Trip to the Big Apple from the rapidly growing Fayetteville/Bentonville area in Northwest Arkansas on one of Delta Connection’s 76-seat CRJ-900s operated by Endeavor Air. This is one of those small, college town airports, as the University of Arkansas is located in Fayetteville, earning it the nickname of Athens of the Ozarks.
Server: Solo
Airline: Delta Connection (Operated by Endeavor Air)
Aircraft: Bombardier CRJ-900
Origin: Northwest Arkansas National Airport, Fayetteville, Arkansas (XNA)
Destination: LaGuardia Airport, New York City, New York (LGA)
Flight Number: DL5476
Route: KXNA-KLGA
Seat: 9D (Delta Comfort+)
Time En Route: 2 Hours 46 Minutes
At the boarding area for Gate A11, waiting to get on the second of Delta Connection’s twice-daily flights to New York
Seated in the rearmost row of the Comfort+ section, which on a CRJ isn’t saying all that much, but it’s better than nothing
Taxiing out for departure. Besides Delta Connection, American Eagle also serves LGA from here. Delta Connection also serves Atlanta, which sees mainline service here too, Detroit, Minneapolis, and even Salt Lake City from Fayetteville as well.
Off we go to New York!
Cruising at 35,000 feet near St. Louis
Turning eastward south of Cleveland
Final descent into the Big Apple over the mouth of the Hudson River
Landing in the late night at LaGuardia
Taxiing to our gate
Deplaned at LGA. The airport has just finished undergoing a decade-long renovation to bring it up to standard. Before that, LaGuardia was one of those places you hated flying into.
