LaGuardia Airport's PARK VISUAL Approach

After having completed a red eye flight from Seattle to Atlanta (previous video), I now take you from Atlanta to LaGuardia aboard an A321. In this video, I explain in full detail the Park Visual Approach to runway 31 during daylight conditions!
ATC Audio: www.liveatc.net

[@joevalentine2048]

Excellent. I really like how you point out the different locations on the ground. Having grown up in Queens I can spot many of them but appreciate you pointing out many

[@guitarhero918]

I agree 100 percent. Im a Long Islander and its nice to relearn some of the location points that Im not aware of

[@marcih.8826]

Your videos always keep me wanting more. Very informative and great narration. Thank you so much.

[@PeterMasella]

Thank you as always Marci!

[@rajeevk.pathak771]

Great narration, superb panoramas and perspectives of the Land beneath, and a "DOWN-TO-EARTH" clear description throughout! It is not just the description, it is EDUCATION...Peter, you make a fabulous teacher...! Yu always come out with "Flying" colors! God Bless You !!! ALL of us look forward to having many, many such crystal-clear vid-clips !!!

[@PeterMasella]

Continued thanks to you Rajeev!

[@ChampsRacing]

LGA is such a unique operation I've really grown fond of that airport. Great video!

[@PeterMasella]

It really is! Thanks!

[@MadeInNewYork73]

Thank you! Been a minute since been to LI and into LGA...definitely a diff approach for me. Excellent!

[@PeterMasella]

Thanks for watching!

[@andrewpettola6097]

Incredible non-stop action at LGA! Awesome! Oh, and Andes Mints were a staple on my grandmother's holiday table. Good memories.

[@PeterMasella]

Cool!

[@spaceghost4474]

Outstanding video Peter. My favorite approach to my favorite runway. That was fun. 😁

[@PeterMasella]

Thanks for watching!

[@susanfisher6939]

Great photography!!!!! Details so sharp.

[@PeterMasella]

Thanks Susan!

[@leewoodhouse9182]

Brilliant video. Really informative. Full of enthusiasm. Thank you for this great approach into La Guardia.

[@PeterMasella]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@margaretroselle8610]

Another magnificent video……thank you so much. Greetings from the Kiwi viewer.

[@PeterMasella]

Thanks!!!!

[@edwardpetty5401]

Thank you, Peter, for another wonderful trip. See you on the next one.

[@PeterMasella]

See you soon!

[@denisryan8757]

Great stuff as always!

[@PeterMasella]

Thank you very much!

[@philipcollura2669]

Somewhere I read that pilots say that approach is like landing on an aircraft carrier. Your well done video shows why.

[@PeterMasella]

I’ve read that too! Very true!

[@joevalentine2048]

Excellent. I really like how you point out the many landmarks on the approach. Having grown up in Queens I recognize many of them Love your videos.

[@PeterMasella]

Cool!

[@stuart72761]

Great Video. Thanks, Peter.

[@PeterMasella]

Thanks Stuart!

[@wotan10950]

Always enjoy the NYC landmarks, many of which I grew up in. I only used Delta’s Atlanta Sky Club once - without status or payment - because they canceled my connection to SWF, and the next one was seven hours later. So I told a customer rep that they had caused a huge delay for me, and that I was a heart patient who wasn’t feeling well (all true, btw). To their credit, they were concerned and escorted me to the lounge, and even pointed out a quiet space where I could have some peace and maybe even nap.

[@joe755]

congratulations from La Coruña, Spain, europe

[@shutterbugshirlstravels]

Another awesome video!! When...if all goes well...I fly into NYC in June, I'll remember the many videos I've watched showing scenes of the city. 🙂 That was a really, really nice note to you from Delta. 😍 My last round trip flight was with Delta. After arriving at my destination and when approaching the front of the A220, I saw a pilot and a flight attendant (probably the lead), and I remarked that this was my first time flying on this plane, and he said here's the Captain. So I stepped out of the line and chatted a couple minutes with the Captain, mainly about the weird sounds the engines make! Then I had to go, as people were waiting to pick me up at the airport...but it was so cool! Just regret not asking if I could take a photo of the flight deck, because all I got was a partial, slightly crooked photo I'd snapped when boarding the plane. Oh...well.... 😄

[@PeterMasella]

Shirley, make sure you fly into LaGuardia if you fly to New York City!

[@shutterbugshirlstravels]

@@PeterMasella ... can't from Seattle (Sea-Tac)...at least not non stop. Have to fly to JFK. But at least I've landed and taken off from LaGuardia A LOT virtually! 😀 (Someday when I have more time than I do now, though, it would be fun to do what you did--fly to Atlanta then LaGuardia...just not this year.)

[@PeterMasella]

@@shutterbugshirlstravels You should do what I did! I flew from SEA to ATL just so I could land at LGA!

[@shutterbugshirlstravels]

@@PeterMasella yes, some day! But first I'd like to hang out in Atlanta for a while...stay in the Renaissance Hotel, take in the Delta Flight Museum...then fly to LaGuardia for more NYC fun!

[@billbresson4663]

Another great video 👍🏻👍🏻

[@PeterMasella]

Thanks as always Bill!

[@elenadreyer9820]

@Peter Masella I had a similar experience on board a CRJ 900 though

[@cristianofranco2764]

Great video Peteeeeerrr ! Have a good week ! Cheers from Brazil !

[@PeterMasella]

Thanks Franncccooo!

[@lorifrederick2367]

Another great video footage from one of my fav airports, ATL. Fascinating place.. The jet Bridge part cracked me up.. Im assuming that you live in NYC vicinity.. there is a channel i follow on KZbin, "tomdnyc". He provides pretty obscure information and about the whole area. I think you might like the channel. I am looking forward to my flight ✈️ later this month from ROC/CLT/FLL. And I picked the seat (window of course) for ultimate views. The flight patterns look like we will fly right past the space coast, pretty excited to see this. I visited that place when I was young, and absolutely loved it!

[@PeterMasella]

Thanks. I’ll check it out!

[@sampowellmusic]

awesome approach.

[@PeterMasella]

Sure is!

[@0to60vidsusa4]

It’s very rare but sometimes on a windy day they come east over the north shore LI, then circle over East Meadow, Westbury, Garden City area for a 31 approach.

[@PeterMasella]

Yes! I’m waiting to fly that approach!

[@guitarhero918]

No way!! I used to work in Westbury and always wondered why large commercial jets would fly overhead when LaGuardia and JFK are both way out. This is amazing to learn why!!

[@MaryNYC1]

Great video as always.

[@PeterMasella]

Thank you as always, Mary!

[@ero1456]

Great video.

[@PeterMasella]

Thanks!

[@YANKYVICTOR]

What a lovely work!

[@PeterMasella]

Thank you!

[@wizerdjuice9589]

Nice view of my Alma Mater Rikers Island where I graduated most likely to succeed.

[@EdgardoRosa]

That was awesome

[@PeterMasella]

Thanks!

[@brianward3571]

Could you comment on the TWA paraphernalia in your office? I was a check-in agent in their iconic terminal way back in the 80s. I also worked for Aer Lingus next door. Fond memories!

[@PeterMasella]

Brian, that is not my office. That is a desk at the TWA Hotel at JFK airport.

[@brianward3571]

I feel stupid now. But the office suits you.

[@guitarhero918]

Hey Peter. as a lifetime Long Islander and native New Yorker I always appreciate your La Guardia content and just always wonder one thing about your videos. How do you match up the air traffic controller audio with your flight footage? Im assuming its not perfect but accurate?

[@PeterMasella]

I match it up by trying to line up turns with instructions from ATC and when pilots report where they are.

[@vthome78]

Awesome kool video maybe one day you will be lucky to get on the Thank You plane

[@PeterMasella]

One day…

[@kewkabe]

"Headwind coming from the right" is called a crosswind.

[@jimanianortonified7015]

Yup. Been watching those planes flying over my backyard in sunset park, Brooklyn for years. At around 11:50, u can see a building that looks like a red Latin cross. That’s my parish church. Our lady of perpetual help.

[@PeterMasella]

Cool!

[@tonycollins9203]

you surprised me! no bulkhead

[@alk61695]

Is there a reason why they are using the park over the expressway? Do they still use the expressway anymore?

[@PeterMasella]

The park Visual is more precise than the expressway Visual so they are using that nowadays. I haven’t heard of the expressway Visual being used in a while.

[@ericchen6096]

Peter, did you work as air traffic controller before? The knowledge you have can only come from a pilot or air traffic controller.

[@PeterMasella]

I have not but I’ve been studying it for years!

[@tonycollins9203]

Excuse me for enjoying the mental gymnastics too much. You said that wind was forecast to be about 010. Did you derive that estimate from a TAF/METAR or from a current ATIS? If it was from a TAF/METAR, the wind forecast is true not magnetic and the 12 deg westerly variation must be added. This was a non-issue on this flight but if wind were 040 or 310, this could affect how the traffic flow is decided.

[@PeterMasella]

I just used a non aviation weather site but I understand your point!

[@PikalaxALT]

16:40 at the bottom of the screen you can see the "twin white towers" which serve as visual references for pilots flying this approach. they also served as a visual reference point for the predecessor procedure, the expressway visual

[@PeterMasella]

And before that they were the "Maspeth Tanks".

[@woodyg75]

Have you ever taken the Canarsie approach into JFK landing on 13 L?

[@PeterMasella]

Yes and there is a video on my channel about it!

[@woodyg75]

@@PeterMasella found it!! A great approach. There are some good night time cockpit views of it.

[@BChandl13]

Seattle-NYC via Atl redeye is an odd choice given the plethora of nonstop options

[@PeterMasella]

The idea was to fly to LGA and there are not nonstops to LGA from SEA.

[@yektacantursun4171]

Are you using any simulator?

[@PeterMasella]

No

[@jiehrlich]

No more of the famous "turn right over the tanks" instruction 🙁

[@PeterMasella]

Yup

[@jiehrlich]

@@PeterMasella I surprised you didn't point them out.