AirNav: KLGA - La Guardia Airport

KLGA

La Guardia Airport
New York, New York, USA

GOING TO NEW YORK?

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier:	LGA
Lat/Long:	40-46-38.1000N / 073-52-21.4000W 40-46.635000N / 073-52.356667W 40.7772500 / -73.8726111 (estimated)
Elevation:	21 ft. / 6.4 m (surveyed)
Variation:	12W (1980)
From city:	4 miles E of NEW YORK, NY
Time zone:	UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code:	11371

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Open to the public
Sectional chart:	NEW YORK
Control tower:	yes
ARTCC:	NEW YORK CENTER
FSS:	NEW YORK FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility:	LGA (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance:	CONTINUOUS
Wind indicator:	lighted
Segmented circle:	no
Lights:	DUSK-DAWN
Beacon:	white-green (lighted land airport)
Landing fee:	yes
Fire and rescue:	ARFF index D
International operations:	customs landing rights airport

Airport Communications

UNICOM:	122.95
WX ASOS:	PHONE 718-672-6317
LA GUARDIA GROUND:	121.7 263.0 121.85
LA GUARDIA TOWER:	118.7 263.0
NEW YORK APPROACH:	120.8 118.0 124.95 127.3 128.8(FINAL) 132.7
NEW YORK DEPARTURE:	120.4 124.45 127.05
CLEARANCE DELIVERY:	121.875 HELICOPTER 135.2
PRE-TAXI CLEARANCE:	135.2
CLASS B:	263.0(PRIOR TO 6 NM)
CLASS B (NORTH):	119.95(PRIOR TO 6 NM)
CLASS B (SOUTH):	126.05(PRIOR TO 6 NM)
D-ATIS:	125.95(ARR) 127.05(DEP)
EMERG:	121.5 243.0
WX AWOS-3 at JRB (8 nm SW):	128.175 (212-425-1534)
WX ASOS at JFK (9 nm SE):	PHONE 718-656-0956
WX ASOS at HPN (19 nm NE):	PHONE 914-288-0216
WX AWOS-3 at LDJ (19 nm SW):	124.025 (908-862-7383)
WX ASOS at CDW (19 nm W):	PHONE 973-575-4417

CLASS B FREQS 2000'/BLO WITHIN 6.0 NM ARE TWR FREQS TO BE PUBLISHED.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance	VOR name	Freq	Var
LGA at field	LA GUARDIA VOR/DME	113.10	12W
TEBr127/9.6	TETERBORO VOR/DME	108.40	11W
JFKr344/9.8	KENNEDY VOR/DME	115.90	12W
CRIr017/9.9	CANARSIE VOR/DME	112.30	11W
DPKr280/25.9	DEER PARK VOR/DME	117.70	12W
COLr036/30.9	COLTS NECK VOR/DME	115.40	11W
CMKr216/32.9	CARMEL VOR/DME	116.60	12W
SAXr131/34.8	SPARTA VORTAC	115.70	11W

NDB name	Hdg/Dist	Freq	Var	ID
BRIDGE	014/12.6	414	12W	OGY	--- --. -.--
PATERSON	141/16.2	347	12W	PNJ	.--. -. .---
BABYLON	300/23.1	275	14W	BBN	-... -... -.
CHATHAM	096/25.4	254	11W	CAT	-.-. .- -

Airport Services

Fuel available:	100LL JET-A
Parking:	tiedowns
Airframe service:	MAJOR
Powerplant service:	MAJOR
Bottled oxygen:	HIGH/LOW
Bulk oxygen:	HIGH/LOW

Runway Information

Runway 13/31

Dimensions:

7003 x 150 ft. / 2135 x 46 m

Surface:

asphalt/concrete/grooved, in good condition

Weight bearing capacity:

Single wheel:	80.0
Double wheel:	170.0
Double tandem:	360.0

Runway edge lights:

high intensity

RUNWAY 13

RUNWAY 31

Latitude:

40-46.937830N

40-46.324288N

Longitude:

073-52.711292W

073-51.426693W

Elevation:

11.6 ft.

6.7 ft.

Gradient:

0.1%

Traffic pattern:

left

Runway heading:

134 magnetic, 122 true

314 magnetic, 302 true

Markings:

precision, in good condition

Visual slope indicator:

4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)

16-box VASI (3.11 degrees glide path)
VGSI & DESCENT ANGLES NOT COINCIDENT.

RVR equipment:

touchdown, rollout

Approach lights:

MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights

Runway end identifier lights:

yes

Centerline lights:

yes

Touchdown point:

yes, no lights

Instrument approach:

ILS/DME

LOC/DME

Obstructions:

none

95 ft. bldg, lighted, 2750 ft. from runway, 510 ft. right of centerline, 26:1 slope to clear

Runway 4/22

Dimensions:

7001 x 150 ft. / 2134 x 46 m

Surface:

asphalt/concrete/grooved, in good condition

Weight bearing capacity:

Single wheel:	80.0
Double wheel:	170.0
Double tandem:	360.0

Runway edge lights:

high intensity

RUNWAY 4

RUNWAY 22

Latitude:

40-46.149878N

40-47.126227N

Longitude:

073-53.047173W

073-52.240348W

Elevation:

20.6 ft.

11.5 ft.

Gradient:

0.2%

Traffic pattern:

left

Runway heading:

044 magnetic, 032 true

224 magnetic, 212 true

Markings:

precision, in good condition

Visual slope indicator:

4-light PAPI on right (3.00 degrees glide path)

4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)

RVR equipment:

touchdown, rollout

Approach lights:

MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights

ALSF1: standard 2,400 foot high intensity approach lighting system with centerline sequenced flashers (category I)

Runway end identifier lights:

yes

Centerline lights:

yes

Touchdown point:

yes, no lights

yes, lighted

Instrument approach:

ILS

Obstructions:

80 ft. bldg, lighted, 2950 ft. from runway, 400 ft. left of centerline, 34:1 slope to clear
+11 FT FENCE 245 FT R OF RY END.

none

Helipad H1

Dimensions:	60 x 60 ft. / 18 x 18 m
Surface:	asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights:	PERI
Traffic pattern:	left	left
Markings:	basic, in good condition

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	PORT. AUTH. OF N.Y. & N.J. 225 PARK AVE. SOUTH NEW YORK, NY 10003 Phone 212-435-3703 LEASEE. PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
Manager:	WARREN KROEPPEL HANGAR #7, THIRD FLOOR FLUSHING, NY 11371 Phone 718-533-3401 PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY.

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: avg 1038/day *
97%	commercial
3%	transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2008

Additional Remarks

A30A-22	ARRESTING GEAR/SYSTEM: ENGINEERED MATERIALS ARRESTING SYSTEM (EMAS) 272 FT IN LENGTH BY 170 FT IN WIDTH LCTD AT THE DEPARTURE END RY 22.
A30A-13	ARRESTING GEAR/SYSTEM: ENGINEERED MATERIALS ARRESTING SYSTEM (EMAS) 324 FT IN LENGTH BY 170 FT IN WIDTH LCTD AT THE DEPARTURE END RY 13.
-	FLOCKS OF BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT.
-	CODED TRANSPONDER REQUIRED. VFR RESERVATION INFO AVBL ON ATIS.
-	NOTE: SEE SPECIAL NOTICE--LAND AND HOLD SHORT OPERATIONS.
-	SHIP MASTS IN APCH RY 31.
-	TWY Y BTN TWYS AA & BB CLSD TO ACFT WITH WINGSPAN IN EXCESS OF 113 FT.
-	NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES IN EFFECT; CALL 212-435-3812 DURG NORMAL BUSINESS HRS.
-	B767-400 AIRCRAFT RESTRICTED TO 10 KNOTS ON TAXIWAYS DD,Z,B AND AA.
-	RY 13 VASI AND ILS NOT COINCIDENTAL.
-	H1 LCTD INTXN TWYS BB & F.
-	FENCE 9 FT AGL 450 FT SE RY 31 THLD, 6400 FT SE RY 04/22 CNTRLN, 400 FT NE RY 13/31 CNTRLN.
-	OPEN TO MILITARY CONVENTIONAL ACFT WITH PRIOR PMSN; CONTACT AIRPORT OPERATIONS AT 718-533-3700.
-	TWY F LCTD BTWN TWY BB & TWY Y CLSD INDEFLY.
-	SPECIAL AIR TRAFFIC RULES--PART 93; HIGH DENSITY ARPT; PRIOR RESERVATION REQUIRED; SEE AIM.
-	MAG ANOMALIES MAY AFFECT COMPASS HDG WHEN USING EXTENSION RYS 13 & 22 FOR TKOF.
-	TWYS G P R & U CONCRETE DECK RSTD TO 5KT TURNS; 10KTS STRAIGHT.
-	TWY ZA CLSD 2300-0700 FOR ACFT PARKING.
A30-22X	THIS RY EXIST TO SUPPORT THE TKD LDA/DME ASSOCIATED WITH RY END 22X.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 19 November 2009 at 0901Z and 17 December 2009 at 0900Z.

STARs - Standard Terminal Arrivals
GATBY ONE CHANGED		download (343KB)
HAARP ONE CHANGED		2 pages: [1] [2] (346KB)
KORRY THREE CHANGED		2 pages: [1] [2] (463KB)
MILTON THREE CHANGED		download (311KB)
NOBBI FIVE CHANGED		2 pages: [1] [2] (442KB)
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
ILS OR LOC RWY 04 CHANGED		download (334KB)
ILS OR LOC RWY 22 CHANGED		download (279KB)
ILS OR LOC RWY 13 CHANGED		download (367KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 13 CHANGED		download (292KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 31 CHANGED		download (227KB)
RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 04 CHANGED		download (276KB)
RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 22 CHANGED		download (267KB)
RNAV (GPS)-B CHANGED		download (209KB)
RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 04 CHANGED		download (274KB)
RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 22 CHANGED		download (276KB)
LOC RWY 31 CHANGED		download (313KB)
LDA-A CHANGED		download (244KB)
VOR/DME-G CHANGED		download (245KB)
VOR/DME-H CHANGED		download (249KB)
VOR RWY 04 CHANGED		download (312KB)
VOR-F CHANGED		download (258KB)
COPTER ILS/DME RWY 22 CHANGED		download (247KB)
COPTER RNAV (GPS) 250 CHANGED		download (285KB)
EXPRESSWAY VISUAL RWY 31 CHANGED		download (321KB)
RIVER VISUAL RWY 13 CHANGED		download (232KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply		download (18KB)
Departure Procedures
LA GUARDIA TWO CHANGED		2 pages: [1] [2] (749KB)
LA GUARDIA TWO, CONT.2		download (195KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply		download (60KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KJFK - John F Kennedy International Airport (9 nm SE)
KTEB - Teterboro Airport (10 nm NW)
KEWR - Newark Liberty International Airport (14 nm W)
KHPN - Westchester County Airport (19 nm NE)
KLDJ - Linden Airport (19 nm SW)
KCDW - Essex County Airport (19 nm W)

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Aerial photo
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct Photo by David Newcomer. Photo taken 08-Oct-2009 looking north from 9,000'. Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of La Guardia Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.

Sectional chart
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Airport diagram

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Diagram of KLGA (La Guardia Airport)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 08-Dec-2009

	Local (UTC-5)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	06:37	11:37
Sunrise	07:08	12:08
Sunset	16:27	21:27
Evening civil twilight	16:58	21:58

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	08-Dec-2009 05:55:00
Local (UTC-5)	08-Dec-2009 00:55:00

METAR

KLGA	080451Z 28009G19KT 10SM FEW040 SCT250 03/M02 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP216 T00331022 400500011
KNYC 4nm W	080451Z AUTO 28011G16KT 9SM CLR 02/M02 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP216 T00221022 400390000 TSNO
KTEB 10nm NW	080451Z 28007KT 8SM CLR 02/M03 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP215 T00171028 400441017
KJFK 10nm SE	080451Z 28011KT 10SM FEW040 SCT070 SCT250 03/M03 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP222 T00331028 400501006
KEWR 15nm SW	080451Z 25008KT 8SM SCT250 02/M04 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP221 T00221039 400391017
KHPN 19nm NE	080456Z 26006KT 7SM CLR 00/M04 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP213 T00001039 400281039
KLDJ 19nm SW	080522Z AUTO 27008KT 7SM CLR 02/M02 A3019 RMK AO2 T00171018
KCDW 20nm W	080453Z VRB03KT 6SM HZ CLR 00/M03 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP228 T00001033 400221039

TAF

KLGA	080409Z 0804/0824 27013KT P6SM FEW035 SCT250 FM080600 30010KT P6SM SCT200 FM081200 32009KT P6SM SCT060 SCT150 FM082200 02005KT P6SM FEW060 BKN120
KTEB 10nm NW	080232Z 0803/0824 27008KT P6SM FEW035 BKN070 FM080600 30007KT P6SM SCT070 SCT200 TEMPO 0806/0809 BKN070 BKN200 FM081200 33007KT P6SM SCT060 SCT150 FM082200 VRB03KT P6SM FEW060 BKN120
KJFK 10nm SE	080232Z 0803/0906 27010KT P6SM FEW035 BKN070 FM080600 29010KT P6SM SCT070 SCT200 TEMPO 0806/0809 BKN070 BKN200 FM081200 32009KT P6SM SCT060 SCT150 FM082200 VRB04KT P6SM FEW060 BKN120 FM090300 04004KT P6SM SCT040 OVC080
KEWR 15nm SW	080232Z 0803/0906 26009KT P6SM FEW035 BKN070 FM080600 30009KT P6SM SCT070 SCT200 TEMPO 0806/0809 BKN070 BKN200 FM081200 33009KT P6SM SCT060 SCT150 FM082200 VRB04KT P6SM FEW060 BKN120 FM090200 04004KT P6SM SCT040 OVC080
KHPN 19nm NE	080232Z 0803/0824 27005KT P6SM FEW035 BKN070 FM080600 30006KT P6SM SCT070 SCT200 TEMPO 0806/0809 BKN070 BKN200 FM081200 33007KT P6SM SCT060 SCT150 FM082200 VRB03KT P6SM FEW060 BKN120 AMD NOT SKED

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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

Business Name

Contact

Services / Description

Fuel Prices

Comments

ASRI 129.70
718-779-4040
[web site]
[email]

Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Passenger terminal and lounge, Pilots lounge / snooze room, Public telephone, Computerized weather, Restrooms

More info about SheltAir Aviation Services LaGuardia


	100LL		Jet A
FS		$6.48		$6.17
Updated 01-Dec-2009

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FS=Full service

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Contact

Services / Description

Comments

973-777-3007
800-546-6022
[web site]
[email]

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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the La Guardia Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the La Guardia Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.

AirNav users who flew into KLGA have stayed at...
	Miles		Price ($)
CLARION HOTEL LA GUARDIA AIRPORT		0.5	99-199
THE HELMSLEY PARK LANE		5.4	250-1230
HOLIDAY INN LAGUARDIA		1.9	125-619
CROWNE PLAZA LAGUARDIA AIRPORT		0.7	144-219
HOWARD JOHNSON EXPRESS INN - QUEENS		2.9	71-99
LAGUARDIA AIRPORT HOTEL		0.5	99-169
MARRIOTT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT		0.6	158-289
PAN AMERICAN HOTEL		2.8	96-170
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT		0.7	155-300
HOWARD JOHNSON BRONX NY		4.3	90-130

Other hotels near La Guardia Airport
	Miles		Price ($)
HAMPTON INN NYC LAGUARDIA AIRP		0.6	179-239
COMFORT INN EAST ELMHURST		1.1
AIRWAY INN AT LA GUARDIA AIRPORT		1.1	127-159
FAIRFIELD INN BY MARRIOTT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT/FLUSHING		1.5	129-169
FAIRFIELD INN NEW YORK LAGUARDIA AIRPORT/ASTORIA		1.9	129-179
COMFORT INN FLUSHING		2.4	120-170
HOWARD JOHNSON LAGUARDIA AIRPORT EAST		2.4	99-109
HJ LAGUARDIA AIRPORT EAST		2.4	98-149
SHERATON LAGUARDIA EAST HOTEL		2.5	139-269
LEXINGTON MARCO LAGUARDIA HOTEL		2.5
LEXINGTON MARCO LAGUARDIA HOTEL		2.5	139-169

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.

Hotels in other cities near La Guardia Airport

8 in	East Elmhurst
1 in	Woodside
9 in	Flushing
1 in	Whitestone
2 in	Elmhurst
5 in	Bronx
14 in	Long Island City
3 in	Bayside
17 in	Jamaica
1 in	Ozone Park
5 in	North Bergen, NJ
2 in	Great Neck
2 in	Weehawken, NJ
297 in	New York
1 in	Hoboken, NJ
13 in	Secaucus, NJ

23 in	Brooklyn
1 in	Little Ferry, NJ
2 in	New Rochelle
13 in	Jersey City, NJ
1 in	Hackensack, NJ
2 in	Rutherford, NJ
3 in	Carlstadt, NJ
2 in	Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
6 in	East Rutherford, NJ
3 in	Garden City
2 in	Lyndhurst, NJ
1 in	Rochelle Park, NJ
3 in	Rockville Centre
2 in	Saddle Brook, NJ
2 in	Westbury
1 in	Elmwood Park, NJ

5 in	Paramus, NJ
13 in	Newark, NJ
3 in	Jericho
3 in	Clifton, NJ
1 in	Long Beach
1 in	Fair Lawn, NJ
1 in	Paterson, NJ
1 in	Lynbrook
1 in	Freeport
3 in	Hicksville
8 in	White Plains
2 in	Rye Brook
1 in	Irvington, NJ
10 in	Elizabeth, NJ
5 in	Elmsford
4 in	Staten Island

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