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LaGuardia Airport NYC to be completely rebuilt in $4 billion renovation
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That airport is terrible. Getting there is a pain unless you get an (expensive) car ride. The place is tiny for the amount of people that move through it, and the wait time between leaving the gate and actually taking off can be anywhere from 30 minutes to and hour.
The subway needs help too, but I think Laguardia needs it more.
The subway needs help too, but I think Laguardia needs it more.
Rukes
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The traffic is always bad, granted, but most of the terminals are going through huge renovations, although the problem is still of course working within the limited terminal footprints. The International terminal is insanely amazing, and it's still not finished.
I really loved the design or Raegan international. Maybe they can make Laguardia look like that!
So one of the arguments about how Cuomo is a toxic bumbling idiot is that he's ready to dump $4bn into one of three airports, while the subway system, which carries millions more people, collapses on itself.
Oh, by the way, did anyone notice that the $4bn cost is BEFORE the planned airtrain and ferry?
He talks about 3rd world infrastructure...behold, the global epicenter of money
This is what happens you you elect someone who travels exclusively by limo and business class airplane
And this dude has been continually holding back funding for the MTA, basically telling DeBlasio to fuck off in more or less words and that the City can deal with it, when in fact any funding for the MTA has to go through Albany so DeBlasio really can't do shit. It's insane.
I actually like LaGuarida? Maybe because it's small and I never have to wait long in line for anything. But the only other airports I go to regularly are MIA and ones in third world countries so maybe that's it. 
Having something other than one bus go there would be nice, but I live close enough that a taxi there is fairly cheap.
Having something other than one bus go there would be nice, but I live close enough that a taxi there is fairly cheap.
This is probably how it's supposed to look in the end:
More renderings here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/governorandrewcuomo/sets/72157654099192464/with/20062041205/
For the billions they're going to spend, I wish they were actually going to fix the primary reason why LGA is so bad...the runways.
LGA only has two runways. They are short runways, require more advanced flight paths than most airports, and they intersect each other. That means only one plane at a time can alternate between landing and taking off.
No matter how nice the new terminal is, or how much extra space they give planes to taxi, it doesn't solve the fundamental issue...which is really a shame.
The problem, of course, is space. LGA borders the bay, so where else could it build? I read a proposal once to demolish the prison on Rikers Island, and rebuild LGA there. Seems like the only thing that would be remotely possible.
Regardless, NYC needs a mega airport, larger than JFK or LGA, that's positioned well-outside of the city, like NRT or DIA. Maybe one of the airports out in Long Island could be demolished and re-built, with a dedicated train line into the city. I've never been out there, so I have no idea how feasible that would be, or if they have any additional space to play with.
LGA only has two runways. They are short runways, require more advanced flight paths than most airports, and they intersect each other. That means only one plane at a time can alternate between landing and taking off.
No matter how nice the new terminal is, or how much extra space they give planes to taxi, it doesn't solve the fundamental issue...which is really a shame.
The problem, of course, is space. LGA borders the bay, so where else could it build? I read a proposal once to demolish the prison on Rikers Island, and rebuild LGA there. Seems like the only thing that would be remotely possible.
Regardless, NYC needs a mega airport, larger than JFK or LGA, that's positioned well-outside of the city, like NRT or DIA. Maybe one of the airports out in Long Island could be demolished and re-built, with a dedicated train line into the city. I've never been out there, so I have no idea how feasible that would be, or if they have any additional space to play with.
The_Inquisitor
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I was stranded on Christmas one time in LAX. Can confirm it was a shithole.
American Eskimo
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Threes an article about how for capacity reasons, the best option would be to simply close LaGuardia.
It would let more planes land at jfk and Newark.
But that's not convenient to the limo crowd
I have family who's an Air Traffic Controller at LGA. The only way they deal with the volume is to have anyone landing make a really quick stop so another plane can take off in front of them. The fact that two planes have yet to T-bone each other is a testament to the skills of the pilots and controllers.
I try and fly out of JFK myself.
PeakPointMatrix
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ITT people have never flown through LAX.
entremet
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LGA is worse.
Frankfurter
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If things go the Berlin way, LaGuardia is probably gonna cost 15 billion or sth. like that ^^
djplaeskool
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Kind of splitting hairs here.
I think we can all mutually agree that LAX and LGA are the nadir of airports in the US.
DoktorEvil
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Something something receipts.
I expect a ton of waste spent on this project. Finish the Williamsburg Bridge expansion first, then get back to me.
I expect a ton of waste spent on this project. Finish the Williamsburg Bridge expansion first, then get back to me.
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