Newark Airport

The New Jersey Department of Health is warning travelers about a potential measles exposures after someone with a case of the illness traveled through Newark Liberty International Airport. The infected person was a non-New Jersey resident who traveled through Newark’s terminal B on Monday, May 12 between 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., the health department said. According to health officials,...

The FAA is working on a short-term fix to the problems at Newark Airport that includes technical repairs and cutting flights to keep traffic manageable while dealing with a shortage of controllers.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy plans to reduce the number of flights in and out of the Newark Liberty International Airport for the “next several weeks,” as New Jersey’s largest airport struggles with radar outages and numerous flight delays and cancellations due to a shortage of air traffic controllers.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the telecommunications issues that took Newark Airport offline early Friday morning, citing “no operational impact.”

Passengers traveling in and out of Newark at the end of the week shouldn’t expect smooth sailing. Here’s the latest at the New Jersey airport.

Passengers traveling through Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday and hoping for a break from the ongoing delays there, were unfortunately out of luck. The FAA reported a ground delay program at Newark in effect due to FAA staffing at its Philadelphia operations center combined with low ceilings from weather and runway construction forcing use of a single runway. Throughout...

Travel woes continued Monday for flyers moving through Newark Liberty International Airport, with 160 cancellations and more than 360 delays reported as the hub grappled with a brief weather-induced ground stop and ongoing issues around staffing and equipment. Delays were rampant over the weekend and mounted throughout the day on Monday. By 10 p.m., inbound flights were being delayed at...

Passengers traveling through Newark Airport on Thursday again dealt with significant delays due to FAA staffing shortages. In the morning, the FAA was reporting shortages leading to departing flights being delayed by an average of 75 minutes and arriving flights delayed by an average of five hours, the airport said. The maximum delay was listed on the FAA website as...

Health officials in New Jersey have issued an alert about a potential measles exposure at Newark International Airport and other locations in the state. The state’s Department of Health said a non-New Jersey resident visited the state while still infectious during the last week of March. The person with the newly identified case of measles was at Newark Airport’s Terminal...

When asked if there was something hidden in his pants at airport security at Newark Liberty International Airport, the man reached down the front of his pants and pulled out a live turtle wrapped in a small blue towel, the TSA says.

When asked if there was something hidden in his pants, the Pennsylvania man reached down the front of his pants and pulled out a live turtle wrapped in a small blue towel, the TSA says. It did not appear to be harmed.

A FedEx cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport Saturday morning following a bird strike.

A New Jersey man was arrested after threatening a plane’s crew and a child with a disability, then banging on the cockpit door, while aboard a flight to Newark, according to law enforcement.

A New Jersey man faces charges after officers found an antique handgun in his carry-on luggage, according to the Transportation Security Administration.