Ground stop issued at one of New York City’s major airports

New York City’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) issued a groud stop Sunday morning due to severe weather. 

Flights arriving at the airport were halted over intense thunderstorms, according to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Control System Command Center. 

The agency said the weather delay also impacted flights destined for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle, Washington due to weather and low ceilings – when clouds are too low for planes to fly.

As of Sunday afternoon, the ‘destination-specific’ delay for flights to Seattle was lifted.

Because of the delay of some arriving flights, departing flights are expected to be set back as well. 

Arrival traffic is currently experiencing airborne delays of 15 minutes or less, per the FAA. 

Travelers should check with their specific airline to see if their flights are affected by the ground stop, the agency added. 

Because of the delay of some arriving flights, departing flights are expected to be set back as well. (Pictured: File image of LaGuardia Airport)

Daily Mail contacted the FAA and LaGuardia Airport for more information. 

Travel chaos at LaGuardia comes just two weeks after all flights at New Jersey’s Newark Airport were grounded due to staffing issues. 

A ground stop was briefly ordered before a ground delay was put in effect until 10.59pm on June 4, the FAA said. 

The FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center said due to staffing problems at the travel hub, a traffic management program has been put in place for arriving flights causing delays by an average of 27 minutes.

‘If daily or per-shift staffing levels are low, the FAA ensures safety by implementing traffic management initiatives, such as slowing the flow of aircraft into an airport,’ the FAA told Daily Mail.

Delays were assigned to departures within 1000 nautical miles of the airport and includes all contiguous US departures. 

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