LGA Runway 4

[Battallion 33]

I have traveled out to LGA on Sunday 2 weeks in a row hoping to see runway 4 arrivals. To my dissapointment it was not being used for landing.

Is their a way i can find out when Runway 4 is being used for arrivals?


Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[njgtr82]

wind dictates what runways will be used... that and runway closures at times

[Battallion 33]

So how can i tell based on the wind direction?

[T-Bird76]

Call LGA Atis before you go next time, 718-478-6118. Its a recorded message. Remember 4 is only good in the morning.

[Battallion 33]

Thanks.

[cancidas]

landing 4 is rare, second rarest config aside from landing 13. if the winds are light enough, or they favor using 22 and 13 then that's what we'll use only because it's the most efficient to get airplanes in and out. i think i can count on one hand the amount of times we've been landing 4 lately. using that runway for arrivals complicates things in terms of the departure sequencing so it's only really used if it has to be.

[Matt Molnar]

Remember 4 is only good in the morning.

It's only good for photography in the morning, but it's fun to sit and watch any time it's in use. :)

[Battallion 33]

That number for the LGA ATIS has been busy last night and today. Is their somewhere online that has the current LGA ATIS?

(sorry for bugging you guys with so many questions!!!)

[LGA777]

Something is wrong with the LGA Atis phone but we have been landing on 4 and departing 13 all day.

LGA777

[cancidas]

you can call the ASOS at 718,672,6317. it won't tell you the actives, but that is the current wx.

[Battallion 33]

Well today was my lucky day. Runway 4 was being used for arrivals!!!!!! First time i have seen it and I loved every second of it.

Thanks alot for your help guys.

btw this number seems to work: 7184786070

[727C47]

just landed on rwy 4 about 4 hours ago, you can read the license plates on the Grand Central on short final, way cool approach, grand tour of Manhattan on downwind, then Brooklyn ,and all those glittery East River bridges base to final, great fun !!!