Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Situational Awareness; Confusion
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence; Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach
Flight Crew Returned To Clearance
Human Factors; Procedure
While flying the approach to Runway 22 at LGA; ATC had us on a 040 downwind heading at 4000'. Abeam the field heading was adjusted to 060 then 070. ATC cleared us left to 190 and descend to 2000' to intercept 22 LOC. This heading gave us an intercept well inside the FAF with a 36 KTS undershooting crosswind. Declared field insight and was cleared for the visual. I configured immediately as I was quite high and left of a good intercept course. I turned off automation and hand flew the aircraft planning on intercepting the course and glideslope just inside the FAF. During my maneuvering I was issued a low altitude alert by tower; which is was correcting at the call. Intercepted course and glideslope at approximately 1200' and landed uneventfully.
Pilot reported receiving a low-altitude alert from LGA Tower while maneuvering to intercept the localizer and glideslope.