Airlines canceled over 1,500 flights Tuesday due to staffing issues amid the shutdown. How bad are delays and cancellations at Newark today? See here.

A line of approximately 40 planes can also be seen in a screenshot of the flight tracking website Flightradar24, shared by X user Zach Griff, at the airport. This comes as flights have been delayed and canceled across the country due to reduced staffing levels as a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Workers on the tarmac and in cargo warehouses endured punishing heat, sometimes exceeding 100 degrees. One Newark cargo agent, Ashley, described feeling dizzy and lightheaded in an office without air conditioning, while colleagues in the metal-sided warehouse worked in conditions that felt like “an oven.”

Airports in and around North Jersey continue to experience flight problems even as the federal government shutdown appears to be nearing an end.

The FAA directive, announced Nov. 6, requires airlines to reduce flights by 4% at 40 “high-impact airports” starting Friday. The move, officials said, aims to prevent further strain on an already stressed aviation system as staffing shortages and operational disruptions worsen.

ELIZABETH — During her lunch break as a Terminal C concessionaire, New Jersey state Sen. Renee Burgess remembered watching construction crews erect beams for the guiderail of the original monorail system that opened at Newark Liberty International ...

On Tuesday, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey broke ground on a new AirTrain Newark system to replace the outdated AirTrain that began