The Pros And Cons Of Laguardia Airport

American airport infrastructure is in ruins specifically the old ruins of LaGuardia Airport (LGA). Just how bad is it? Well Vice President Joe Biden compared LGA to what's found “in some third world country.” That statement prompted the current governor of New York City, Gov. Cuomo to take action and a redevelopment plan for LGA was announced, i.e., rebuilding the whole airport into one terminal. Which would cost a total of 4 billion dollar or 5.3 billion depending who is asked. While New Yorkers who travel would most like agree to the plan. Some skeptics, who don't travel would answer, what a waste of money, they just want a nice looking airport, why not just fix what needs fixing. I think otherwise, I think this plan is worth the cost

According to Tina Susman, author of Los Angeles Times article titled “New York's LaGuardia Airport is almost a terminal case,” LaGuardia Airport, the nation's busiest airport, is otherwise known as "America's worst airport." Don’t take my word for it. The former chairman of Port Authority, Christopher Ward suggested LaGuardia to be torn down because it's so bad. It's so bad that a airport design expert John D. Kasarda had to offer sympathy to people. Gov. Cuomo also stated that LGA "It's slow, it's dated, it has a terrible front-door entrance way to New York," The worse of it is in Terminal A where water-stained ceilings and grim lighting is apparent, the lack of seating and space meant people were tightly squeezed together. The skeptics people would say ok why not just fix the Terminal. That may fix Terminal A but what about the other Terminal or about the airport’s horrific flight delays. Which I’ve been a victim of, I was almost left out at night after an afternoon flight turned to night time because of delays. This is not a problem for the people but for New York City. In a letter written to Gov. Cuomo by Dan Tishman on behalf of the Airport Advisory Panel first paragraph reads, “LaGuardia Airport plays a critical role as a gateway for the State of New York. It is responsible for nearly 12,000 jobs and served nearly 27 million passengers last year. Yet its development over the years has been disjointed and sporadic. The airport

According to Lu Hao the lead author of an article titled “New York: Two ways of estimating the delay impact of New York airport.” Air traffic delays at one airport can affect the whole National Airspace System (NAS). That means that delays in LGA can make delays in other airports. The three New York airport, JFK International, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty International combine to create the largest airport system in the United States and it is widely believed that these three airports are the major culprits for delay throughout the NAS. In the study, it was confirmed that a dependencies do exist, that a minute of delay per flight in the three New York airports will cause 0.08 min of delay per flight in the other large airports in the NAS. Than what if there's no delays at New York airports, what would happen? it would result in an overall delay reduction 24.5% of the total delay in the NAS. And if local sources of delay like airport/ground related delays are eliminated at the New York airports, the resulting is a 19–22% percent reduction of delay time in the NAS. It’s unreal to completely eliminate delays from LGA and the other airports but the one thing we can do is reduce delays on the ground. One way we can reduce delays is by increasing the efficiency of the airports. Airports efficiency depends on the coordination of operations such as making space for taxiing, having