B737-800
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Human Factors; Procedure
Vectored 90 degree intercept to final and cleared visual to Runway 22 at LGA. While maneuvering to create spacing Tower issued an altitude alert. Alert was acknowledged; landed uneventfully.
We need more spacing on our approaches and we must be diligent about maintaining our own spacing parameters for accepting visual approaches.
B737-800 flight crew reported getting an altitude alert from ATC on a visual approach to LGA Runway 22.