LaGuardia Airport is an airport in the borough of Queens in New York City, on the shore of Flushing Bay. It opened as New York Municipal Airport and was named for Fiorello La Guardia, the mayor who championed a modern airport inside the city limits. Its Marine Air Terminal, built to handle the seaplanes of transatlantic flying boats, remains in use and is admired for its Art Deco design. The airport had long been criticized for old and cramped terminals, and in the 2010s it underwent a very large reconstruction. Because of its short runways and location, it handles mostly domestic and short-haul flights, while international traffic is concentrated at John F. Kennedy Airport.
Before and after
- from 17 September 1939 to 6 October 1939Soviet invasion of Poland
- from 17 September 1939 to 6 October 1939Battle of Changsha
- 23 September 1939Death of Sigmund Freud
- from October 1939 to April 1940Nisko Plan
- 15 October 1939Construction of LaGuardia Airport
- 18 November 1939Birth of Margaret Atwood
- 26 November 1939Birth of Tina Turner
- from 30 November 1939 to 13 March 1940Winter War
- from 7 December 1939 to 17 July 1941Palmiry massacre
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1925Rise of Art Deco
- 1 May 1931Construction of Empire State Building
- 1935Construction of Da Nang International Airport
- 28 May 1937Construction of Golden Gate Bridge
- 20 May 1940Construction of Auschwitz
- 6 April 1943Publication of The Little Prince
The era
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