Smoke from Canadian fires causes flight disruptions in New York

Flights canceled and still delayed at New York airports due to the effects of the fires affecting Canada. The compromised visibility due to the ash mist had initially forced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to stop direct flights, particularly to LaGuardia airport, a stop now revoked, but the inconveniences and delays persist.

Problems that also concern Newark airport, as well as that of Philadelphia. ” The FAA has slowed traffic to and from New York area airports due to reduced visibility due to smoke from the fire” – explains an FAA memo.

The agency will adjust traffic volume to reflect rapidly changing conditions.

The thick cloud of smoke from Quebec that smokes the eastern United States, from Lake Ontario to Maine, must continue to progress southward and the most densely populated areas of the United States.

The smoke, which obscures the sky from upstate New York to Virginia, is also expected to linger for several more days due to a weather system that has settled over New England and is pushing the masses smoke to the south.