Editing Marine Air Terminal (section)

== Seaplane hangar ==
When LaGuardia Airport was built in the 1930s, two seaplane [[hangar]]s adjacent to the main building were planned.<ref name="p514847007" /><ref name="p1243011369" /><ref name="nyt-1938-07-31" /> Initially, only one hangar was built.<ref name="nyt-1939-04-16" /> The hangar had five sides<ref name="nyt-1939-10-01" /><ref name="p1287073164" /> and resembled a half-octagon from above.<ref name="nyt-1938-11-27" /> The north and south sides of the hangar each measured {{convert|169|ft|7|in}} wide; the northwest and southwest sides were each {{convert|204|ft|4|in}} wide; and the west side was {{convert|354|ft}} wide. The hangar had four openings through which seaplanes and flying boats could enter.<ref name="p1287073164" /> These openings measured {{convert|45|ft}} high.<ref name="nyt-1939-10-01" /><ref name="p1287073164" /> In addition, the roof of the hangar measured {{convert|75|ft}} high and was held up by trusses extending from a central pillar.<ref name="p1287073164" /> A tunnel connected the hangar to the main building.<ref name="nyt-1938-07-31" />

Next to the hangar were ramps with floodlights, as well as [[taxiway]]s illuminated by lamps.<ref name="nyt-1939-03-19" /> There were also 18 large gasoline tanks next to the hangar, each with a capacity of {{convert|20000|gal|L|sp=us}}.<ref name="nyt-1939-10-01" /><ref name="p1287073164" /> Whenever the Clippers needed maintenance, they could be pulled out of the water, moved onto a set of tracks, and towed to the hangar.<ref name="NPS p. 2" /><ref name="nyt-1939-10-01" /> The tracks were made of concrete and could accommodate aircraft weighing up to {{convert|250|ST|LT t}}, or about five times as heavy as an empty Boeing 314.<ref name="nyt-1940-03-31" />

After the Clippers stopped serving the Marine Air Terminal, the hangar was used to store maintenance vehicles, as well as for LaGuardia Airport's executive offices.<ref name="n107064048" /> {{As of|2021}}, the hangar still exists and is known as Hangar 7. The [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]] uses the structure as a garage for the airport's snow-removal vehicles.<ref name="wtop-2021-05-27" /><ref name="We Keep the Region Moving Port Authority of New York and New Jersey">{{cite web |title=An Eagle-Eye View of the New LGA |url=https://www.panynj.gov/port-authority/en/blogs/facilities/an-eagle-eye-view-of-the-new-lga.html |access-date=August 5, 2022 |website=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715232835/https://www.panynj.gov/port-authority/en/blogs/facilities/an-eagle-eye-view-of-the-new-lga.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The roof of the hangar contains ''Spirit of Flight'', a sculpture of a bird whose wingspan measures {{convert|17|ft}} wide. The sculpture was formerly placed atop the roof of LaGuardia's Domestic Terminal, which was razed in 1963.<ref name="We Keep the Region Moving Port Authority of New York and New Jersey" />