✈️ Due to poor air quality, the Federal Aviation Administration has paused and delayed flights at certain airports because the smoke was limiting visibility. Philly-bound flights are impacted. This story has a link to check your flight status.
The effects of hundreds of wildfires burning across the western provinces to Quebec are being felt in the U.S. East Coast and upper Midwest.
"The FAA has taken steps to manage the flow of traffic into the New York City area due to reduced visibility from wildfire smoke," the FAA said in a statement.it had issued a ground stop for flights from the Northeast, Ohio and Mid-Atlantic bound for LaGuardia Airport.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.
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