Airport Chaos
JFK · New York
John F. Kennedy International Airport
FAA status updated 1 min ago
Right now
FAA
Ground stop
Flights headed to JFK are being held at the airports they haven't left yet.
- FAA reason
- thunderstorms
- Until
- 8:45 pm EDT
FAA
Departure delays
The FAA is reporting longer taxi times or gate holds for flights leaving JFK.
- Reported delay
- 31 min to 45 min
- FAA reason
- traffic management, severe weather rerouting, weather
- Trend
- increasing
Weather
Good flying weather
Ceiling 25,000 ft
VFR — clear enough to fly visually
Observed 11 min ago at 7:51 PM ET
Later today
No major FAA traffic programs are currently planned for JFK, as of the latest FAA Operations Plan. That is a plan, not a promise.
What this means
A ground stop is about as disrupted as airport operations get, and it tends to leave a backlog behind it even after it lifts.
Individual flights can still be delayed or cancelled when the airport looks fine. Check your airline for your actual flight.
This page refreshes itself about once a minute from WanderNerd's cached copy of the FAA feed, never from the FAA directly.
Usually at this time
76%
of JFK departures left on time on a typical Monday, across 17,162 flights. Monday evening is one of JFK's rougher stretches historically.
Historical departure punctuality from U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. This is a separate measurement from anything above: the FAA's delay figures describe traffic-management actions taken today, and averaging the two together would produce a number that means nothing. A ground stop is still a ground stop on an airport's best weekday.
Flying out soon?
Sources
- FAA National Airspace System Status — last live update 8:00 PM ET
- FAA Operations Plan advisory — issued 7:35 PM ET
- NOAA Aviation Weather Center — observed 7:51 PM ET at KJFK
- Historical performance: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Each source has its own clock; they do not share a timestamp. How the status is calculated.