Some delays and cancellations remained at metropolitan area airports even as Congress took the first steps to reopen the weeks-closed government.
At LaGuardia Airport, there were 198 cancellations in the past 24 hours, as of 12:31 p.m. Tuesday, and with departures averaging 37-minute delays and 44 minute delays for arrivals, both increasing, according to FlightAware.
At Newark Airport, there were 114 cancellations, 78 at Kennedy and two at MacArthur, though there are no reported airport-wide delays.
Flight activity was down at all three airports, according to FlightAware.
The airports have been under federal orders to thin the numbers of flights departing and landing due to shortages in working air traffic controllers, according to The Associated Press, which reported that even after the government reopens, delays will take some time to abate.
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Matthew Chayes, a Newsday reporter since 2007, covers New York City.