FAA reports flight delays at Newark airport due to radar outage

As per the FAA, the Newark Liberty International Airport witnessed flight delays on Monday starting at around 2:30 pm local time due to equipment outages, including Radar systems.

The airport, in an official statement on X stated, “FAA equipment outages have caused #EWR Airport flight disruptions. Please check with your airline to determine the status of your flight.”

The FAA had confirmed later that the radar issue led to the delay of flights incoming to Newark airport and the slowing down of flights into New Jersey.

The radar issue is not only causing delay to the arrival of flights at Newark airport but the departure of several flights have also been affected.

The FAA added that there was no ground stop in effect at the Newark airport and flights were continuing to arrive and depart but with some delay.

In an official statement, the FAA said, “The FAA briefly slowed flights into Newark Liberty International Airport this afternoon due to a radar issue. Normal operations have resumed. For updates, please monitor fly.faa.gov.”

According to the data obtained from flight tracking site FlightAware, a total of 334 delays have been reported at the Newark airport, alongside total cancellations of 26 flights.

The latest update at the FAA site states that departures from Newark Liberty International Airport are delayed at an average of 105 minutes which is increasing due to radar equipment and other issues.

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