{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"LaGuardia Airport","iataCode":"LGA","icaoCode":"KLGA","city":"New York","country":"US","airportType":"large_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":40.777199,"longitude":-73.872597},"elevationMeters":6,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"America's newest-feeling major airport handles exactly zero freight. LaGuardia was rebuilt wholesale between 2016 and 2024 – an eight-billion-dollar transformation that turned the nation's most maligned airport into a showpiece – yet it remains strictly a short- and medium-haul passenger field. The perimeter rule caps most flights at 1,500 miles, and the short runways on Flushing Bay rule out widebody freighters regardless. The name honors Fiorello LaGuardia, New York's storied 1930s mayor, who ","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/laguardia-airport-lga","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/laguardia-airport-lga","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"LaGuardia Airport · (IATA: LGA) · New York, US · 6 m"}