New York City area has three prominent airports namely JFK, Newark Airport and Laguardia. Together these three airports handle more than 100 million travellers annually making it the second largest airport system in the world after London with reference to passenger traffic. Laguardia, known by its IATA code LGA, handles around 25 million travellers annually.
Out of the three New York City airports Laguardia is closest to Manhattan. It is located in Queens County in Long island. Originally it was named Glenn H. Curtis Airport after aviator Glenn Hammond Curtis. Later it was renamed North Beach Airport and finally Laguardia after former New York mayor, Fiorello Laguardia. American Airlines was the first to start operations from Laguardia.
Laguardia has flights operating mostly to destinations within US, Canada, Aruba and the Bahamas. Till 2007 Laguardia had a perimeter rule that prohibited any outgoing or incoming flight exceeding 2,400 km (1,500 miles). However exceptions were made on Saturdays and to the city of Denver. It ranks amongst the busiest airports in USA. Major airlines serving LGA include American, Delta, US Airways, United, Northwest, Continental, Air Tran, Spirit and Frontier. LGA has four terminals namely Central Terminal, Delta Terminal, Marine Air Terminal and US Airways terminal.
You can also take your car rental from Laguardia Airport and drive it to your favorite New York destination such as Manhattan. You can also choose from popular car rental companies such as Hertz, Budget, Avis, and Thrifty.
Because of its proximity to Manhattan most New Yorkers prefer La Guardia over other airports in the area. The airport is well connected to the city with buses, taxis, shuttles, limos and train services. Depending upon traffic these can transport passengers from the airport to midtown Manhattan within 25 minutes.
It is easy to compare prices and book a car rental online in Laguardia with top car rental suppliers such as Enterprise, Avis, Budget, Hertz, Dollar, Alamo and Thrifty. You can choose the model and make of your car including the style such as a convertibles, suv's, coupes, trucks, sedans, station wagons, mini vans and hybrids.