Just kind of a cluster. Too many planes on an airport the size of a postage stamp, too many alleyways with one ground frequency trying to handle them all, what seems like constant runway changes, everything running on absolute minimum separation 100% of the time. Just more headache than I care to deal with regularly.
I’ve been in there once. We do it out of SFO with a 24 hr layover downtown, which is fantastic, but at least in summer even an -800 can’t take any tailwind which works really great given the airspace constraints and ATC flow preferences.
When was the remodel? I've only been there a couple times 5 or so years ago and it was a complete disaster. You should have seen my face when clearance rattled off a complete reroute to my west coast self and I got about .5% of it the first go-around. I could literally feel all the eyes rolling at me.
When was the remodel? I've only been there a couple times 5 or so years ago and it was a complete disaster. You should have seen my face when clearance rattled off a complete reroute to my west coast self and I got about .5% of it the first go-around. I could literally feel all the eyes rolling at me.
Do they have actual jetways now? Not the mobile ones?
I think they only use the sand crawlers to go to the terminal that doesn’t have a train/tunnel. No longer hook up to the airplanes.
on the rare occasion I have seen them hook up at the remote pads
The biggest changes occurred during Covid. Multiple new and revamped terminals were built. Completely different on the inside.When was the remodel? I've only been there a couple times 5 or so years ago and it was a complete disaster. You should have seen my face when clearance rattled off a complete reroute to my west coast self and I got about .5% of it the first go-around. I could literally feel all the eyes rolling at me.
It's now a very pleasant shopping mall hooked up to some jetways.
The good news is that I currently have the luxury of closing the window shade when flying out of LGA.It's now a very pleasant shopping mall hooked up to some jetways.
Any perception that LGA is new, however, quickly fades during taxi-out.
Nice!
