Newark reports 114 delays, 5 cancels

Newark Liberty International Airport reported 114 delays and five cancellations on Tuesday as U.S. flight disruptions mounted ahead of the Memorial Day travel rush. The affected airlines included United, Delta, JetBlue, Philippine Airlines, Aer Lingus and Air France, according to travel-industry reports. Federal Aviation Administration systems on Tuesday showed broader traffic-management constraints in the New York region, while FlightAware’s national delay tracker showed thousands of disruptions across the United States. AAA has forecast 45 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home between May 21 and May 25, including 3.66 million domestic air passengers. ### Why was Newark getting hit on Tuesday? The FAA’s National Airspace System dashboard on May 19 showed active planning for weather-related disruptions, including possible route restrictions affecting New York-area traffic. A current FAA operations advisory said Chicago, New York, Florida and Texas could require en route initiatives because of thunderstorms. Newark has also been operating under reduced FAA traffic rates since last year. The agency said in a May 20, 2025 order that Newark’s maximum hourly rate was cut to 28 arrivals and 28 departures during construction on Runway 4-Left/22-Right, with higher rates outside the construction window. ### What do the official systems show right now? (nasstatus.faa.gov) The FAA’s airport-status page for Newark listed the airport as “On Time” in a snapshot published Monday, while the FAA’s real-time airport status page said general departure traffic was seeing gate-hold and taxi delays of 15 minutes or less. The FAA also said no destination-specific delays were being reported in that status feed. Newark’s own airport website said travelers can check real-time arrivals and departures for delay, cancellation and gate information, although its public departures page also showed that data was unavailable at the time it was crawled. (faa.gov) The airport’s alerts page said advisories and construction notices are posted there for travelers. ### How broad were the disruptions beyond Newark? FlightAware’s MiseryMap on Tuesday showed 412 cancellations and more than 6,000 delays nationally during part of the day, indicating a system-wide strain rather than a Newark-only problem. (faa.gov) FlightAware’s airport-status pages identify Newark as one of the airports tracked for real-time delays and cancellations. The FAA’s daily air traffic report said its updates are intended to give a reasonable expectation of impacts such as arrival and departure delays, ground stops and airport closures. (newarkairport.com) The agency directs travelers seeking minute-by-minute changes to its live status tools. ### Which airlines were named in the Newark disruption reports? Travel reports naming the affected carriers said United, Delta, JetBlue, Philippine Airlines, Aer Lingus and Air France were among the airlines touched by Newark’s delays and cancellations on Tuesday. (flightaware.com) Those reports tied the disruptions to the airport’s tight operating margins and to wider FAA traffic-management restrictions during stormy conditions. Airline-specific websites were not fully accessible through web retrieval in this reporting, so carrier-by-carrier operational statements were not independently confirmed from each airline. (faa.gov) FAA and airport systems, however, did confirm that weather and traffic-management issues were active factors in the broader network on May 19. ### What should travelers watch next? AAA said the Memorial Day travel window runs from Thursday, May 21, through Monday, May 25, with domestic air travel expected to rise slightly from last year. For Newark passengers, the most useful next checks are the FAA’s live airport-status page, the FAA National Airspace System dashboard and Newark’s own flight-information page as departure times approach. (fly.faa.gov) (nasstatus.faa.gov)