La Guardia Airport | airport, New York City, New York, United States | Britannica (original) (raw)

airport, New York City, New York, United States

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  In airport: Evolution of airports
  …at New York City (La Guardia), London (Croydon), Paris (Le Bourget), and Berlin (Tempelhof) were laid out on sites close to the city centres. Because even transport aircraft of the period were relatively light, paved runways were a rarity. Croydon, Tempelhof, and Le Bourget, for example, all operated from…
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