A319
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 166; Flight Crew Total 21451; Flight Crew Type 11451
Situational Awareness
Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Flight Crew Returned To Clearance; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Weather; Human Factors
On the LDA A approach at LGA; I was pilot flying; weather was CAVU; we were cleared for the approach. I was following aircraft in front of us [and] started the final descent before the FAF; the Tower gave me a low altitude alert; [I] adjusted descent [and] made normal landing.
A319 Captain reported getting a low altitude alert from LGA ATC when he descended before the final approach fix on the LDA-A approach.