LaGuardia Airport Terminal Map
New York · United States· LaGuardia AirportLaGuardia Airport (IATA: LGA, ICAO KLGA) is a large airport serving New York, United States, with 4 terminals and 58 gates, about 13 km from central New York.
LaGuardia Airport (LGA) serves New York, United States. It has 4 terminals with 58 gates in total and handles about 32 million passengers a year. The airport is about 13 km from the city centre. Ground transport into the city: bus and taxi.
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LaGuardia Airport sits alongside Queens in New York, about 13 km from Manhattan, and handles around 32.8 million passengers a year (2025). It has just completed a transformation: Terminal B and Terminal C have been rebuilt and reopened, with a look completely unlike a few years ago. But it is also the only one of New York's three main airports without a direct rail link — the city is reached by road, and that is its greatest shortcoming.
The four terminals
| Code | Name | Main carriers |
|---|---|---|
| A | Terminal A | Small airlines and general aviation |
| B | Terminal B | Delta, Southwest, American and others (new build, opening in stages from 2022) |
| C | Terminal C | Delta's principal base (new build) |
| D | Terminal D | United, Air Canada and others (being refurbished) |
How to work out where you are:
- Check the operating airline: Delta at C (some at B), Southwest and American mostly at B, United at D.
- Free shuttle buses run between the terminals, but some can also be reached on foot; follow the signs on the ground.
Our diagram draws the four buildings side by side on the bay shore precisely to make the point: here the buildings are joined at ground level, with no rail between them.
Transfers and connections
- LaGuardia is dominated by origin-and-destination traffic, and its connecting facilities fall short of JFK's, so a transfer between separately booked tickets needs generous time.
- An inter-terminal transfer relies on the shuttle bus; allow more than 2 hours.
- If your itinerary needs a long-haul connection, book through JFK rather than LaGuardia.
Routes and flights
- Routes — dominated by US domestic and short-haul Canadian points, with around 15 airlines and about 50 non-stop destinations; there are no intercontinental flights here (time-of-day and airport agreement restrictions), so transatlantic travel goes through JFK or EWR.
- Flights — about 32.79 million passengers in 2025, the second-busiest year in the airport's history, with about 350,000 aircraft movements.
- Aircraft — main base is Delta (Terminal C mainly), followed by Southwest, American and United; the fleet is Boeing 717, 737 and Airbus A320 family narrowbodies.
Getting into New York
- Bus plus subway — the Q70 and other bus routes connect to the subway and commuter rail; the lowest fare, and the most common substitute for rail.
- Taxi / rideshare — about 13 km, but congestion on the East River bridges and tunnels is severe, and the journey can take far longer than the distance suggests.
- Airport buses — link the main Manhattan hubs and hotel districts.
- Driving — via the Grand Central Parkway and the river crossings; not advisable at peak times.
Practical tips
- The division of labour among New York's three airports: JFK for long-haul international, Newark (EWR) for international and as United's hub, LaGuardia (LGA) for short-haul domestic — when a transfer involves two of them, set aside half a day on its own.
- From LaGuardia, always estimate by road time, counting the queues for the bridges and tunnels, rather than pricing the trip on 13 km of distance.
- The new terminals' shops and rest areas are a great deal better, and worth leaving time to browse when you have a wait.
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Gate ranges, main airlines and facilities for each terminal at LaGuardia Airport.