Why So Many Airports in New York City 

Hey guys, many people are telling us about the pronounciation mistake of LaGuardia in this video, it was a tiny mistake, which i understand might be bugging some people, i am extremely sorry for that, but i hope you guys will understand and judge the video on the basis of information, because it takes a lot of effort to make videos like this.

Please learn how to pronounce LaGUARDIA, it is not LaGARDIA. You are leaving out the "U".

2 international and 1 major domestic. LaGuardia doesn’t have customs and immigration facilities and therefore cannot be legally considered international although it can *exceptionally* receive pre-cleared flights from Canada and the Caribbean.

I've used Terminal 5 at JFK twice for JetBlue flights to Las Vegas and San Juan and can confirm that it is the best terminal there. And it got even better with the addition of the TWA Hotel. The TWA Flight Center next to Terminal 5 was thankfully spared from demolition unlike Pan Am's Worldport, and instead of just sitting there, the historic head house designed by Eero Saarinen (who also designed Dulles outside DC and St Louis' famous Gateway Arch) was incorporated into a new hotel. The only hotel within JFK's boundaries, and it's an aviation geek's paradise with a cocktail lounge inside a freakin' Lockheed L-1649 Starliner from the late 50s (the last of the Lockheed Constellation lineup), the preserved retro look of the head house full of TWA nostalgia, as well as a rooftop pool bar with incredible views of takeoffs and landings. I know people don't like it when historic places change, but this was a change done right.

1:33 Regarding Dubai, you showed Dubai International which isn't new. The airport has been on that site since 1960, and it received its first big jets in 1965. They only expanded what was on that site. The new airport they built that you're thinking of is Al Maktoum International which opened in 2010 in Jebel Ali. 1:57 JFK has a far bigger flight map than this, this is completely missing South America, Eastern Europe, China, Korea, Southeast Asia, and Africa which you can take flights from JFK to.

Washigton D.C. area also has three major airports IAD BWI DCA

1:58 - - the 3 airports make up the largest airport system in the world; 12,000 flights per week. 3:02 - - in 2019 140 million passengers traveled through the 3 airports (JFK, LGA, EWR). 4:42 - - several smaller commercial airports: MacArthur, Stewart International, Westchester; 4:49 - - general aviation airports: Republic + Teterboro airports

The Bay Area has 3 International airports, about 30 miles from each other. SFO, OAK and SJC

It's much akin to London (UK) , where Heathrow is the main aviation hub, while the other 5 airports are to supplement air traffic volumes.

How does an American doing a piece on New York airports not know how to pronounce LaGuardia???????

How on earth did this get approved and uploaded with LaGuardia being called La-Guard-ia?! Good lord.

IDK that I'd consider LaGuardia Airport international, as they only have pre-cleared flights from Canada (i.e., inbound passengers from Canada don't need U.S. Customs and Border Protection screening at LaGuardia, let alone CBP having no facilities at LGA). Granted, CBP does screen those passengers in Canada, but nowadays, no one in the United States considers Canadian inbound/outbound flights as international flights.

I live in the area. Its pretty much a necessity having two international airports, one on each side of NYC. its so painful traveling across NYC to get to a flight, having an airport on each side is a necessity.

0:05 Lagardia LOL

Los Angeles has 5 airports LAX BUR ONT SNA LGB

3:52 "nobody has to worry about traffic" I take it that this lady has never driven on the Grand Central or the Van Wyck. THOSE ROADS ARE ALWAYS PACKED!!!

2:23 LaGuardia actually serves more than one international route. They serve another to Montreal and some to Latin America or the Caribbean

LaGuardia is mispronounced in this video.

You are totally mispronouncing LaGuardia.

EWR is my home airport. Funny enough, me living in northern NJ I still see traffic going to/coming from JFK and LaGuardia. She’s absolutely right: the airspace here is definitely congested. Hats off to the ATC that keeps everyone safe in the skies. Also, I’m excited to see the renovations EWR is working on. Terminal 1 looks more and more promising each and everyday

London, having 6 airports: *”Am I a joke to you?”*

The new LaGuardia terminal is pretty good. I have never been at a terminal with a cealing that high. To me it's weakness remains poor connection to the MTA public transportation. Sure, you can get there by bus, but it really is mystifying it has not been connected to any Subway line yet.

Your apology doesn’t explain how this LaGuardia pronunciation mistake happen? Somebody had to do all the research and put this together. It’s not just one person, so I imagine at least 3 people working on this video. and none of the 3 people knew how pronounce LaGuardia? The lady speaking this is obviously American and it’s surprising that she never knew or heard the word LaGuardia airport before.

It’s not “Lagardia”. It’s pronounced “lagwardia”. Please do better research before starting.

Does the San Francisco Bay area have the same reason for having 3?

I just realized this channel only had 263 subscribers. This is an awesome video!! I know tons about aviation and airports. I’m flying to LGA ina. Couple days on a Delta A220-100 which I do fairly often. Although LGA may not the the prettiest, it’s my favorite to take off out of. It’s the easiest to navigate and go through.

Seems to me the answer was trivial to begin with, more customers, more planes, more airports. NYC is what? 8M population. The greater urban area, even more people? Video needs renaming, but was a somewhat interesting review of the airports I’ve used in the past.

I find it weird how the voice over lady says "LaGuardia" (0:40) and "Teterboro" (5:06). Should be "luh-gwaar-dee-uh" and "tee-tur-bur-ow".

Dear God, the pronunciation of “LaGuardia” 🤦🏽‍♂️ Was any prior research done for this video? 🤡🤡

Avoid jfk , layover in a hotel is $600 a night , airlines will only pay for $250.

Do you use text to speech or is that just the lady’s voice. It’s really disturbing man cool vid tho

Title: Why New York has so many airports Me: *laughs in Londoner*

La-GWAR-dia!

Just a wild guess....massive population.

You forgot Westchester airport they have 2 domestic airports

2:33, you said it was rare to have 2 international airports in one city. London for example: LHR-Heathrow- International LGW-Gatwick-International STN-Stansted-International LTN-Luton-International LCY-London City-International SEN-London Southend- International

Do consider doing a video for the DC area’s 3 major airports. In this case, most international flights use Dulles Airport. A significant amount of domestic travel uses the BWI or DCA airport. DCA to be near DC and BWI for low-cost plane tickets.

I feel like London would have been a better chosen city then NY for this specific topic.. 6 airports, 3 international, 3 domestic or regional. Especially since London, although a lot bigger then NY, has a similar population.

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From a employee of jfk airport terminal 5 I agree with the statement of the terminal 5 yes people love the terminal plus happy to see a hotel in front of the terminal hotel name TWA HOTEL

Connected through Newark in 2022 and it seems very nice.

LaGardia? It’s LaGUardia. Good video tho

Great video, but here's one thing Newark Airport is more of an airport for the state of New Jersey than for NYC. Yes, our airport is close to NYC, but it mainly serves NJ since it's the only Major airport in the state.

Good morning from Papua New Guinea. I enjoyed watching your contents.

Fun fact JFK airport used to be called Idlewild airport.

Tokyo's Narita and Haneda are both international airports, although like JFK there are more international focus on Narita.

LGA obviously has been operating the domestic flights regional airport in the NYC, except for the flight of Air Canada from YYZ. ever since that airport opened.

Newark isn't apart NYC

A few nice views in the video of an airport with majestic mountains in the background. I doubt that airport is in the NYC area.

This video is terrible

SWF could be the future airport. Here's a secret - > there's nowhere feasible to build another runway OR airport in the NYC metro. Newark is hemmed in, JFK can't build into the bay, and Laguardia is never going to become bigger. You are rapidly approaching max capacity with passengers surging this year. In another 20 years or so you'll be approaching capacity. Time to plan for a Stewart rail link or some other airport solution NOW.

what's La GARDia?

South Florida is a great place to travel from with SIX international airports. I'm 25 mins from PBI, 35 from FLL, an hour from MIA, and 2 1/2 hours from Orlando (MCO). Those 4 are all major international airports including 2 of the top 10 busiest airports in the US (MCO and MIA). I'm also 4 hours from Tampa and 4 hours from Key West. That's 6 international airports within about a 200 mile radius. I wonder if there's any region in the world with so many international airports in such close proximity? London, maybe?.

I have to say it multiple times... NEWARK INTL IS NOT NEW YORK. IT IS NEW JERSEY. IT IS NEW JERSEY'S LARGEST AIRPORT. IT IS NOT PART OF NEW YORK.

NYC only has 2 airports. The other 2 are in New Jersey.

London has 4 national/international airports. Heathrow, Gatwick, Stanstead and London City (Serving mainland Europe).

only 1 one airport. New Airport project 5 runway, 180 gates, domestic airport + International Airport. 3 airport cancel.. (New Only 1 Airport) Easy.

One thing that both EWR and JFK have over LGA is transit connections. NJT has a station at EWR with direct service to Penn Station in Manhattan. JFK has the AirTrain which connects to the subway. If you plan on travelling through the city without a car, you will have to resort to taking a bus from LGA.

I have flown from Newark a bunch of times, it isnt that bad. But LaGuardia is a different story 🥲

I'm hearing LaGuardia without the U... Am I the only one hearing that... I'm hearing **GARD**... I guess that's how some ppl pronounce it...

London has a lot more Heathrow/Gatwick/luton/Stanstead/Southend/London city airport.

Tiny mistake? Sure, we all make them. But anyone who has ever spent 2 hours in New York would know the correct pronounciation. That really makes one a bit skeptical of a video's credibility. A very brief review by anyone who has been there would catch this mistake instantly. I doubt anyone from Texas would take kindly to someone repeatedly saying "HOW-ston", which is how New Yorkers pronounce the local street spelled "Houston".

The New York/Jersey model it's what Mexico City is trying to do with the new AIFA airport. Now with Benito Juarez, AIFA and the Toluca Airport CDMX has three airports for their flying needs.

The more important question is why there is not a cheap and frequent bus service that connects the airports between them? I'm italian and in Milan there are at least three bus companies that offer that service between the two airports

London, Paris, Rome, Warsaw, Moscow, Amman, Bangkok, Singapore, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Santo Domingo have also multiple international airports. Berlin had three now reduced to one.

And besides the big 3 there are quite a few others with in a reasonable distance: CDW, MMU, TEB, HPN, and FRG. And Fwiw TEB , HPN and FRG all have customs so are therefore technically international airports, just that they don't generally have air carriers (HPN excepted)

if by international airport you mean an air[ort with Long Haul flights, London has intercontinental flights from both Heathrow and Gatwick; Tokyo from both Haneda and Narita, and Paris from both Orly and Charles De Gaulle. In South America, I think there are flights to Lisbon (Portugal, Europe) from two airports. It is true that New York is the only airport system in the US with two international airport, most definitely not in the world.

The Los Angeles area has three international airports: LAX, ONT and SNA. and two domestic: BUR and LGB

San Francisco has three as well. SFO, OAK, SJC. All handle international flights. Moscow has three too. SVO, DME, and VKO, all of which handle international.

The high demand of visitors forces to have a better management of it. Having the 3 airports would help the plane traffic in the metropolitan area.

LAGUARDIA!!!!! Not lagardia. Smh. Definitely not from around here.

Newark I'm just used to flying United 98% of the time. LaGuardia...exists, JFK was better than I expected when I had to leave a work assignment in Boston for an emergency assignment in Brooklyn at 2 hospitals. Not bad overall

It ISN"T ..."La GUARD..ia" it's "La GWARD ia" Need to REDO the video...otherwise all New Yorkers will simply LAUGH at this non-native.

Maybe research the pronunciations of places before recording. And LGA has two International routes: Toronto and Montreal.

Nice try AI voiceover. Gave yourself away with the awkward pronunciation of "LaGuardia."

I just got over the mispronunciations and then the video hits me with an image of a European airport departure monitor while discussing NYC airports 05:40. As a native New Yorker, Aviation Enthusiast and wannabe world traveler this was a triple whammy. But the content is very much appreciated, thank you!

meanwhile LONDON City which has 6 airports, watching from corner and laughing at NEWYORK city...Buhahahhahaa

I’ve been to JFK three times for international flights and Newark for domestic flights

For me EWR would be better than JFK or LaGuardia because EWR is served by NJ transit, la guardia isn't served by public transportation and jfk isn't as well served as EWR

Did you have AI speak the script? MacArthur was mispronounced, too, where I think a human would know it.

You're pronouncing LaGuardia wrong. It's La 'Gwardia' not La 'GUARD'-ia

Never heard Idlewild International Airport IDL mentioned.

It’s pronounced LA-GW-ARDY-YA & JFK opened as Idlewild Airport

looool Bruh how tf do you fuck up LaGuardia, MacArthur AND Teterboro’s names on a video ABOUT New York Airporys

Does she realize how many airport names she's mispronouncing in this video? Good video, but maybe double-check that you're saying the names correctly before uploading. Not a huge deal, but I don't think she knows.

Your butchering the name LaGuardia. It’s pronounced Lah-Goo-Ahrdee-ah

I get what you are saying that if there was only 1 airport in NYC traffic might be bad because of 140 million passengers. But most of those passengers do not stop in NYC. They just pass through. NYC only hosts about 60 million visitors a year.

Lol saying flying into Newark is same as flying into JFK definitely is gonna draw some strong reactions from some folks

Where would it be a future new airport in NY when JFK reaches full capacity?

Hell No jfk is the worst horrible traffic delays go to Newark way less Busy than jfk or LaGuardia 😂😂 trust me

Millions of people living in the NY area and you can't be bothered to check pronunciation. As for the information content, you all but ignored the multiple regional and local airports located within the airspace of the majors which complicate the environment. Teterboro, which you also can't pronounce, services a large volume of corporate and private jets. In short, your research is grossly lacking. Try putting some effort into your writing and yes, people get pissed when you can't be bothered to learn their name.

You left off Westchester (White Plains), and MacArthur airports.

Jfk used to be called idle wild after assassination name changed to jfk airport

Slight correction JFK is not the airfreight gateway in the country Anchorage is

Newark EWR has niot been an NYC airport for the pas year (since October 2022).

I thought this was at least a 10k subscriber channel, but 150!? This video is amazingly made!! Definitely subscribed, underrated channel

While people are going on about the pronunciation of LaGuardia I still think the video was well made! I’m surprised you don’t have many more subscribers. I subscribed!

Its not pronounced LaGuardia … Everytime she says it I cringe a little…

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I hate these AI voiceovers. Their voice sounds great but they begin to fail with special pronunciations.