The $8BN Plan to Save New York's Most Hated Airport

Can LaGuardia really be turned around?

Narrator - Fred Mills
Producer - Ian Parkin
Video Editing - Kurt Fernandes
Graphics - James Durkin
Executive Producers - Fred Mills and Graham MacAree

Additional footage and imagery courtesy of LaGuardia Gateway Partners, Delta Air Lines, SFO Flyer, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

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[TheBM]

Sorry for the slightly later than usual publish time guys... there's always delays with LaGuardia 😂

[myanriles]

Im an airline pilot who flies in an out of LGA a lot. The goal of keeping an airport at such capacity while completely rebuilding it in such a small footprint impresses me everytime I fly in!

[alliejr]

I recently flew through LGA for the first time in years (I almost always use JFK). The updated Terminal B was fantastic!

[RoccosVideos]

Looks like they’re making the best of a bad situation. It’s difficult to to revamp an airport in the middle of a large city.

Complaining is easy, engineering a good solution is challenging to say the least.

[kevingreen]

I was stranded at LaGuardia's new Terminal B for seven+ hours two weeks ago because my flight was delayed due to weather with the inbound flight. Sucked to be stranded in an airport for that long but man that new Terminal B was absoulutly gorgeous a huge improvement to the old terminal! So while it still sucked to be stranded in an airport for over seven hours at least I got to hang out and explore a new and beautiful airport and not be stranded in the old 3rd world airport!

[HeavyRayne]

It needs a rail link. It's completely insane that it doesn't already have one

[cllamasful]

It reminds me similar to the airport located in Tijuana, as well as the airport in Guadalajara. Both have seen massive increase in travelers, however it appears they are trying to keep up with growing demand, and are always continually upgrading and adding more terminals

[guillaumemuller-greven]

Honestly the Ferry would be an awesome way to arrive or leave NYC. Just that alone would make this airport more desirable to travel to/from.

[chrisk]

As a pilot, I can assure you LGA will never host an Airbus A380 as shown in the video when stating “…bigger and sexier jets.” LGA is capped by the perimeter rule which keeps most large (or “heavy”) aircraft out of the airport. Otherwise good job 👍🏼

[bohemoth]

I remember going to LaGuardia airport during the early 50s. It was a very lovely experience back then. I flew out of it on a Lockheed Constellation to Africa. We had to walk up a mobile staircase into the airplane.

[kirkrotger]

$8 Billion to refurbish an airport and nobody bats an eye, but spend $4 billion on a new subway line that serves the same number of people and everybody goes insane.

[coolboss]

They are really turning a new leaf on LaGuardia. I went before and after the construction and I can tell you that the transformation is AMAZING and definitely for the better. I live in the Bronx so we use LaGuardia over JFK because it's closer and I'm just glad that they finally finished the first terminal 😁.

[mkkm]

As Peter says in the video, if the airport is using 22 landing/13 take off, it's more efficient because the intersection is at the beginning of both runways, so the touchdown happens and instantly the takeoff can roll. When the winds are unfavourable, the opposite happens where the takeoff has to wait for the touchdown to pass or exit slowly and then roll.

That said, this new taxiway configuration will fix a huge problem and allow for significantly better ops.

[Hollandstation]

As a Dutch person that loves making videos about transport infrastructure, I'm always happy when you upload a new video!

[MaryNYC]

Great video and glad to see you included commentary by Peter Masella who in my opinion is the most underrated aviation broadcaster on YouTube.

[NeilSchloth]

Just flew out of LaGuardia last week, loved the new dining and redesigned terminals, great video as always 💯

[CP-okgv]

Just got got back from a week there. arrived and departed from b. It was great. Glad results are showing.

[JoelOman]

I remember working at Skanska when this made headlines in our offices, the rebuilding of LaGuardia Terminal B. Fantastic work to everyone involved.

[JKDC]

Just flew to Terminal B, it was amazing! Quite spacious and lots of amenities with comfortable seating and charging slots/outlets on every chair.