I&#x27;m with you that LGA is crappy, but it&#x27;s not that small. It&#x27;s the 20th busiest airport in the United States, and handles 23% of the total NYC air traffic. Neither EWR nor JFK have enough spare capacity to pickup that slack.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_the_busiest_airports_i...</a>