HISTORY OF NEW YORK’S BIG LAGUARDIA-LGA Opened in 1939, LaGuardia Airport was built on the site of the old Gala Amusement Park at a cost of $40 million. The airport sits on 680 acres, has two 7,000 ft main runways and four terminal buildings
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that house up to 72 aircraft gates. Today, LaGuardia Airport’s 4 terminals handle millions of passengers, millions of tons of cargo and is an important economic engine for the New York-New Jersey region.
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