{"id":141804,"date":"2026-02-22T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/141804\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:00:07","slug":"newark-airport-cancellations-more-than-800-flights-grounded-by-blizzard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/141804\/","title":{"rendered":"Newark Airport cancellations: More than 800 flights grounded by blizzard"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u201cpotentially historic\u201d nor\u2019easter storm<\/a> that will hit New Jersey on Sunday has caused hundreds of flight cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport. <\/p>\n

At least 395 arriving and departing flights are canceled for Sunday as of 9:30 a.m., according to FlightAware data<\/a>. Another 438 flights<\/a> are canceled for Monday. <\/p>\n

More than 3,000 flights were canceled and over 10,000 were delayed nationwide on Sunday. Another 3,794 flights have been canceled for Monday, according to FlightAware data. <\/p>\n

According to FlightAware.com<\/a>, the scheduled arrivals and departures canceled as of 9:15 a.m. on Sunday are:<\/p>\n

Newark Liberty International Airport: 395 canceled on Sunday; 438 on MondayJohn F. Kennedy International Airport: 671 canceled on Sunday; 843 on MondayLaGuardia Airport: 542 canceled on Sunday; 832 on MondayPhiladelphia International Airport: 327 canceled on Sunday; 509 on Monday<\/p>\n

Travelers are urged to check with their airlines, as the number of flight cancellations and delays is expected to increase throughout the day.<\/p>\n

Widespread snowfall totals of 12 to 18 inches are expected across New Jersey on Sunday and Monday. Monmouth, Ocean and southeastern Burlington counties are projected to see as much as two feet. <\/p>\n

Gov. Mikie Sherrill declared a state of emergency for all 21 New Jersey counties<\/a> ahead of the storm. <\/p>\n

Blizzard warnings have been expanded statewide, with forecasters warning of wind gusts up to 60 mph, whiteout conditions and the potential for power outages. Sherrill said the storm could produce up to 3 inches of snow per hour. <\/p>\n

\u201cI just had a briefing early this morning with the National Weather Service and they said they anticipate a foot of snow blanketing the state. About 2 feet along the shore,\u201d Sherrill said Sunday on 1010 WINS. \u201cThere are going to be dangerous, dangerous conditions on our roads. Everyone should stay off the roads tonight.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u201cpotentially historic\u201d nor\u2019easter storm that will hit New Jersey on Sunday has caused hundreds of flight cancellations…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-141804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}