Low visibility causing LaGuardia delays
A file photo of LaGuardia Airport. Credit: Newsday
Some arrivals and departures at area airports continued to be delayed Thursday afternoon, due to continued low visibility.
Arrivals at LaGuardia Airport were being held up an average of 2 hours, 47 minutes, and departures were running from 1 hour, 46 minutes to two hours late, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
At close to 4 p.m. the National Weather Service was reporting overcast skies at LaGuardia and Long Island MacArthur Airport, as well as a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night.
Some arrivals to Newark International Airport were delayed an average 2 hours, 22 minutes, according to the FAA's website.
Some departures from Kennedy Airport and MacArthur Airport to Newark were averaging delays of about 2 hours, 20 minutes; to LaGuardia, 2 hours, 47 minutes; and to Philadelphia International Airport, 36 minutes.
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