After another ground stop on Wednesday, June 4th at Newark International Airport, ongoing technological and staffing issues continue to disrupt travel out of the popular NYC transit hub. Although the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sees a light at the end of the tunnel, it may be further into the future than we’d all hope.

Newark has experienced at least four telecommunication outages in the last few months and three major ground stops . All of which continue to delay or cancel trips for thousands of travelers .

To understand this better, Newark’s TRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control) is handled by the Philadelphia TRACON, due to severe staffing shortages when Newark’s airspace was handled by the New York TRACON on Long Island. Newark also relies on STAR (Standard Terminal Ar

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