After nearly two feet of snow fell across New York City on Sunday and Monday, the tri-state area’s three airports began to resume flights but still led the nation in cancellations on Tuesday, with major disruptions for ground-based transit as well.
More than 30% of flights into LaGuardia, Kennedy and Newark airports were canceled on Tuesday, totaling more than 600 inbound cancellations, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. About 200 more flights into the city were delayed.
But it was even harder to leave the city through the air, with nearly half of all outbound flights at the three airports canceled. More than 800 flights out of LaGuardia, Kennedy and Newark had been canceled by mid-afternoon.
After suspending service on Monday, the major passenger rail options were running modified schedules on Tuesday. NJ Transit, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North trains were running limited service, with many lines on holiday or weekend schedules.
All Midtown Direct service on NJ Transit trains meant for New York Penn Station was being diverted to Hoboken, with riders encouraged to take the PATH into the city.
Shockingly, PATH reported zero delays and issued no alerts for its Tuesday service, implying trains were running as normal despite the massive snowfall.
Numerous Amtrak trains into and out of the city, including 12 Acela trains, were canceled on Tuesday, but the rail operator refused to declare an outright suspension of service into Penn Station.
The Staten Island Railway was partially suspended in certain areas as well, with the MTA recommending commuters taking express buses if necessary. The city subway system was also running with delays, including massive backups at multiple stations in Brooklyn after C trains were taken off the tracks, forcing all A trains to run local.
