As of this writing, I'm not sure how visiting this place is since Spirit Airlines is gone. I went before they closed down. However, I understand the terminal is still open.
For transit enthusiasts and architecture onlookers visiting LaGuardia Airport, the complex features a distinct historical landmark. While the majority of passengers use the modernized glass concourses of Terminals B and C, Terminal A—known as the Marine Air Terminal—remains intact on the far western edge of the airport complex.
Opened in 1940, this Art Deco structure is the only active airport terminal remaining from the first generation of passenger air travel in the United States. It was originally engineered to handle Pan American Airways’ fleet of transatlantic "flying boats"—the Boeing 314 Clippers that landed directly on the waters of Bowery Bay. The terminal features a circular rotunda built with dark marble floors and period fixtures.
The centerpiece of the rotunda is Flight, a 237-foot-long, 12-foot-high mural painted by artist James Brooks under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). This continuous painting rings the upper perimeter of the circular room, documenting the history of human flight from the myth of Icarus to the aircraft of the 1940s. It remains one of the largest public art projects of that era. The terminal provides a quiet space apart from the main airport concourses to view historical architecture and art.
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