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Northeast Airports: Some open, some closed

October 30, 2012

Screenshot from FlightStats shows which NE airports are closed as of this morning. Click on map for updates.

In the wake of superstorm Sandy, many key airports are closed today. But surprisingly, many are open. According to FlightStats

The following mid-Atlantic/Northeast airports are closed this morning as of 10:30am EDT.

  • (JFK) John F. Kennedy International Airport
  • (LGA) La Guardia Airport
  • (EWR) Newark Liberty International Airport
  • (ACY) Atlantic City International Airport
  • (GON) Groton-New London Airport
  • (HVN) New Haven Airport
  • (MMU) Morristown Municipal Airport
  • (TEB) Teterboro Airport.

Airports that are OPEN include Boston, Hartford, Providence, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington Dulles and Washington National– however, while the airports are technically open, many flights are still cancelled or off-schedule as airlines try to get their planes back in place. With local public transportation shut down in NYC today, its three main airports will have a tough time cranking back up with only skeleton staffing in place.

The situation remains fluid, and many airports could crank up again today, so here’s the link to get current airport closure information.

Looking at current flight boards, it appears that most  flights from ATL to Boston-Logan Airport, Baltimore and Washington National are on schedule today. However, all flights into New York La Guardia appear to be cancelled all day.

Some good news: While airlines cancelled some 7,000 flights yesterday and today, only about 600 are cancelled for tomorrow. So we are making some progress.

But I do not think that the nation’s air travel system will full recover from this blow until this weekend at the earliest. My advice from yesterday still stands: If you don’t really need to go this week, and your flight is cancelled anyway, get a full refund from the airline and take your trip next month instead.

Have you been affected by this storm yet? How have you been treated by the airlines? Please share your storm stories below! 

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  • http://www.rudymaxa.com Rudy Maxa

    Chris, I had a US Airways flight out of New York City on Monday afternoon that was cancelled due to the hurricane. That was obviously cancelled, and over the course of the next 24 hours I had to make two new reservations–both of which were cancelled, as well, due to weather. Except for a 10-minute wait on the phone for a reservation agent, US Airways couldn’t have been more accommodating. Guessing that LaGuardia won’t be open tomorrow, Wednesday, I found a cheap rental car from National with no drop-off charge and plan to drive Wednesday morning to Philadelphia and catch a flight home to St. Paul, MN, in early afternoon. Nothing but kudos for US Airways, who I rarely fly since Delta “owns” my hometown airport of Minneapolis-St. Paul.

  • Bob Eisenstaedt

    Rudy –

    Wish I could say the same. My daughter was in BNA trying to go to EWR on Sunday on US. After many calls to US including “special numbers” that after holding were disconnected with the “call back another time” sign off, she diverted to TPA (on Southwest). After more calls to more special numbers given her at TPA (with the same result), a human at the airport was her only relief.

    Her friend on Southwest to BWI got a call from them early enough to change his flight get there. When it comes to phone service (if you don’t have status), nobody beats Southwest.