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'''AirTrain LaGuardia''' is a proposed {{convert|1.5|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [[people mover]] system and [[elevated railway]] in [[New York City]], [[United States]], that would provide service to [[LaGuardia Airport]] in [[Queens]]. It would connect with the [[New York City Subway]] and [[Long Island Rail Road]] (LIRR) in [[Willets Point, Queens|Willets Point]], similar to how the existing [[AirTrain JFK]] system connects with[[John F. Kennedy International Airport]]’s six terminals to the subway and LIRR in southern Queens at [[Jamaica Station]], and the existing [[AirTrain Newark]] station connects [[Newark Liberty International Airport]]’s three terminals to [[NJ Transit Rail Operations]] and [[Amtrak]] at [[Newark Liberty International Airport Station|a dedicated station]].

TheEThe system will be constructed and operated under contract to the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]], the operator of the airport, and the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] (MTA). In 2015, former New York Governor [[Andrew Cuomo]] announced a plan to build a people mover similar to the AirTrain JFK, and in 2018, the [[New York State Legislature]] approved a law for the AirTrain LaGuardia project. According to plans, construction would begin in 2021{{Needs update|date=January 2022}}, with a projected opening in 2024.