Urgent ground stop issued at Newark Airport as hundreds of travelers' plans are disrupted
A ground stop was issued at Newark Airport on Sunday morning over staffing issues.
The New Jersey airport, which sees hundreds of flights coming in and out every day, issued the advisory in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The FAA issued the stop for Newark between 7am and 8.45am, citing the impacting condition as 'staffing' issue.
The Ground Delay Program - a traffic flow plan- could follow if the delays are continued.
This is not the first time this week that Newark has been shut down over staffing issues. On October 29, delays lasted nearly 90 minutes at the airport.
On Halloween, thousands of flights were delayed due to severe weather and staffing shortages resulting from the government shutdown.
The New Jersey airport, which sees hundreds of flights coming in and out every day, issued the advisory in the early hours of Sunday morning
Stock image: Travelers stand in line at the check-in counter at Spirit Airlines at Newark Liberty International Airport on June 30
The airport is approximately the eighth busiest airport in the country , and serves about 50 carriers
Ground delays were issued across Orlando MCO, Austin-Bergstrom Airport and Nashville International Airport due to an air traffic control staffing shortage.
As of 3pm ET on Friday, 3,437 flights within, into or out of the United States have been delayed and 331 canceled, according to Flight Aware.
On Thursday, 7,250 flights were delayed and 1,249 were canceled across the country.
Thousands of passengers were left stranded in Orlando last night after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced there would be 'no certified controllers for a period of time', which would 'prevent landings' at Orlando Airport, the closest major airport to both Disney World and Universal Studios.
- Why is Newark Airport facing safety concerns amid dramatic ground stops and flight cancellations?
- Why is Newark Airport facing a lockdown and how are flights being grounded amidst the Northeast storm onslaught?
- What led to flight chaos and delays at Newark Liberty International Airport, grounding flights for hours?
- Why are flights held hostage at Newark Liberty Airport, with possible extensions to ground stops disrupting thousands of passengers?
- Why did the FAA slash flights into Newark as travelers faced yet another nightmarish outage?
