Smoke covering the New Jersey-New York region is delaying flights at the three area airports.
Smoke darkening the skies from Canadian wildfires has taken its toll on air travel with delays to arriving and departing flights at Newark Liberty International Airport and LaGuardia Airport.
Delays are being reported at Newark Airport due to low visibility is affecting flights at both Newark and LaGuardia, according to theThe FAA said the average delay is 82 minutes at Newark, due to low visibility. The average delay at LaGuardia is almost 2 hours. Flight Aware’s online flight misery tracker reported 73 delays and 3 canceled flights at Newark JFK and LaGuardia.
The direction of the wind flow from Canada is to blame for the wildfire smoke reaching New Jersey and hampering air travel, said Ben Charles, lead meteorologist at WeatherWorks.
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