Wildfire smoke, which has cast a sickly pall across major cities in the east of the United States, snarled Thursday’s air travel. It caused headaches for large aviation hubs as well as disrupting plans for thousands.
Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday morning it had nationwide delayed all flights bound to New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration also delayed some flights to New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
FlightAware.com – a flight tracking website – reported that more than 230 flights were delayed across the nation and 10 others were cancelled as of Thursday morning.
Live coverage of the air quality in the U.S. and wildfires in Canada
FlightAware’s “MiseryMap” showed that as of 9 am, the two airports with the biggest disruptions were Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (HJAI) and Newark Liberty International Airport (NLI). ET Thursday.
The FAA stated that it “would likely need to take measures to manage traffic safely to New York City, D.C. Philadelphia and Charlotte, due to the reduced visibility caused by wildfire smoke.”
Travel advisories will change according to the weather as it changes throughout the day.
On Thursday, air quality was dangerous in many cities along the East Coast. According to IQAir.com a Swiss monitoring agency, New York City had the worst air quality in the world.
As of 9:30 am, Detroit had the fourth worst air quality in the entire world. ET, hovering at 121 on index.
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