JFK, LaGuardia, Newark face 'ground stops' amid FAA equipment outage disrupting flights across US Northeast
“New York airports JFK and La Guardia have now been added to the list of airports ground stopped (flights to those airports are held on the ground at their origin) due to the FAA equipment outage,” Flightradar24 said in a post on X.
On Monday, several major airports in the US Northeast, including John F Kennedy International (JFK) in New York, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty International, experienced ground stops due to an equipment outage at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Flights to these airports were being held at their origin points. According to flight-tracking service Flightradar24, the airports affected included JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, Teterboro, and Philadelphia, along with Westchester County Airport.
The FAA equipment failure was linked to a circuit break at Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control, which resulted in the loss of radio and radar equipment serving multiple airports, including JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark. Newark saw 107 diversions away from the airport to 34 different locations, impacting 25 airlines. United was the most affected, with 70 diversions.
The FAA reported that the outage began around 10 am on Monday and resulted in over 1,000 flight delays or cancellations. This disruption came as New York was preparing to host world leaders and ministers for the 81st United Nations General Assembly. FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford criticized the existing infrastructure, stating that the network design was inadequate and that failures like this would continue unless the design was improved.
By 6 pm on Monday, the telecommunications lines had been repaired, and airport operations in the Northeast began to resume, although residual delays were expected.
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