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Why cherrypick May?
by thehappypm 1y ago
Why cherrypick May?
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- scottjg 1y agomay is the latest data currently available.
- turrican 1y agoMay also happens to be the month construction began on one of EWR’s two commonly used runways (though they do have a smaller third runway). This severely reduced the amount of traffic the airport could handle and EWR attempted to keep operating the same amount of scheduled flights as usual, it was a real mess.
- scottjg 1y agorunway construction is only part of the story, i think. in May, there was a number of complete ATC meltdowns causing ground stops. if you look at the stats, the majority of delays at newark in May are attributed to ATC. personally, i was on a flight in May from SFO to EWR and my flight flew 2h30m towards Newark, then back to SFO when EWR stopped accepting landings: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/united-flight-that-was-forced-to-return-to-sfo-cited-in-newark-airport-chaos/ar-AA1E7kBM https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/united-flight-that-was... granted this was an especially egregious situation and not the norm, but it feels like these types of issues are on the rise based on my anecdotal experience. there were a number of full ground stops at newark due to ATC in the weeks after this. it was national news.