LaGuardia Airport

LaGuardia Airport closed access to Terminals C and D for hours Thursday morning due to police activity, as a suspicious package forced the evacuation of Terminal D. The Transportation Security Administration said a passenger’s checked bag set off an alarm during screening. Explosives specialists examined the bag and recommended calling in the NYPD’s bomb squad, TSA said. The owner...

LaGuardia Airport closed access to Terminals C and D for hours Thursday morning due to police activity, as a suspicious package forced the evacuation of Terminal D.

The airport said a “security investigation” was underway.

Two local airports made it onto the Transportation Security Administration’s list of the top 10 most unusual items found at checkpoints last year. The first special find came at Newark International Airport on Aug. 19. It was someone’s pet — a 15-inch ring-necked snake, a thin black reptile with a bright yellow band around the back of its neck. A…

A retired NYPD narcotics detective is among the more than dozen people arrested in a heroin trafficking network blamed for pushing packets linked to several overdoses on Long Island and in Brooklyn and Queens, authorities say. Fourteen people were indicted in the alleged drug operation, which was distributing more than 23,000 doses of heroin a week for a total of…

A brief ground stop was ordered Friday at LaGuardia Airport, which experienced a “ripple effect” because of a spike in staff sick calls at other hubs as tensions boiled over the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. Erica Byfield reports.

Ten years later it is still an unbelievable and incredible story. Michael George reports.

Delta Air Lines’ new Terminal C is opening at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, part of an $8 billion project to modernize the entire facility.

Commuters will have to dig deeper into their pockets to cross bridges, ride trains and take taxis to New York-area airports as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board unanimously approved its price hike proposal on Thursday.

Whether commuters will be taking bridges, tunnels, AirTran or PATH to get across the Hudson River, the amount of money it takes to get to the other side is going up thanks to a Port Authority toll and fare hike announced Thursday. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

An employee of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), a labor union representing most New York City public school teachers, was arrested on federal charges of enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity, a law enforcement source said.

Southwest Airlines may be pulling out of Newark Liberty International Airport, but another budget airline sees opportunity, announcing 15 new nonstop routes, including two international destinations — and offering fares as low as $15.

LaGuardia Airport was recognized for its approach to sustainability and resilience when it comes to its Terminal B construction project.

With no end in sight to the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max, one airline is warning travelers that their Thanksgiving and Christmas travel plans might be disrupted. Southwest Airlines on Thursday became the first U.S. airline to pull the planes, grounded by regulators worldwide in mid-March after two fatal crashes within five months of one another, from its schedule until...

Runway repairs forced a ground stop for incoming flights at LaGuardia Airport Friday morning, and the FAA warned delays could persist later into the day.

Southwest Airlines is pulling out of Newark Liberty International Airport and consolidating its operations at LaGuardia due to the continued grounding of the Boeing 737 Max plane, which it has more of than any other carrier, the airline said in its second-quarter earnings release Thursday.

Southwest Airlines announced Thursday it is pulling out of Newark Airport amid Boeing 737 Max woes and consolidating NYC operations at LaGuardia. Ida Siegal reports.

A North Carolina grandmother was arrested Monday morning after TSA officers at LaGuardia Airport allegedly caught her carrying a loaded gun into the security checkpoint.

Gov. Cuomo’soffice provided a peek into what a section of the new $8 billion LaGuardia Airport could look like once completed.