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The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a ground stop at Austin-Bergstrom International due to staff shortages Wednesday.
Until runway construction is completed, arrivals and departures will be capped at 28 each per hour, marking a 27% decrease in flights previously allowed.
At one point, the FAA had targeted 77 total arrivals and departures at Newark each hour, but at the start of construction on April 15 they requested airlines cut that down to 70 total during the day and 62 during specific hours in the late afternoons and evenings.
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The interim rule will cap the number of arrivals and departures at Newark Liberty International Airport at 28 apiece per hour. That’s in line with the limits imposed after about half a dozen controllers went on a 45-day trauma leave following the first outage on April 28.
The New Jersey airport, which has faced radar problems and major delays, is scrambling to bring in more air traffic controllers and complete construction.
The FAA is capping arrivals at Newark Airport to 28 per hour starting October 2025 to ease congestion, improve efficiency, and support ongoing runway upgrades.
The Federal Aviation Administration is cutting the number of departures and arrivals at Newark Liberty International Airport.
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President Trump has blamed former President Biden for air traffic control system failures, when multiple administrations, including his own, failed to fix the FAA’s problems.
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