The Federal Aviation Administration said that on Monday, numerous issues at the Nevarak Liberty Airport indicated it dramatically slowing down traffic, forcing United Airlines to bend at least 35 flights to other airports.
United Airlines, the largest carrier at the airport, just outside the city of New York, said that the FAA’s equipment malfunction has created a special barrier and is expected to cancel and delay the rest of the day due to FAA staff cases.
Flights on the US east coast were diverted to several airports. Some turns were transported to small airports from Europe to Transoanic flights.
The FAA said the issue was first indicated by telecommunications and radar equipment issues under the Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach control, which guides aircraft inside and outside the Nevarak. The FAA said the two have been resolved, but now there are cases of staff affecting flights in Philadelphia.
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association had no comment.
The FAA canceled a ground stop later after Monday, but after the hours of the start of the problems, the average was delayed by more than three and a half hours even after departure for the Nevarak, while the average departure was delayed 48 48 minutes.
Last year, the FAA transferred control of New York, New Jersey, AirSpace Area to Philadelphia to address the staff and crowded New York City Area Traffic.
Referring to the shortage of air traffic controller staff, it extended deductions to the minimum flight requirements at the New York City Area Airports during October 2025.
Under the minimum flight requirements, airlines can lose their take -off and landing slots at densely populated airports if they do not use at least 80 % of the time. FAA waiver allows airlines to fly low flights and still maintain slot.
Nearly 3,500 controllers near the FAA are less than the target staff. The permanent shortage of controllers has delayed flights and, on many facilities, the controllers are essentially working in overtime and six days.
Earlier, United criticized the FAA delay in its New Jersey center even in the good days of the weather. In November, a dozen days less FAA staff was forced to reduce traffic there, which disrupted more than 343,000 united passengers.
Nevarak has faced obstacles to flight for years, and CEO Scott Kirby has strongly criticized the FAA’s performance.
(David Schipardson Reporting Chris Ries and Sonali Paul’s Edit)
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