The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily held some New York-bound flights at their departure airports Thursday, Nov. 12, as thunderstorms disrupted arrivals at LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy International and Newark Liberty International. All three ground stops were listed on the FAA’s national status board at 1:07 p.m. Eastern.
The three FAA ground stops
- LaGuardia: 12:04 to 1:45 p.m. Eastern, covering selected inbound flights from the Washington and Boston air traffic control regions.
- Newark Liberty: 12:08 to 1:45 p.m. Eastern, covering selected inbound flights from four U.S. air traffic control regions and six Canadian airports.
- JFK: 12:33 to 2 p.m. Eastern, with the same departure regions and Canadian airports listed as Newark.
The stops apply to selected arrivals, so an affected flight may wait at its origin before taking off. LaGuardia also has a separate arrival delay program scheduled through 11:59 p.m. Eastern. The FAA listed a 63-minute average when it issued that program. Individual flights can have different delays.
Check your airline before leaving for the airport, especially if you have a connection or are picking someone up. For LaGuardia arrivals, the airport’s flight tracker lets you look up a specific flight.
