Traffic & Transit
Windy Weather Causes Delays At Newark Airport: Officials
Heavy winds caused flight delays and suspended the Air Train at Newark Airport on Monday, authorities said.
NEWARK, NJ — Heavy winds caused flight delays and suspended the Air Train at Newark Airport on Monday, authorities said.
FAA officials said that due to weather/wind, there was a traffic management program in effect for flights arriving at Newark International Airport on Feb. 25. “This is causing some arriving flights to be delayed an average of 3 hours and 36 minutes,” officials wrote Monday morning.
In addition to the flight delays, the high winds shut down the Air Train at Newark Airport, which was suspended at 9 a.m. and replaced by buses, officials said.
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“Please allow extra travel time,” Port Authority officials wrote.
Due to WEATHER/WIND traffic mgmt prgrm causing some arriving flight delays averaging 3 hours and 36 minutes. #EWR
— EWR Flight Delays (@FlyFAA_EWR) February 25, 2019
Due to high wind, #AirTrain #EWR will be suspended at 9am & replaced by buses. Please allow extra travel time. See Customer Service Reps for information. [86]
— Newark Liberty Airport (@EWRairport) February 25, 2019
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