All flights are grounded at both LaGuardia and Newark international airports due to a lack of visibility resulting from Canadian wildfire smoke.
. Arrival delays for airborne aircraft are 16 to 30 minutes and increasing, and departure delays are 31 to 45 minutes and increasing due to low visibility.Newark International Airport in New Jersey also is experiencing paused flights delayed an average of 1 hour, 22 minutes and counting.
Smoke shrouds the skyline of midtown Manhattan as the sun rises in New York City on June 7, 2023, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. Thousands of flights have been grounded at La Guardian International Airport due to the lack of visibility.that it had no further information on delays and when operations could potentially continue again, referring to the FAA for specific details.
"Current wall of smoke on vis satellite that has turned our skies smoky orange and has prompted ground stops at Newark/EWR and LaGuardia/LGA due to poor visibility concerns," tweeted Bobby Martrich of EPAWA Weather Consulting."Orange is smoke, not clouds. Cumulus has formed ahead of the boundary, but not where the smoke is at all."
Current wall of smoke on vis satellite that has turned our skies smoky orange and has prompted ground stops at Newark/EWR and LaGuardia/LGA due to poor visibility concerns. Orange is smoke, not clouds. Cumulus has formed ahead of the boundary, but not where the smoke is at all.
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