Hundreds of flight disruptions at NY-area airports
FlightAware's realtime Misery Map was showing more than 100 cancellations for the three major metropolitan area airports Monday around noon. Credit: FlightAware.com
Flights to and from metropolitan area airports are seeing significant delays and cancellations Monday amid a state of emergency weather advisory.
A flash flood warning was issued for Nassau and Queens through Monday afternoon, and all of Long Island is under a flood watch until early Tuesday morning as thunderstorms and heavy rainfall affect the area, according to the National Weather Service.
After the Fourth of July weekend, Monday was expected to be a heavy travel day, according to the Port Authority.As of 11:30 a.m. Monday the flight tracking website FlightAware was reporting 178 delays and 78 cancellations at Kennedy Airport, 158 delays and 61 cancellations at Newark Airport, and 192 delays and 157 cancellations at LaGuardia Airport.
The three airports are seeing the worst delays and cancellations of all metropolitan areas in the United States today, according to FlightAware's Misery Map. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark are all within the top six airports globally with the most delays and cancellations Monday.
Eye on the impending storm ... Diesel prices hurting LI farmers ... Student barred from school over vaccine exemption fight ... Smith Haven Mall upgrades
