Class B airspace · Tower North, frequencies within 6 NM are tower cntrld frequencies; South | 126.05 | Laguardia |
| Approach · Nobbi and star · Park Visual Rwy 31 | 120.8 | Laguardia |
| Approach (secondary) | 120.05 | Laguardia |
| Approach (secondary) | 124.95 | Laguardia |
| Approach (secondary) · Apple and star · Milton and star | 127.3 | Laguardia |
| Approach (secondary) Final | 128.8 | Laguardia |
| Approach (secondary) | 132.7 | Laguardia |
| Departure · Departure procedure (GLDMN) · Departure procedure (HOPEA) | 120.4 | Laguardia |
| Departure (secondary) | 124.45 | Laguardia |
| Class B (secondary) arriving from headings 329 to 071 | 120.55 | Laguardia |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Laguardia |
| Class B airspace arriving from headings 071 to 142 | 125.7 | Laguardia |
| Class B airspace arriving from headings 329 to 071 | 126.4 | Laguardia |
| Class B airspace arriving from headings 270 to 328 | 127.6 | Laguardia |
| Class B airspace arriving from headings 142 to 231 | 128.125 | Laguardia |
| Class B airspace arriving from headings 231 to 270 | 128.55 | Laguardia |
| Apple and star | 119.75 | Laguardia |
| Apple and star | 124.55 | Laguardia |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 929-229-1994.
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Aircraft registered in New York from the FAA register
481 aircraft are registered to owners in New York, New York: 196 business jets, 149 piston singles, 54 turboprops, 35 helicopters, 22 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New York.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 49 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Flocks of birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Port authority of New York and New jersey.
- Leasee. Property owned by the city of New York.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 215 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 04.
- Emas partially damaged resulting in reduced arresting capability. Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 327 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 13.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 272 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 22.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 215 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 31.
- +11 feet fence 245 feet right of runway end.
- PAPI runway 13 unusable 8 degreess left of centerline and 9 degreess right of centerline.
- Special air traffic RULES-PART 93; high density airport; prior rsvn required; see aim.
- Mag anomalies may affect compass hdg when using extension runways 13 and 22 for takeoff.
- Taxiways G, P, R and U concrete deck restricted to 5KT turns; 10KTS straight.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.