 - 1. What is the FAA LID code for LaGuardia Airport?
A) KLGA
B) EWR
C) JFK
D) LGA
- 2. In which New York City borough is LaGuardia Airport located?
A) Queens
B) Brooklyn
C) Manhattan
D) Bronx
- 3. Which neighborhood in Queens borders LaGuardia Airport?
A) Astoria
B) East Elmhurst
C) Flushing
D) Jamaica
- 4. What is the size of LaGuardia Airport as of July 1, 2026?
A) 200 acres
B) 550 acres
C) 1,000 acres
D) 680 acres
- 5. In what year was the facility that became LaGuardia Airport established?
A) 1957
B) 1947
C) 1929
D) 1939
- 6. In what year did LaGuardia Airport begin operating as a public airport?
A) 1929
B) 1945
C) 1950
D) 1939
- 7. After whom is LaGuardia Airport named?
A) Fiorello La Guardia
B) George U. Harvey
C) Glenn H. Curtiss
D) William Steinway
- 8. What was Fiorello La Guardia's role in New York City prior to airport development?
A) Senator
B) Mayor
C) Borough President
D) Governor
- 9. As of 2023, where did LaGuardia rank by passenger volume among airports in the United States?
A) 10th-busiest
B) 3rd-busiest
C) 19th-busiest
D) 50th-busiest
- 10. Which primary access highway is located directly to the south of LaGuardia Airport?
A) Long Island Expressway
B) Brooklyn Queens Expressway
C) Grand Central Parkway
D) Cross Bronx Expressway
- 11. Which two airlines serve as hubs at LaGuardia Airport?
A) American Airlines and Delta Air Lines
B) Pan American Airways and Eastern Air Lines
C) United Airlines and US Airways
D) Trans World Airlines and Southwest Airlines
- 12. What is the distance limit imposed by LaGuardia's perimeter rule on nonstop flights?
A) 2,500 miles
B) 1,000 miles
C) 1,500 miles
D) 2,000 miles
- 13. Which organization announced a multibillion-dollar reconstruction of LaGuardia's passenger infrastructure in 2015?
A) Works Progress Administration
B) New York City Department of Transportation
C) Federal Aviation Administration
D) Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- 14. In what year was the multibillion-dollar reconstruction of LaGuardia's passenger infrastructure completed?
A) 2025
B) 2015
C) 2019
D) 2030
- 15. Whose estate partially contained the area of the airport by 1858?
A) William Steinway
B) Benjamin Pike Jr.
C) Glenn H. Curtiss
D) Fiorello La Guardia
- 16. What historic mansion is associated with the estate land that predates the airport site?
A) Steinway Mansion
B) Morris-Jumel Mansion
C) Flushing Town Hall
D) Gracie Mansion
- 17. In what month and year did William Steinway open Bowery Bay Beach?
A) January 1935
B) April 1929
C) June 1886
D) August 1931
- 18. What was the summer resort development opened by William Steinway later renamed?
A) North Beach
B) Flushing Meadows
C) Bowery Bay Park
D) Coney Island
- 19. What amusement park was added as an expansion to North Beach?
A) Flushing Amusement Park
B) Coney Island Amusement Park
C) Steinway Amusement Park
D) Gala Amusement Park
- 20. How many acres did the initial private seaplane base at North Beach cover?
A) 680 acres
B) 550 acres
C) 2 acres
D) 200 acres
- 21. On what date was the North Beach seaplane base christened?
A) October 15, 1939
B) January 5, 1935
C) June 15, 1929
D) April 15, 1929
- 22. Who delivered the dedication address at the opening of the North Beach seaplane base?
A) William Steinway
B) Fiorello La Guardia
C) Charles Lindbergh
D) George U. Harvey
- 23. Which airlines provided the opening-day service to Albany and Atlantic City from North Beach?
A) United Air Lines and Eastern Air Lines
B) Coastal Airways and Curtiss Flying Service
C) Trans World Airlines and American Airlines
D) Airvia and Pan American Airways
- 24. What aircraft was used by Airvia to launch service from North Beach to Boston one month after opening?
A) Ford Trimotor
B) Savoia-Marchetti S.55
C) Dornier Do X
D) Curtiss Seagull
- 25. On what date was the airport renamed Glenn H. Curtiss Airport?
A) September 23, 1930
B) August 27, 1931
C) June 15, 1929
D) January 5, 1935
- 26. Which famous aviator attended the September 23, 1930 ceremony alongside Eleanor Roosevelt?
A) Charles Lindbergh
B) Benjamin Pike Jr.
C) Glenn H. Curtiss
D) Fiorello La Guardia
- 27. What type of aircraft was announced for the nation's first transcontinental airmail route bid at Glenn H. Curtiss Airport?
A) Curtiss Seagulls
B) Ford Trimotors
C) Savoia-Marchetti S.55
D) Boeing 314
- 28. On what date did the Dornier Do X arrive at Glenn H. Curtiss Airport?
A) June 15, 1929
B) September 23, 1930
C) October 15, 1939
D) August 27, 1931
- 29. How long did the Dornier Do X stay in the city after its arrival?
A) One year
B) Ten months
C) Nine months
D) Five years
- 30. In what year was mayor Fiorello La Guardia first elected, ushering in a new era of public airport investment?
A) 1939
B) 1945
C) 1934
D) 1929
- 31. Which location did Fiorello La Guardia mainly push to transform into a combined airport and seaplane base before focusing on Curtiss Airport?
A) Coney Island
B) Governors Island
C) Floyd Bennett Field
D) Rikers Island
- 32. How much annual rent did New York City agree to pay to lease Curtiss Airport in its five-year contract?
A) $40 million
B) $1 per year
C) $23 million
D) $1,500,000
- 33. What was the purchase option price for Curtiss Airport agreed upon by the city?
A) $1,500,000
B) $23,000,000
C) $34,802,158
D) $1
- 34. On what date was the airport officially dedicated as Municipal Airport 2?
A) September 23, 1930
B) October 15, 1939
C) June 15, 1929
D) January 5, 1935
- 35. Which airline signed a lease for hangar space at Floyd Bennett Field at the Municipal Airport 2 dedication ceremony?
A) American Airlines
B) United Air Lines
C) Pan American Airways
D) Trans World Airlines (TWA)
- 36. Which federal agency provided backing and assistance for the construction of the new airport starting in 1937?
A) Works Progress Administration
B) Department of Transportation
C) Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
D) Federal Aviation Administration
- 37. From which island was landfill moved to build the new airport site?
A) Long Island
B) Governors Island
C) Coney Island
D) Rikers Island
- 38. What effect does the metal reinforcing framework beneath the airport still cause?
A) Radio signal blackouts
B) Engine performance drops
C) Radar calibration errors
D) Magnetic interference on aircraft compasses
- 39. Which airline received extra real estate, including four hangars, during the airport's first year due to its pivotal development role?
A) Delta Air Lines
B) American Airlines
C) Eastern Air Lines
D) Trans World Airlines
- 40. What was the name of the world's first private airline club, opened by American Airlines at the airport in 1939?
A) Ambassador Club
B) Delta Sky Club
C) Admirals Club
D) Crown Room Club
- 41. On what date was the airport dedicated as the New York Municipal Airport?
A) June 1, 1947
B) January 5, 1935
C) October 15, 1939
D) December 2, 1939
- 42. On what date did the New York Municipal Airport open for business?
A) June 1, 1947
B) October 15, 1939
C) December 2, 1939
D) August 27, 1931
- 43. What was the total cost to New York City to transform North Beach Airport into the new state-of-the-art facility?
A) $285,000
B) $1,500,000
C) $40 million
D) $23 million
- 44. Which smaller airport in nearby Jackson Heights was unable to prevent the expansion and closed in 1940?
A) Holmes Airport
B) Flushing Airport
C) Curtiss Field
D) Teterboro Airport
- 45. What publication called the new Queens airport "the most pretentious land and seaplane base in the world"?
A) New York Times
B) Official Airline Guide
C) Aviation Week
D) TIME
- 46. Which airline's transatlantic Boeing 314 flying boats moved to La Guardia from Port Washington in 1940?
A) Eastern Air Lines
B) Pan American Airways
C) American Airlines
D) Trans World Airlines
- 47. For what purpose was the airport used during World War II?
A) As a naval submarine depot
B) As an internment camp for enemy aliens
C) As a bomber training base exclusively
D) To train aviation technicians and as a logistics field
- 48. When did transatlantic landplane airline flights finally shift completely from LaGuardia to Idlewild (JFK)?
A) April 1951
B) July 1948
C) June 1947
D) September 2001
- 49. On what date did the airport officially move to Port of New York Authority control?
A) October 15, 1939
B) June 1, 1947
C) January 5, 1935
D) December 2, 1939
- 50. How many original runways did LaGuardia open with?
A) Two runways
B) Four runways
C) Three runways
D) Five runways
- 51. What was the length of the longest original runway (13/31) at LaGuardia?
A) 6,000 ft
B) 8,000 ft
C) 4,500 ft
D) 7,000 ft
- 52. Which runway was closed soon after a United DC-4 ran off the south end in 1947?
A) Runway 31
B) Runway 13/31
C) Runway 9/27
D) Runway 18/36
- 53. Around what year was runway 9/27 closed to allow LaGuardia's terminal to expand northward?
A) 1947
B) 1975
C) 1958
D) 1965
- 54. To what length were both remaining runways extended in 1965–66?
A) 8,500 ft
B) 6,000 ft
C) 4,500 ft
D) 7,000 ft
- 55. When did scheduled jet flights start at LaGuardia?
A) April 1957
B) January 1, 1961
C) July 1948
D) June 1, 1964
- 56. How many people were killed in the 1975 bomb detonation at the airport's baggage claim area?
A) 283 people
B) 0 people
C) 74 people
D) 11 people
- 57. Starting in what year were general-aviation aircraft charged heavy peak-hour fees to operate from LaGuardia?
A) 1968
B) 1957
C) 1984
D) 2000
- 58. What safety and traffic concerns prompted the closure of nearby Flushing Airport in 1984?
A) Environmental pollution in Flushing Bay
B) Increase in traffic at LaGuardia
C) Construction of the Grand Central Parkway
D) Decline in general aviation demand
- 59. Which city became the sole exception to the Port Authority's 1984 perimeter rule?
A) Boston
B) Washington, D.C.
C) Denver
D) Salt Lake City
- 60. Which airline unsuccessfully challenged the perimeter rule in federal court in 1986 to fly nonstop to Salt Lake City?
A) United Airlines
B) Western Airlines
C) Delta Air Lines
D) American Airlines
- 61. In what year did Congress pass legislation to revoke federal traffic limits on LaGuardia by 2007?
A) 1984
B) 2001
C) 2000
D) 2015
- 62. What event quickly slowed LaGuardia's traffic growth and helped mitigate airport delays after 2000?
A) 2006 control tower construction
B) Boeing 737 MAX groundings
C) September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
D) 2008 financial crisis
- 63. What is the name of the FAA-approved instrument departure procedure at LaGuardia?
A) Expressway Visual Approach
B) Flushing Bay Turn
C) Whitestone Climb
D) Grand Central Departure
- 64. What is the name of the FAA-approved approach procedure to Runway 31?
A) Hudson River Visual
B) Expressway Visual Approach
C) Canarsie Approach
D) Whitestone Climb
- 65. Near which landmark do the LGA and JFK approach airspaces border each other?
A) Whitestone Bridge
B) Flushing Meadows Park
C) Belmont Park
D) Steinway Mansion
- 66. Who designed the air traffic control tower built at LaGuardia in 1962?
A) Wallace Harrison
B) Fiorello La Guardia
C) George U. Harvey
D) Glenn H. Curtiss
- 67. On what date did the modern replacement air traffic control tower begin operations?
A) August 12, 2009
B) November 2019
C) October 9, 2010
D) July 21, 2011
- 68. Where was a replica of the 1962 control tower installed in 2025?
A) At Terminal C
B) In the Marine Air Terminal
C) In a decorative garden at the airport
D) Inside the Terminal B baggage claim
- 69. On what date did Delta Air Lines and US Airways announce a landing slot and terminal swap?
A) October 10, 2011
B) July 21, 2011
C) December 16, 2011
D) August 12, 2009
- 70. How many operating slot pairs at LaGuardia were involved in the proposed swap from US Airways to Delta?
A) 125 slot pairs
B) 264 slot pairs
C) 60 slot pairs
D) 42 slot pairs
- 71. Which airport did US Airways receive slot pairs at in exchange for LaGuardia slots?
A) Newark Liberty International Airport
B) Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
C) Teterboro Airport
D) John F. Kennedy International Airport
- 72. When did the US Department of Transportation give final approval to the Delta–US Airways slot swap?
A) July 21, 2011
B) December 16, 2011
C) August 12, 2009
D) October 10, 2011
- 73. On what date did Delta Air Lines announce plans to open a new domestic hub at LaGuardia Airport?
A) August 12, 2009
B) May 2011
C) December 16, 2011
D) October 10, 2011
- 74. By summer 2013, how many daily flights did Delta operate between LaGuardia and more than 60 cities?
A) 264 daily flights
B) 125 daily flights
C) 42 daily flights
D) 283 daily flights
- 75. In what month and year did Southwest Airlines end service to Newark and consolidate its New York area operations to LaGuardia and Islip?
A) August 2009
B) December 2011
C) January 2025
D) November 2019
- 76. What primary factor contributed to Southwest Airlines ending its service to Newark in November 2019?
A) Strict airport curfews
B) Proximity to JFK Airport
C) Boeing 737 MAX groundings
D) The perimeter rule
- 77. Who announced in April 2010 that consultants were hired to explore a full demolition and rebuilding of LaGuardia's Central Terminal?
A) Joe Biden
B) Andrew Cuomo
C) Christopher Ward
D) Patrick Foye
- 78. Who described LaGuardia's feel in 2012 as 'quaint, nostalgic but unacceptable'?
A) Andrew Cuomo
B) Christopher Ward
C) Joe Biden
D) Patrick Foye
- 79. Which governor announced a plan in January 2014 for the state to oversee the construction of the new terminal project?
A) George Pataki
B) Eliot Spitzer
C) Andrew Cuomo
D) Kathy Hochul
- 80. Which joint venture was created in August 2017 by Magic Johnson Enterprises and Loop Capital to invest in Phase 2?
A) Delta Air Lines
B) LaGuardia Gateway Partners
C) JLC Capital
D) Port Authority
- 81. Which airline moved to Terminal B after Delta began rebuilding its terminals?
A) Air Canada
B) Spirit Airlines
C) JetBlue
D) Alaska Airlines
- 82. When did the first half of the seven-level West Parking Garage open?
A) June 2020
B) December 2018
C) June 2019
D) February 2018
- 83. Which toy store opened as part of the new Terminal B space?
A) FAO Schwarz
B) Disney Store
C) Toys 'R' Us
D) Lego Store
- 84. What was the name of the first concourse to open on the eastern end of the airport by Delta?
A) Concourse D
B) Terminal C Headhouse
C) Concourse G
D) Concourse E
- 85. Which widebody aircraft design group is LaGuardia capable of handling?
A) Airplane Design Group I
B) Airplane Design Group VI
C) Airplane Design Group II
D) Airplane Design Group IV
- 86. Which department provides anti-crime plainclothes units and marine patrol at the airport?
A) NYPD
B) TSA
C) PAPD
D) CBP
- 87. International arrivals are only possible at LaGuardia from airports with what feature?
A) Direct customs kiosks
B) Extended runways
C) Military checkpoints
D) United States border preclearance
- 88. In what year was the perimeter rule implemented by PANYNJ?
A) 2001
B) 1984
C) 1991
D) 1975
- 89. On which day of the week are flights exempt from the perimeter rule?
A) Fridays
B) Saturdays
C) Sundays
D) Wednesdays
- 90. What was the intent of a New York State Senate bill introduced in 2021 regarding the perimeter rule?
A) Codifying the rule into law
B) Repealing the rule entirely
C) Expanding the mileage limit to 2,000 miles
D) Exempting all western states
- 91. What type of airspace classification does LaGuardia have as a congested airport?
A) Class A
B) Class C
C) Class D
D) Class B
- 92. What event caused the FAA to suspend the expiration of unused slots in 2020?
A) COVID-19 pandemic
B) Hurricane Sandy
C) Major terminal construction
D) Severe economic recession
- 93. How many active terminals does LaGuardia have?
A) Three
B) Five
C) Two
D) Four
- 94. How many total gates are located at LaGuardia's active terminals?
A) 72
B) 65
C) 80
D) 54
- 95. Who designed the signage throughout LaGuardia's terminals?
A) LaGuardia Gateway Partners
B) The Port Authority
C) Paul Mijksenaar
D) International Air Transport Association
- 96. Which terminal remained unchanged except for minor updates during the redesign?
A) Terminal D
B) Terminal A
C) Terminal B
D) Terminal C
- 97. What gate numbers are associated with the Eastern Concourse of Terminal B?
A) Gates 82–89
B) Gates 40–59
C) Gates 71–79
D) Gates 11–31
- 98. What nickname was given to the flying boats that landed in Long Island Sound?
A) Pelicans
B) Seaplanes
C) Albatrosses
D) Clippers
- 99. What type of planes were developed during World War II that led to the decline of flying boats?
A) Jet-powered airliners
B) Supersonic transport
C) Four-engine land planes
D) Twin-engine bombers
- 100. Where was the last Pan American flight from the terminal bound for?
A) Havana
B) Bermuda
C) Paris
D) London
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