Hundreds of flights have been cancelled at John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark Airports amid Tuesday’s winter storm, the biggest to hit the New York City area in two years.
LaGuardia has been hit the hardest by the storm, which is expected to drop up to 8 inches of snow on the Big Apple. As of 11:20 a.m., a total of 418 flights leaving or heading to LaGuardia have been cancelled, according to Flight Aware. A staggering 43% of flights leaving LaGuardia are cancelled, while another 9% are delayed.
The airport has been inundated with snow, and crews were working Tuesday morning to de-ice planes that were still taking off to their destinations.
43 percent of flights taking off from LaGuardia are canceled, according to FlightAware.
My plane has been de-iced several times as we wait to take off pic.twitter.com/dDnJ6B9xVH
— Steven Vago (@Vagoish) February 13, 2024
On X, formerly known as Twitter, LaGuardia advised passengers to confirm their flight’s status with their airline before making the schlep to the airport in the pounding snow.
A mix of snow and rain is expected to impact travel throughout the NY/NJ metro area on Tuesday.
Please confirm your flight with your airline before heading to the airport. pic.twitter.com/A1SrJgGCN5
— LaGuardia Airport: Rated Best Airport in its Class (@LGAairport) February 12, 2024
At JFK, 206 flights scheduled to arrive or depart have been cancelled as of 11 a.m., with 19% of outgoing flights cancelled and another 15% delayed. At Newark, 273 flights have been cancelled, with 28% of outgoing flights cancelled and 9% delayed.
Forecasters are predicting between 5 and 8 inches of snow to fall on the city on Tuesday, the most in several years. It comes on the heels of a nearly two-year snowless streak in the city that finally snapped last month. School buildings are closed and classes are fully remote, but virtual learning got off to an inauspicious start with many parents have issues logging on.
Unlike airlines, mass transit is operating mostly normally in the snow with few delays. The L train was operating with delays Tuesday morning to conduct “urgent track maintenance” related to the winter weather, while the Staten Island Railway was running with delays due to a fallen tree on the tracks.
