Newark Airport faces delays due to FAA Traffic Management Program triggered by staffing shortages, with flights delayed over an hour and a half amid nationwide controller shortages.

The lack of just a dozen air traffic controllers has contributed to danger, chaos, and waves of delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport. Yet the Federal Aviation ...

An air traffic controller who works the airspace around Newark, N.J. speaks out about what it was like to lose radar and communication systems during a shift, and how the situation got to be so bad.

Newark airport faces major delays amid controller shortages and failing radar systems. ... Newark airport delays highlight air traffic controller crisis . Associated Press // May 14, 2025 // Travelers ...

Newark Airport has been operating at a capacity of 56 flights per hour — 28 arrivals and 28 departures — since 4L/22R closed in April. The runway was open for departures on Monday, and Duffy ...

There had been warning signs before radar and communications systems went dark at the facility that manages the airspace around Newark Liberty International Airport, according to an air traffic ...