For the third consecutive day, New York City’s three major airport hubs are experiencing the nation’s highest numbers of flight cancellations and delays.
United currently ranks highest on FlightAware for cancellations and delays nationally. A spokesperson said the thunderstorms have made airline travel "very challenging" over the past three days.Data from the US Department of Transportation ranks LaGuardia and Newark Liberty as one of the lowest ranking ports in on-time arrivals and departures.Newark and LaGuardia also ranked in the bottom five of major U.S.
Yet the issues of flight delays and cancellations have been a national problem this past week. On Monday alone, there were more than 2,200 canceled flights and more than 8,700 delayed flights across the US, according to FlightAware data, aAt Seattle Tacoma International Airport, travelers have been stranded overnight trying to get home to New York area airports. On Tuesday morning, security lines extended out to parking garages outside the terminal.
Even Walt Nauta, a former aide to Donald Trump who was due to be arraigned in Miami on Tuesday on classified document charges alongside the former president, had to reschedule because he couldn't catch a flight from Newark.Catalina Gonella contributed reporting from Seattle.
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