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LGA

LaGuardia Airport
New York, United States · KLGA
CHANCE YOU STEP OFF ANY BOARDING SAFELY
99.999993%
This is the worldwide boarding figure, not LGA's — two different numbers, answering two different questions. LGA's own NTSB/FAA safety record is below.
FLIGHTS / YEAR
38.7M
DEATH RISK
1 / 13.7M boardings
SOURCE: MIT / ARNOLD BARNETT, 2024 (opens in a new window) HOW THIS NUMBER IS DERIVED
AIRPORT FACTS
IATA / ICAOLGA / KLGA
CityNew York
CountryUnited States
Airport classLarge airport
Runways2
Longest runway2,134 m (7,002 ft)
Coordinates40.777, -73.873
Its longest runway beats 33% of the 3,254 commercial airports listed on this site. Runway figures from OurAirports (opens in a new window), public domain.
NTSB / FAA SAFETY RECORD — LGA §
1.760
ACCIDENTS / MILLION DEPARTURES §
0.000
WITH FATALITIES §
11 accidents (no fatal accidents, 0 deaths) over 6,250,472 FAA-tracked departures, 2008–2025. §

No fatal accident in the NTSB record for LGA, 2008–2025 — absence of record, not a guarantee.

Checked 2026-07-10.
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Statistically Fine — LGA — LaGuardia Airport safety record
https://statisticallyfine.com/airport/LGA/
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EXAMPLE FLIGHTS — NOT LGA DEPARTURES

ALL FLIGHTS →
BA 249 LHR → GIG · 787-9 SAFE ✓ UA 92 EWR → LIS · 767-300 SAFE ✓ AA 100 JFK → LHR · 777-300ER SAFE ✓ JL 44 HND → SYD · A350-900 SAFE ✓
These are example flights from elsewhere on the site, not real LGA arrivals. Live per-airport schedules wire in with a flight-data API.
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