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LaGuardia International Airport (IATA: LGA, ICAO: KLGA) is an airport serving New York City, United States, located
on the waterfront
of Flushing in the borough of Queens. It is named after a former Mayor of New York, Fiorello LaGuardia. "LaGuardia Airport"
is the official name of the airport according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the facility.
LaGuardia is the smallest of the New York area's three primary commercial airports, the other two of which are John F.
Kennedy International Airport in southern Queens and Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey. LaGuardia
is popular due to its central location and proximity to Manhattan. The airport serves as a focus city for Delta Air Lines,
American Airlines, and US Airways.
In 2008, the airport handled 23.1 million passengers.
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