Overview
Located in the nation’s #1 Designated Market Area (DMA), LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is the airport of choice for New York City, the business and financial capital of the world. Conveniently located 20 minutes from Manhattan, LaGuardia is one of the top airports in the country serving business travelers. In 2007, over 25 million passengers passed through LaGuardia!

LaGuardia serves New York mainly for domestic flights, although it does offer international service to Canada, Bermuda and the Caribbean. Offering direct service to all major cities on the eastern seaboard and in the Midwest, LaGuardia is the only U.S. airport with terminals designed exclusively for the business traveler (ie: US Airways and Delta Shuttle terminals).

Airport Facts
% Domestic travelers: 95%
% International travelers: 5%
% Business passengers: 44%

Total number of terminals: 4
Total number of airlines: 21

Residence of Air Travelers by County
NYC (5 counties): 57.9%
Nassau, NY: 8.7%
Westchester, NY: 8.1%
Suffolk, NY: 7.2%
Other counties (NY, NJ, CT, PA): 18.1%

Market Penetration
50% of the New York DMA adults traveled by air in the past year; of these adults 37% departed from LaGuardia. JCDecaux NY airports (LaGuardia, JFK, and Newark) are the primary points of departure in the New York DMA.