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Major airports in the Northeast warned of significant flight delays and cancellations Sunday as storms moved across the region and as all flights serving major airports around New York and Boston faced ground stops at 1 p.m.
Nationally, more than 1,450 flights were canceled as of Sunday afternoon, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.
Boston Logan International Airport is currently under a ground stop due to thunderstorms, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
LaGuardia Airport in Queens was also grounded due to storms, the FAA said. “Due to heavy rain and fog, customers are advised to contact their airline before coming to the airport,” the airport said on Twitter.
The weather also caused flight cancellations and a ground stop at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport, it said Twitter. Newark is now under ground delay, according to the FAA.
John F. Kennedy International Airport it is also below ground level. Earlier on Sunday, the airport said it was facing weather-related delays and cancellations, according to an update on Twitter. It advises travelers to check with their airline about their flight status before heading to the airport.
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A passenger walks past a Delta Airlines plane at a gate at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., January 3, 2022.
Nearly a third of Newark flights were canceled by 5:30 p.m. ET, according to FlightAware, and 27% were delayed. JFK had more than 150 cancellations and 220 delays.
JetBlue
(JBLU)which has hubs in Boston and New York, canceled more than 25% of its operations by Sunday afternoon and has more than 450 delays.
It was a difficult summer for travelers.
Problems with flight delays and cancellations plagued airline travelers in late June, particularly United Airlines, which canceled thousands of flights, leaving passengers stranded.
There were probably more than 1 million passengers booked on the 8,000 canceled flights across the industry, based on statistics from aviation analytics firm Cirium and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Bad weather started these travel delays, although a series of staff shortages and FAA problems created a travel meltdown.
