FAA temporarily halts flights at JFK, Newark Airports after earthquake
The US Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport after a 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook throughout the region.
Air traffic may be impacted in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Baltimore, the agency said in a post on social media platform X.
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“Air traffic operations are resuming as quickly as possible,” the FAA said in the post.
Subsequently, at 12:30, the FAA reported via X that air traffic operations have resumed at the affected airports.
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