East Coast flyers face travel nightmare after weather sparks delays ahead of holiday weekend

Several major airports up and down the East Coast saw flight delays stranding passengers from New York to Washington DC as storms rolled into the area Monday evening The nightmare comes as travelers gear up for the holiday weekend The Federal Aviation Administration FAA released an initial ground delay at New York City's JFK International Airport shortly after p m with the average departure delay lasting approximately minutes NEWARK AIRPORT PASSENGERS FACE LENGTHY DELAYS DUE TO STAFFING SHORTAGESNewark Liberty Airport which has also been plagued with disruptions due to ongoing staffing shortages was experiencing delays of a whopping four hours due to thunderstorms with the interruptions expected to impact flights until a m Additionally LaGuardia Airport was seeing delays of up to three hours with the FAA implementing a Traffic Management Effort for incoming flights NEWARK AIRPORT DISRUPTIONS LEAVE AIRLINE FLYERS SCRAMBLING AS EXPERTS SHARE TIPS FOR NOT BEING 'STRANDED'As the storms made their way up the East Coast Philadelphia International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport initially began experiencing delays with the bad weather continuing to wreak havoc on flights as they moved through the area ASTOUNDING NEW AUDIO SHOWS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS REACTING TO FAA TECH OUTAGE 'THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE'Philadelphia was seeing delays averaging around two hours according to the FAA Cumulatively the five airports logged approximately cancellations and delays according to facts from FlightAware LaGuardia was leading the pack with around flights canceled and delayed according to the site