Low visibility and poor climate triggered floor delays of as much as 4.5 hours at John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport Sunday evening, with vital delays in any respect New York Metropolis space airports.
Some flights arriving at JFK have been delayed a median of 4.5 hours, the FAA stated in a real-time standing replace. Newark Worldwide Airport noticed delays averaging 1 hour and 24 minutes, the FAA stated, whereas La Guardia Airport delays have been barely shorter at 47 minutes.
Thunderstorms delayed flights to Orlando for an hour and a half, whereas wind circumstances held again flights to San Francisco a median of two hours and 16 minutes, the FAA stated. A “company request” held again flights to Tampa till “at or after 8:30,” the FAA stated.
Climate-related “low ceilings” have been inflicting gate maintain and taxi delays of 46 minutes to an hour “and increasing,” the FAA stated.
By way of numbers, that translated to 293 delayed flights, or 44%, at JFK, in response to air visitors monitoring web site Flight Conscious, with LaGuardia not far behind at 43% of flights delayed, or 219. Newark airport noticed 204 flights delayed, which was 35%.
In consequence, NYC airports have been pretty excessive on Flight Conscious’s distress map, with Kennedy in fourth place at 93, Newark eighth on the checklist at 61, and LaGuardia at 68, in spot quantity 11.
Flights have been nonetheless taking off, with simply 1% canceled at each Newark and JFK, which noticed eight and 12 cancelations respectively, whereas LaGuardia’s 12 canceled flights made up 2% of the day’s journeys.
Initially Printed: March 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM EDT
