Is JFK Airport open? More than 400 flights cancelled from major New York airport as blizzard dumps nearly 60 centimetres of snow
More than 400 flights are cancelled from JFK airport today as New York has been hit with heavy snow.
New York was blanketed by nearly 60 centimetres of snow due to the winter storm that affected several US states. Central Park recorded the city’s largest snowfall in over a decade.
A travel ban kept most cars off the roads, while buses and ambulances moved slowly with snow chains. Mayor Zohran Mamdani reported zero outdoor deaths among the homeless, crediting emergency outreach and added shelter capacity.
JFK Airport is still open however hundreds of flights have been cancelled today. According to FlightAware total cancellations today at John F Kennedy International Airport stand at 426.
Passengers are advised to enquire with their airline regarding the status of their flight, and check the airport’s website. On Monday the number of cancelled flights within, into or out of the US reached more than 5,706, according to tracker FlightAware.
The site shows that 98% of flights out of LaGuardia airport were cancelled and 91% of flights from JFK - New York City's primary airport hubs that typically see more than 335,000 passengers daily. Both locations had seen around 19in (48cm) of snow.
The vast majority of flights were also cancelled out of Boston, Newark in New Jersey and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. More than 2,000 flights have already been cancelled across the US on Tuesday, with Boston, Newark and LaGuardia the worst-affected.