Newark airport faces ongoing travel chaos amid ATC issues and runway construction. It's unlikely the problems will subside anytime soon, with United forced to axe 35 daily flights.

Newark Liberty International Airport suffered yet more travel chaos late Wednesday with a temporary ground stoppage due to a worrying lack of air traffic controllers.

Planes at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey on May 11, 2025. (Ed Murray| For NJ Advance Media) May 7: FAA officials commit to increasing air traffic controller staffing ...

The Newark Liberty International Airport mess is being exacerbated by air traffic controllers who took “trauma leave” of up to 45 days to cope with the stress of equipment failures, according ...

Newark's airport chaos frustrates carriers, ... Item 1 of 5 Travelers wait at a check-in terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., May 9, 2025.

The airport is normally allowed to schedule up to 77 flights per hour — but the FAA proposed reducing that to no more than 56 until June 15, and then to 68 until Oct. 25.

While Kirby said United tried to address the airport’s constraints, citing its cutting of 35 flights to relieve pressure on Newark, “other airlines simply backfill our flying when we reduce ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is under fire, and senators Andy Kim, Jerry Moran and Shelley Moore Capito responded to issues at Newark Liberty International Airport Tuesday.

By The Way Days of delays and cancellations are causing chaos at Newark Airport. An outage briefly left air traffic controllers “unable to see, hear, or talk to” planes last week, a union ...

Newark airport faces ongoing travel chaos amid ATC issues and runway construction. It's unlikely the problems will subside anytime soon, with United forced to axe 35 daily flights.