I flew into New York for the first time last year in bad weather conditions. The pilots brought us in as smooth as silk. Thanks to all aviation professionals for everything you do.
I was a stewardess many years ago based at LGA and i lived in Manhattan and then Queens for a bit across the freeway from the airport. Those planes were so low over my back patio it felt like you could wave to the pilots and they'd see you. Plenty loud too!
Nice job! And yes! those buildings weren't there 'back in the day' when I was flying this approach - one of my favourites! It was fun to see you taking flaps and gear and hitting altitudes just the way I recall doing it. It seems almost serene without all the radio chatter in the headset.... Again - nice job and thanks for sharing.
I’m retired, but I shot that approach in an MD-80 countless times. A lot has changed since then. The developers weren’t too smart putting those buildings there. Reminds me of the parking garage flying into San Diego.
Born and raised in San Diego here and the ones who are in charge of that parking garage refused and still do to relocate and tear down that stupid garage
I truly appreciated this video, the gorgeous view of the city, the points of interest, and the overall feel of NYC. Whoever made this is a genius and whoever gave this a thumbs down needs to go to rehab.
I am Uruguayan, i flew through LGA only once in 2008. The landing was spectacular -the last mile over water is unique, you don't see the runway till the last second.
@@azul8811 I didn't mean to insult. My dad is 90 and has dementia, but he can talk about flying, planes and airports for hours. He had some favorite places to fly to, but apparently La Guardia wasn't one of them. Maybe they've changed the airport over the past 40 years and it's nice now.
Cindy M. It's still commonly referred to as LaGarbage. It's a generally loathed airport by pilots due to the very cramped quarters, short intersecting runways that end in water, and ancient infrastructure. It's definitely in my top five airports in the US to avoid (JFK heads the list, incidentally).
Yes, those buildings way too close for anyone on the plane or in those buildings to feel comfortable. Also, the computer shouldn't call anyone a retard. Lol lol
@@alvexok5523 IF I recall correct, and I could very well not be remembering correctly, that is the GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System?) - telling the pilot to bring the engine throttles to idle.
I love the fixed camera position. You can actually "feel" what the plane is doing rather than just watching a handheld camera or the like jerk all over the place.
In the not to distant future we'll be able to wear a VR headset with dual 4K Screens that will allow us to see what the pilot sees and actually experience the thrill of flying.
I did LGA two to three days a week for years. I was forced to take a medical retirement 15 years ago. I miss the Expressway Visual here and the River Visual at DCA the most. Enjoy it while you can! Thank you for the video.
No, I would guess it was an average crew on an average day. In order to feel comfortable enough to trust the flying pilot, while the non-flying pilot films any approach, and especially this approach, you would not want to be training someone new to the airplane or new to their position. Not to mention, you need to trust the other pilot to not narc on you for filming whilst flying. 😉
☆☆☆ I agree with the pilot. That group of buildings are in the way. And you should see them from the highway or from main street in flushing view. I remember when the old zipper factory use to occupy that space. My cousin worked there for many years untill they closed their doors for good. When I first saw it, I couldn't believe how close the buildings are to each other.The structures are beautiful but I think the design was poorly laid out. You can literally look from building to building to building with very close proximity. Just a very cramped layout. The jets come pretty close. This is a great video. Thank you for posting.
Seeing Brooklyn from the sky brought tears to my eyes when I flew back home in 2016. Reason being is because prior to that, last time I stepped foot in my hometown was 1993.
Holly cow! What a great landing. Use to fly in and out of La Guardia frequently in the 80s. Alway felt like a low level bombing run. This pilot is good. Great video. Thanks.
Thanks for allowing me to be in the cockpit and see the sites. Great job to the video person. Of course what a terrific landing- I could feel the gentle touch of the main landing gear making contact on the runway, and the nose wheel then making contact about 3-4 seconds later.
Yes, it liked that too. It was filmed from the cockpit. If actually there, the views would be so great compared to normal window views throughout the rest of the aircraft. There are usually 4 cockpit windows attached together and around the nose of the aircraft. Each of them are rectangular shaped and each of them are about 3 times the size of each little oval window by the passengers' window seats. Much less wall space between the 4 cockpit windows then between each little oval window. The views must really be amazing there
Okieman Mike imm1959,,I was at the BROOKLYN YMCA TRADE SCHOOL, and the flights to KLGA flew right overhead, most were LOCKEED L188 Electra. Cheers from zNJ
Except for the speed, that could have been a Cessna 150 on final. LOL. Awesome precision and calm - two key components of great piloting. Thanks for the video - I had flashbacks to the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing when I saw the Unisphere labeled there.
The LGA approach is probably one of the more 'fun' approaches in the US. I'm always impressed that pilots can stabilize nicely while flying a 90 degree turn on close final!
Well done! I’ve flown this approach many time in a B-757 before retirement and always had fun doing it. And you hand flew it as it should be hand flown. Someone else posted a similar video and they used the autopilot which told me they didn’t have the confidence to hand fly. Good job.
Fun video - I've "shot that approach" as a passenger more times than I can count for all the years I spent commuting from Chicago to LGA - always a fun approach and landing. Preferred sitting left side for that approach as the pilot puts the wingtip right on the World's Fair pavilion and starts the turn to final.
Excellent video. Every time I see a video on this approach I always think about the 1960 mid-air over Brooklyn. IIRC, the Connie was along the same flight path as this aircraft.
I used to work La Guardia Tower. The Expressway Approach to runway 31 is the most challenging approach for the tower, especially if we were also launching from 31. ATC was the hardest job I’ve had but also the most fun
I know this might sound crazy but a landing is considered nothing more then a controlled crsah. Been flying flight simulators since the first FS 98 came out and I can't give enough credit to real pilots, especially in bad weather where they really earn there money. I can't stress enough how fast things happen on landing and takeoff. Great flying by the crew.
@@roblaa3198 Yeah, the ILS is such a wonderful tool to use but sadly enough too many pilots are getting use to using the Instrument Laanding System that they barley have any knowledge of how to land manually for example that one episode they just showed recently of Air Disaster on the Simthsoian Chan where the captain out of all people flying a new model heavy for a short while never landed manuely at any airport, only relied on the ILS and when he was vectored to do a DME Visual approach he panicked and crashed the brand new craft killing many. The protocols have to change, we can't just rely on technology and computers as much as the training has changed.
@@williamrodriquez4661 ikr it's a frightening thought mate it should be mandatory to land manually in good conditions I think to keep the pilots on there toes
I spent 6 years of my life traveling the world.(after 2 months you hate it) and that opening scene of the Verrazano made me cry.. it was SUCH a gulp in the throat to know you were home.
Great video and very helpful for those of us with MSFS2020 on our PCs or Xboxes. I like the way the landing pattern runs alongside the BQE, follows the Long Island Expressway just past City Field and then gently banks left right on to the Runway 31 approach.
For some reason all my landings at LGA were at night in the late eighties to mid nineties and they usually put us on 22 for ILS approaches when it snowed. I always liked the way New York ATC handled traffic into all the area airports as they were so calm and talked like they were sitting in the cockpit next to you. Nobody could ever rush them no matter the traffic or weather. It was always on their terms. For some reason they always struck me as very sincere people but they all are. Thanks for the tour, it’s great.
I've come into LaGuardia many times, often by the very route shown here. First time I got to see it from the driver's seat. Never realized how close they come to those buildings at 4:39. The pilot even says as much when they get near them, as well as a little earlier around 3:58.
I flew into New York for the first time last year in bad weather conditions. The pilots brought us in as smooth as silk. Thanks to all aviation professionals for everything you do.
One of the best landing videos I have ever seen and thanks so much for the labeling that really is a nice gesture
Amen to that
Hazy but still interesting. Gives you a feel for the area unlike a map.
@M Detlef and you couldn't have been more of a dbag guy...stop being a butt with lips
The biggest fucking superb in the world........
I was a stewardess many years ago based at LGA and i lived in Manhattan and then Queens for a bit across the freeway from the airport. Those planes were so low over my back patio it felt like you could wave to the pilots and they'd see you. Plenty loud too!
Why am I so fascinated with these everyday flight videos?
I never realized that commercial planes made such drastic final approaches at such a low altitude , Love the video , very skillful pilot for sure . !!
bongo7654 Only to compensate for outdated airports designed when airspace constraints weren't an issue. DCA is arguably worse.
These guys are my real-life heroes. They don't get nearly the amount of credit and notoriety that they deserve. Well done, all of you!
FANTASTIC!!! Flew in and out of LGA for many years. Brings back good memories!! Thanks!
Great video! Really appreciate the labels pointing out everything along the way.
Check out Pilot's Eye. They do the best videos.
Easier to fly into lga. Everything is right there. Kennedy is a nightmare. Too big.
can the pilots see the labels?
Ken Pryor z
3:02 - onscreen label reminded me of "Remember Focker, in my house, it's my way, or the Long Island expressway"
I've done this many times in the 737, MD80, Airbus 319-320-321. Retired Nov 2018 30 yrs, Capt AA. Well done videol
Congrats on the retirement. I am 3 years out. You'll always remember and reminisce about this.
Excellent. It's not only an aviation video, but can be appreciated by map enthusiasts, too.
I grew up in Astoria and rooted for the Brooklyn Dodgers, before the Mets came along. Awesome video. Thank you.
My nephew is a SW pilot! I still can't get enough of these videos!!...and I can fly for free!!😀
Nice job! And yes! those buildings weren't there 'back in the day' when I was flying this approach - one of my favourites! It was fun to see you taking flaps and gear and hitting altitudes just the way I recall doing it. It seems almost serene without all the radio chatter in the headset.... Again - nice job and thanks for sharing.
I’m retired, but I shot that approach in an MD-80 countless times. A lot has changed since then. The developers weren’t too smart putting those buildings there. Reminds me of the parking garage flying into San Diego.
So you remember making the "Taystee Bread turn?," where those buildings are now? ;-)
Born and raised in San Diego here and the ones who are in charge of that parking garage refused and still do to relocate and tear down that stupid garage
I thought that garage was in San Francisco? Opsie.....oh that's right, that view is old Hong Kong lol.
@@gasaholic47 What is with you and that taystee bread turn?
Mondo Duke I miss the smell of fresh bread on my way to work back in the mid and late 80’s as I traveled the Van Wyck. You got a problem with that?
Thanks for the great view out of the cockpit & for pointing out the points of interest! Good job!
I truly appreciated this video, the gorgeous view of the city, the points of interest, and the overall feel of NYC. Whoever made this is a genius and whoever gave this a thumbs down needs to go to rehab.
I am Uruguayan, i flew through LGA only once in 2008. The landing was spectacular -the last mile over water is unique, you don't see the runway till the last second.
I met your mother in rehab. I truly appreciated her.
My Dad used to fly commercial 727s and retired in the '70s. He and his pilot buddies used to refer to La Guardia as The Garbage.
What did they dislike about it?
@@azul8811 I really have no idea. Maybe it was the airport and lack of services. It wasn't a favorite of my Dad's for sure.
@@cindym.1618 It's not all that important. What's important is that you got the insult posted.
@@azul8811 I didn't mean to insult. My dad is 90 and has dementia, but he can talk about flying, planes and airports for hours. He had some favorite places to fly to, but apparently La Guardia wasn't one of them. Maybe they've changed the airport over the past 40 years and it's nice now.
Cindy M. It's still commonly referred to as LaGarbage. It's a generally loathed airport by pilots due to the very cramped quarters, short intersecting runways that end in water, and ancient infrastructure. It's definitely in my top five airports in the US to avoid (JFK heads the list, incidentally).
Very nicely done (and hand flown as well).
4:52 "I'm sorry, are we clear to land?"
Uh, lets hope so! Great video!
I caught that too.
@@kbrobin2464, me too. Did you also wonder why the cockpit computer voice called the pilot a retard? Lol
Yes, those buildings way too close for anyone on the plane or in those buildings to feel comfortable.
Also, the computer shouldn't call anyone a retard. Lol lol
@@alvexok5523 IF I recall correct, and I could very well not be remembering correctly, that is the GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System?) - telling the pilot to bring the engine throttles to idle.
Lol,,that was funny, I would hope so too!!
I love the birds eye view. Really puts things in perspective.
Im a 49 yr old guy who dreams of learnig to fly. Getting my private pilot license is on my bucket list. I totally admire you guys who do this stuff
I love the fixed camera position. You can actually "feel" what the plane is doing rather than just watching a handheld camera or the like jerk all over the place.
In the not to distant future we'll be able to wear a VR headset with dual 4K Screens that will allow us to see what the pilot sees and actually experience the thrill of flying.
@@bobanderson2895 I would love that,,I always wondered how it would feel to be in the cockpit during landing and taking off 😊
I did LGA two to three days a week for years.
I was forced to take a medical retirement 15 years ago. I miss the Expressway Visual here and the River Visual at DCA the most.
Enjoy it while you can! Thank you for the video.
Was this a training flight do you think?
No, I would guess it was an average crew on an average day.
In order to feel comfortable enough to trust the flying pilot, while the non-flying pilot films any approach, and especially this approach, you would not want to be training someone new to the airplane or new to their position.
Not to mention, you need to trust the other pilot to not narc on you for filming whilst flying. 😉
@@JHollidayB yes, this was just 2 line pilots on an average day. No training or OE
great vid, that is one crazy approach pattern, no room for error.
NEVER been to N.Y. except for these front seat ride alongs,... BIG thanks for the ride.
the BEST cockpit landing video, thanx for labeling points of interest
☆☆☆ I agree with the pilot. That group of buildings are in the way.
And you should see them from the highway or from main street in flushing view.
I remember when the old zipper factory use to occupy that space.
My cousin worked there for many years untill they closed their doors for good. When I first saw it, I couldn't believe how close the buildings are to each other.The structures are beautiful but I think the design was poorly laid out.
You can literally look from building to building to building with very close proximity. Just a very cramped layout. The jets come pretty close.
This is a great video.
Thank you for posting.
Police Officers, firefighters, and military personnel are always recognized but commercial pilots are number one in my book. They’re awesome people!
Airline pilots don't get the recognition they deserve. It takes a tremendous amount of skill and acumen AND nerves of steel. I couldn't do it.
Sydney Dudikoff When the paycheck and enjoyment aren’t worth their while, they’ll stop.
Landing was perfect.
Super smooth landing. thumbs up......
Agreed, great video and the labels were great. Also, that landing was superb.
Amazing glide path. What a hand, Captain.
"I can see my house from here" can be said very easily by a lot of people with this shot. Great view.
Slick. Demanding visual approach. Professionally done.
This is the most graphic pertrayal of the immensity of New York that I have seen. It's huge. I didn't realise. Thankyou from tiny New Zealand.
I've been on more than one flight into LGA making that same approach and landing. Always nice to spot familiar landmarks.
Brilliant video! Thank you for posting. Hell - that's a big city!
Seeing Brooklyn from the sky brought tears to my eyes when I flew back home in 2016. Reason being is because prior to that, last time I stepped foot in my hometown was 1993.
Holly cow! What a great landing. Use to fly in and out of La Guardia frequently in the 80s. Alway felt like a low level bombing run. This pilot is good. Great video. Thanks.
I love how polite the Captain is saying please and thank you :-)
Fly safe
Mind blown ! Very very interesting video , well done .
Thanks for allowing me to be in the cockpit and see the sites. Great job to the video person. Of course what a terrific landing- I could feel the gentle touch of the main landing gear making contact on the runway, and the nose wheel then making contact about 3-4 seconds later.
This was really a treat for those of us who have not been to New York City. Well done.
Oooh, that turn before landing. One of best, if not best I've watched on youtube so far. Thanks for sharing it.
Sick video!! I've lived right by LaGuardia my whole life and never seen a perspective like this!
Smooondros Gaming Sick? Not sick, great.
What a cool video. Felt like I was in the cockpit. Also, appreciated the labels of the city and sights.
Yes, it liked that too. It was filmed from the cockpit. If actually there, the views would be so great compared to normal window views throughout the rest of the aircraft. There are usually 4 cockpit windows attached together and around the nose of the aircraft. Each of them are rectangular shaped and each of them are about 3 times the size of each little oval window by the passengers' window seats. Much less wall space between the 4 cockpit windows then between each little oval window. The views must really be amazing there
WOW. "Is this where we land?" - har har! Amazing cockpit view, thanks a lot!
Great video, I really like the reference labels. Very helpful for those not familiar with NYC.
This was awesome to watch as it was fifty years ago that I landed at LaGuardia on my very first flight!
The most amazing part of the video is seeing the Van Wyck moving. Ive never been in that thing not in traffic 🤦🏻♂️
Super video! Thank goodness for instrumentation because I wouldn't have a clue where the hell the airport was!
Okieman Mike imm1959,,I was at the BROOKLYN YMCA TRADE SCHOOL, and the flights to KLGA flew right overhead, most were LOCKEED L188 Electra. Cheers from zNJ
It was definitely hazy.
Wow. Love the reference points you added.
Excellent video and a nice landing
Excellent video! Thank you so much for inserting key locations! That was awesome. Great landing too!
Except for the speed, that could have been a Cessna 150 on final. LOL. Awesome precision and calm - two key components of great piloting. Thanks for the video - I had flashbacks to the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing when I saw the Unisphere labeled there.
Very well done... really appreciated the location labels...
Thanks for sharing
The LGA approach is probably one of the more 'fun' approaches in the US. I'm always impressed that pilots can stabilize nicely while flying a 90 degree turn on close final!
DCA is even more intense in my opinion, especially when there’s a crosswind.
You guys make it look so easy.
50 ft over threshold! Perfect. My few flights to LGA were landing north. Beautiful approach. Thanks for the video.
What you flew there?
Wow!!! That's what you call a great landing view. Very good video :)
Awesome video. Great landing and loved seeing my home city from the air so clearly. Thank you!
Most definitely a happy landing! Great views and it's great to see New York City from the sky!
😎👍👀 THXS SOO MUCH To Air PILOTS DRIVER.... Awesome video showin' your New York Tour thru your Front window...👍😎 KOOOOL
Well done! I’ve flown this approach many time in a B-757 before retirement and always had fun doing it. And you hand flew it as it should be hand flown. Someone else posted a similar video and they used the autopilot which told me they didn’t have the confidence to hand fly. Good job.
Fun video - I've "shot that approach" as a passenger more times than I can count for all the years I spent commuting from Chicago to LGA - always a fun approach and landing. Preferred sitting left side for that approach as the pilot puts the wingtip right on the World's Fair pavilion and starts the turn to final.
U brought back so many memories of my NYC days, many old neighborhoods, quite a different sight from the ground mind you, outstanding video my man
Great video, quite an experience, best ever...
Great video I'm amazed how massive New York city is.
Excellent video. Every time I see a video on this approach I always think about the 1960 mid-air over Brooklyn. IIRC, the Connie was along the same flight path as this aircraft.
EXCELLENT LANDING ( sir.! )
GREAT COMMUNICATION SKILLS WITH YOUR F.O.
WoW, great video👍💥 best I've seen in a long time.
I used to work La Guardia Tower. The Expressway Approach to runway 31 is the most challenging approach for the tower, especially if we were also launching from 31. ATC was the hardest job I’ve had but also the most fun
syramento Thanks for keeping us all separated!
Thanks Hedge.
I live right near LGA, and have flown in many times. This is a great clip for those new to NYC.
I greatly enjoyed watching this video. I also loved the aerial view of everything.
i will never get over how they land planes and get that glide path just perfect, add when to turn and find the runway Id be so lost!!
I know this might sound crazy but a landing is considered nothing more then a controlled crsah. Been flying flight simulators since the first FS 98 came out and I can't give enough credit to real pilots, especially in bad weather where they really earn there money. I can't stress enough how fast things happen on landing and takeoff. Great flying by the crew.
ATC has pre planned paths for the ILS. It's like following a dotted line in the air.
one word ILS
@@roblaa3198 Yeah, the ILS is such a wonderful tool to use but sadly enough too many pilots are getting use to using the Instrument Laanding System that they barley have any knowledge of how to land manually for example that one episode they just showed recently of Air Disaster on the Simthsoian Chan where the captain out of all people flying a new model heavy for a short while never landed manuely at any airport, only relied on the ILS and when he was vectored to do a DME Visual approach he panicked and crashed the brand new craft killing many. The protocols have to change, we can't just rely on technology and computers as much as the training has changed.
@@williamrodriquez4661 ikr it's a frightening thought mate it should be mandatory to land manually in good conditions I think to keep the pilots on there toes
Great video! Loved seeing it from the cockpit and not from a passengers window. Thanks for sharing!
I spent 6 years of my life traveling the world.(after 2 months you hate it) and that opening scene of the Verrazano made me cry.. it was SUCH a gulp in the throat to know you were home.
Awesome and very informative video. 🎯
Made it look easy. Nice video.
wow thumbs up for this video .good job I love the landing so smooth you are the men
The best way to get to New York is La Guardia, love it, love the city. This really made me happy, thanks for posting it. See you soon my beloved city.
No subway access though.
Thanks for sharing
This is just how I wanted to see New York
Bayside represent. Great vid. Landing was buttered.
Beautiful landing and approach.
Enjoyed this very much!
What a great video, you make it look so easy to land on of these.
Wow. I’ve never flown into lga that way. Nice.
Great video and very helpful for those of us with MSFS2020 on our PCs or Xboxes. I like the way the landing pattern runs alongside the BQE, follows the Long Island Expressway just past City Field and then gently banks left right on to the Runway 31 approach.
I really enjoyed this video, the view point is awesome!
as an avid and aspiring ATC, your videos help me study LGA expwy visual approach.
Nice approach and landing,
This video shows the plane flying over every place I've lived in New York--it's amazing to see all my neighborhoods!
Great vid! I miss Queens.
Proud NY native,
-Chrissy
Great pilot, fun video. Thanks for sharing.
For some reason all my landings at LGA were at night in the late eighties to mid nineties and they usually put us on 22 for ILS approaches when it snowed. I always liked the way New York ATC handled traffic into all the area airports as they were so calm and talked like they were sitting in the cockpit next to you. Nobody could ever rush them no matter the traffic or weather. It was always on their terms. For some reason they always struck me as very sincere people but they all are. Thanks for the tour, it’s great.
Sonny Burnett I've been with my airline since 1991 and I have a completely different conception of NYC ATC (though hands down JFK is the worst).
HEDGE1011 , Really, how so?
Man, the New York City complex is HUGE!!!
Excellent, thanks for sharing.
WOW. I landed there so many times. I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE New York!
Fantastic. I always fly straight in approach in my FS. Appreciate the labels
I've come into LaGuardia many times, often by the very route shown here. First time I got to see it from the driver's seat. Never realized how close they come to those buildings at 4:39. The pilot even says as much when they get near them, as well as a little earlier around 3:58.