{"id":142601,"date":"2026-02-23T12:35:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/142601\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:35:19","slug":"nyc-blizzard-grounds-thousands-of-flights-latest-updates-for-travelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/142601\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC blizzard grounds thousands of flights. Latest updates for travelers"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 13,000 flights<\/a> across the U.S. had been canceled or delayed as of Monday. Disruptions in the New York City area were widespread.<\/p>\n

Here’s the latest.<\/p>\n

Nearly all NYC flights canceled as blizzard slams region<\/p>\n

John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)<\/p>\n

88% of departing flights canceled (545 flights)<\/p>\n

87% of arriving flights canceled (538 flights)<\/p>\n

About 2% of arrivals delayed<\/p>\n

Nearly 1,100 total flights impacted<\/p>\n

LaGuardia Airport (LGA)<\/p>\n

98% of departures canceled<\/p>\n

1,025 total flights impacted<\/p>\n

Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)<\/p>\n

83% of departures canceled<\/p>\n

860 total flights impacted<\/p>\n

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Data is according to FlightAware<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Possible ground stops<\/p>\n

Several Northeast airports are preparing for potential ground stops as the storm intensifies. According to the Federal Aviation Administration<\/a>, ground stops at JFK and LaGuardia are likely after noon Monday.<\/p>\n

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Follow our\u00a0live coverage<\/a>\u00a0for real-time updates on snowfall totals, road conditions, closings and delays, and safety advisories as the storm unfolds.<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: NYC blizzard grounds thousands of flights: Latest updates for travelers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 13,000 flights across the U.S. had been canceled or delayed as of Monday. Disruptions in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[59907,1185,1087,9,1187,56,63,59908,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-142601","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-flights-canceled","9":"tag-john-f-kennedy-international-airport","10":"tag-laguardia-airport","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-newark-liberty-international-airport","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-nyc-blizzard","16":"tag-nyc-headlines","17":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142601","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=142601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}