NEWARK, NJ — Flights at Newark Liberty International Airport are returning to normal after being delayed Monday night due to a shortage of air traffic controllers, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
“Operations at Newark Liberty International Airport are currently operating normally. The FAA briefly delayed flights into and out of Newark Liberty International Airport Monday evening due to staffing issues at the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (N90),” the FAA said in a statement Tuesday.
Flights at John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports were not affected.
This is expected to be a busy week at the airportswith people travel for the 4th of July holidayAnd Hurricane Beryl impacts flights in the Caribbean.
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Shortage of air traffic controllers
The CBS New York investigative team is covering the shortage of air traffic controllers for over a year now, and I recently took a look at how the FAA tries to train more staff in places like Vaugh College in Queens.
FAA data from 2023 showed that New York’s main air traffic control center, TRACON, was at about 54% staffing, compared to a national average of 81%. Additionally, there was a national shortage of about 3,000 air traffic controllers.
