Donald Trump called LaGuardia Airport 'third world' - here's the design that will transform it

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During Monday's presidential debate, Donald Trump compared the "incredible airports" in Dubai, Qatar and China to less impressive ones in the US.

"Our airports are like from a third world country," he said, calling out LAX and New York City's three international airports: LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy and Newark.

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It's a point many New Yorkers might agree with - in fact, Joe Biden suggested in 2014 that if you blindfolded someone and took them to LaGuardia, they'd think, "I must be in some third-world country."

But in March, a $4 billion redevelopment plan for the aging airport was approved by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, paving the way for construction to begin. The first part of the new airport is expected to open in 2019, with the rest scheduled to debut 18 months after that.

Take a look at the plans.