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LaGuardia Airport reopened at 2 p.m., the airport said in a statement on social media, although it also warned travelers to expect “residual delays and cancellations,” hours after a deadly crash at the airport and a brief ground stop at Newark International Airport disrupted travel at two of New York City’s major commercial airports.
LaGuardia Airport was closed for part of Monday after a deadly runway crash that killed two pilots.
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A previous advisory posted by the Federal Aviation Administration noted LaGuardia was planning to reopen with only a single runway rate.
At least 306 flights scheduled to leave LaGuardia and 297 scheduled arrivals have already been cancelled as of Monday just before 2 p.m. EDT, according to online tracker FlightAware.
Another 37 departures from LaGuardia were delayed on Monday, according to the tracker, as well as 61 flights to the Queens airport.
In another advisory on Monday afternoon, the FAA also said to expect delays at John F. Kennedy International Airport, and approximately 11% of flights to and from the airport were delayed around 2 p.m., according to FlightAware.
The FAA separately issued a ground stop at Newark early Monday morning after the airport’s air traffic control tower was evacuated due to a “burning smell coming from an elevator,” a spokesperson told multiple outlets.
The ground stop only lasted about an hour, but a second FAA advisory warned pilots that flights could receive new expected departure clearance times.
At least 119 flights leaving Newark and 104 arriving at the airport were delayed as of 2 p.m. EDT, according to FlightAware.
Key Background
Around 11:40 p.m. EDT, a Jazz Aviation flight operating on behalf of Air Canada struck a firefighting vehicle at LaGuardia. The deadly collision killed the jet’s two pilots and injured at least 39 people onboard the aircraft, as well as two first responders. The FAA issued a closure at the airport until at least 2 p.m. Monday afternoon. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a statement on Monday. The mayor confirmed the airport remained closed, and advised travelers to “check with their airline for the latest flight information before coming to the airport.”